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Bad Apples in the MacBook Lines

by Tom Conlon on April 30, 2007 at 10:02 AM


These days, a good laptop battery is hard to find. Just last week, Acer announced it would be joining the Sony battery recall, which has affected more than seven million laptops worldwide. Today comes news from Apple's Web site of battery problems on the company's MacBook and MacBook Pro lines.

The problem is underperformance. Either the computer doesn't recognize the battery at all (as indicated by an X in the Finder menu), the battery doesn't get charged when plugged into the wall, or the battery charges up to only 30 percent capacity.

The issue affects all MacBooks, MacBook Pros and extra batteries for both models purchased between February 2006 and April 2007. Apple has issued a software update to fix the problem, but will replace your battery for free should the update not work.

Apple's site stresses that this is a performance issue, and in no way a safety risk like the Sony recall, which has been blamed for fires.

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