AppleCare.....and how long a battery *should* last
Apple refuses to replace my powerbook battery- which is less than two years old. Despite resetting the PMU and using all power saving techniques, it can hold no more than a 50 minute charge. It seems commonsensical to me that Apple should replace a relatively new battery that works poorly- but maybe I'm wrong. So I just have a few questions for the AI Genius Bar literati:
How many cycles on average does a battery last?
How long is that in years/months, usually?
What do you recommend?
How many cycles on average does a battery last?
How long is that in years/months, usually?
What do you recommend?
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A battery should handle 500 full charge cycles. Partial charges will do less damage, you might get 2000. I probably used my ibook on a daily basis without power, so, at worst, Ive done 1000 charge cycles, mostly partial. Bigger batteries dont last longer.
when i first read the title for this thread, i was expecting another story of a powerbook battery turning bad after a few weeks. i can't sit here and tell you that "only" getting ~2 years out of a battery is bad.