http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/ Engadget Comments for Bloated 17-inch MacBook Pro battery -- take 2 http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/
I've had problems with Sony, Dell and Toshiba, whereas my 1st gen 17" MacBook Pro has been in constant daily service for almost two years, and is still going strong. The battery still manages a couple of hours' charge too.]]>May 19th 2008 1:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/More detail:
http://www.laptopbatterymart.com/laptop-batteries/apple-macbook-pro-17--series.htm]]>Jun 2nd 2008 5:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/
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Instead they gave me a discount voucher for my next purchase of over $300. What a joke.


http://www.alivenotdead.com/jasontobin/Apple+Battery+Exchange+Program-profile-493023.html?newpost_1]]>Feb 9th 2009 8:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/
Bottom line is; I have a deformed/defective MacBook battery half way to a achieving critical mass, full breach, blowup, fire, what have you & the Apple customer service reps are not willing to even acknowledge that this a defective battery, regardless of what the tech support technician (who happens to handle battery issues) says.

Do I have to leave the battery in and wait for the laptop to set itself on fire before Apple will acknowledge that we’re dealing with a defective battery, and decides to be more proactive with this issue?

Needless to say as an Apple user (since 2001) I am VERY disappointed & dissatisfied with Apple & its “customer support”.

Are MacBook batteries safe?!?!]]>Aug 3rd 2009 8:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/
I will contact apple today to see what they say and post an update.]]>Aug 12th 2009 10:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/
Apple were totally cool about it. They replaced the battery free of charge, even though the machine & battery were out of warranty.
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Ta]]>Sep 27th 2009 2:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/Oct 5th 2009 10:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/Jun 18th 2010 9:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/Jun 21st 2010 8:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/
It absolutely kills me to say this because I am a huge Mac fan... but at this moment I lean towards an HP Pavilion dv6000t or Dell Inspiron 1505. If I am to pay more than $1k for a notebook, the damn thing better be reliable, and trouble-free. Only a fool would pay so much money for a product with known issues. MacBook is a lemon. Yes, I know some of you out there are happy MacBook owners, without any above stated issues. Count yourself lucky because the problems reported on various Mac forums are neither random or isolated.

I won't make any hasty decision in purchasing my next laptop, but I am steering clear of Apple for now. Unless MacBook gets a major rev treatment in the next months, I'm going with HP or Dell. The clock is ticking.]]>Apr 3rd 2007 9:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/Apr 3rd 2007 9:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/
I have a white MacBook and haven't had *any* problems whatsoever (first gen model), and the university I (used to) attend bought many a few months ago and other than a dead-on-arrival battery that was quickly replaced, no issues yet.]]>Apr 3rd 2007 11:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/Apr 4th 2007 10:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/
Anywho, the Hp is cool. I had webcam driver issues with it out of the box once I removed Hp's preinstalled Muvee software from it. Don't waste your time with HP tech support though. I know it's free, but they're useless, they'll just tell you to pack up the laptop and send it in for servicing and leave you without a laptop for 2 weeks. I can't believe how horrible tech support is these days. Enough rambling.

Hp dv6233se is a good laptop especially for its price, unbeatable I'd say, plus it comes with a remote which is just plain old cool.]]>Apr 4th 2007 12:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/
My HP could be used as a defense mechanism because I seriously could probably seriously injure someone with this brick.]]>Apr 8th 2007 4:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/Apr 3rd 2007 9:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/http://forums.mactalk.com.au/showthread.php?p=277753]]>Apr 3rd 2007 10:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/My 1st gen MBP is kicking along really well, but the battery had to be recalled like the one in this article. However, my replacement IS TOTALLY DEAD. It doesn't even register as a battery at all. The lights are all filling up with light with the touch of the button, but it will not give the laptop any juice whatsoever.
Does anyone else have this issue? I've searched everywere online and can't find any sources.]]>Apr 3rd 2007 10:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/Apr 3rd 2007 10:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/Apr 3rd 2007 9:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/Apr 3rd 2007 10:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/
One the whole, Dell portables are junk, and nothing to write home about in the aesthetics dept. The HP model I referred to is a damn nice laptop though. Even has a built-in cam. ]]>Apr 3rd 2007 10:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/Apr 3rd 2007 10:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/
The show stopper for me is the cracking case issue, which still remains unresolved. Even new MacBook C2D users are reporting cracks after just A FEW WEEKS of buying the machine. If you haven't heard about this issue before do a bit of searching and you'll see photos that will scare the laptop bag off you. It starts out as a hairline crack and progressively worsens into portions of the case actually breaking off entirely. That problem has existed since MacBook first shipped in Jan. '06. And still remains unresolved with C2D MacBooks.

