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Bloated 17-inch MacBook Pro battery -- take 2
Here you go, another case of bloating 17-inch MacBook Pro batteries this time from our friend Pablo. After a few weeks of slight bloating, this is what he discovered this morning following an overnight charge. Think it's an isolated issue do you? Then perhaps you missed the "me too" comment revolt in our original posting a few weeks back. Now, what say you Apple, time for an exchange? After all, just like your 15-inch MBP batteries, it's safe to say that these also do not meet your "high standards for battery performance." Or do they?%Gallery-2409%Note: pictures are right-left inverted since they were taken with MBP webcam. Update: Need more evidence? Check the bloated 17-inch MBP battery pics harvested from comments: Spain and Disko and Frank and Matt W and Max K and Brandon S and Casper and Adam and Antii. Last but not least, several threads on Apple's own support forum.
15-inch MacBook Pro Battery Exchange Program
If you bought a 15 inch MacBook Pro between February 2006 through May 2006 you want to read this Apple KB article now. It tells you how to identify whether or not your battery is eligible for the 'battery exchange program,' (doesn't that sound much better than 'World Wide Recall?'). To quote Apple, 'We recently discovered that some 15-inch MacBook Pro batteries supplied to Apple do not meet our high standards for battery performance. To give our users the best experience possible, we will replace these batteries for customers free of charge.'The article says that the batteries do not pose a safety threat, but if my battery were eligible I would want to get a new one as soon as possible.Thanks, Tomas.