That is inexcusable. ]]>Apr 3rd 2007 10:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/
Idiots.]]>Apr 3rd 2007 10:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/Apr 3rd 2007 11:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/Apr 3rd 2007 10:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/Apr 3rd 2007 10:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/Apr 3rd 2007 11:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/Apr 3rd 2007 10:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/
These three factories source almost all components and do full assembly not just for Apple, but for Dell, Fujitsu, Gateway, Compaq HP, Sony and Toshiba.

Apart from the case design and perhaps a custom ASIC or two, the only difference between an Apple and the other six brands is the badge.]]>Apr 3rd 2007 11:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/
Try Asustek.]]>Apr 3rd 2007 11:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/Sucks for sure but get over it - does every Apple recall have to become news on a gadget blog - next thing you should cover the Dog Food refund too.]]>Apr 3rd 2007 11:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/
A recall is not necessary. Just take some time and get it done. A small percentage of the batteries have an issue, Apple will fix it. ]]>Apr 4th 2007 9:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/
Luckily I was still under my one year warranty. I stopped by my local Apple Store, and with no questions asked, they gave me a new battery.

If you are still under warranty, I recommend doing the same!]]>Apr 3rd 2007 7:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/I personally own over a dozen working Dell computers from Pentium Pro 200 to my pair of XEON 3.4ghz slim desktops....and have had no issues with any of them. No support issues, no repair issues...no issues at all...I truely believe that people make their own problems and this is mostly true when dealing with technical items like computers!
Ed
web/gadget guru]]>Apr 3rd 2007 11:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/Apr 3rd 2007 12:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/
Do yourself and stick away from Dell - their machines at ALL levels ARE GARBAGE!!!!

I'd also stay away from the low end - most of those sub $1k machines are not durable for real business use. There is a reason why there are business and consumer class machines!]]>Apr 3rd 2007 11:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/
Sorry to hear that. Where I work we did a stint with Dell on the Desktop and had some D600/800's. UTTER GARBAGE in every way, from the creaking, deforming plastic to the warped cases to the keyboard that felt like it was held in place with foam pads.

Dell makes JUNK, plain and simple. I won't even discuss the 2 Dell servers we had nor the "Business desktops" that are utter GARBAGE.

But they sure keep the techs busy.]]>Apr 3rd 2007 11:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/
If a few bad ones = OMG FEARRR DONT BUY!!?!!!!!!11!!!one!!

does

a lot of good experiences = POMG BUY TWO, ONE FOR EACH HAND?S?!]]>Apr 3rd 2007 12:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/http://www.electrobeans.de/archiv/2007/04/aufgeblasene_macbook_pro_17zol.html

:-(]]>Apr 3rd 2007 12:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/
Very nice, unbiased reporting about the problem. No quips or snide remarks. Now let's see you do the same for a non Apple product please.

Thanks!]]>Apr 3rd 2007 12:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/
http://www.engadget.com/search/?q=sony%20battery

Thomas]]>Apr 3rd 2007 2:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/Apr 3rd 2007 12:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/Apr 3rd 2007 4:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/03/bloated-17-inch-macbook-pro-battery-take-2/
So Apple sold a million or two laptops, and a few of them developed problems. How surprising. Get a clue guys. That’s what a warranty is for.

It’s not as if this guy didn’t know his battery was having a problem as he seems to have been waiting “a few weeks” for it to do this, probably just so he can gain his 5 min of fame blogging about it. Pathetic.

Why didn’t he just RMA it?
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