Comments on: Repairs Decrease Battery Life - Not Acceptable http://www.macbookrandomshutdown.com/2006/10/27/repairs-decrease-battery-life-not-acceptable/ does your Macbook shutdown randomly - mine does Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:40:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Jack http://www.macbookrandomshutdown.com/2006/10/27/repairs-decrease-battery-life-not-acceptable/#comment-69318 Jack Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:24:12 +0000 http://www.macbookrandomshutdown.com/2006/10/27/repairs-decrease-battery-life-not-acceptable/#comment-69318 <strong>apple ipod repair service...</strong> The google gods may strike you down for saying it.... apple ipod repair service…

The google gods may strike you down for saying it….

]]> By: steph http://www.macbookrandomshutdown.com/2006/10/27/repairs-decrease-battery-life-not-acceptable/#comment-7228 steph Sat, 06 Jan 2007 14:43:53 +0000 http://www.macbookrandomshutdown.com/2006/10/27/repairs-decrease-battery-life-not-acceptable/#comment-7228 Ugh, I just called to have my 12" laptop battery replaced for FREE (7 - 9 business days)..same power issues mentioned here. Failing at 20% and then later at 80%, plus a faulty power cord which is loosely connected. So when nudged ALL work is lost as the machine shuts down. Fun fun. So the other night I went to a cafe with my macbook pro 15" to do some work and viola, no battery at all whatsoever. I had completed the firmware upgrade about a week prior and hadn't used it much. I've had problems with this early mbp...lots of powering down on its own...no sleeping of the machine EVER and lots and lots of battery issues but never a complete loss of battery. So tonight I took it to the apple store where they chided me for not having a set appt. The woman "did me a favor" and set one up with a "genius" for tomorrow night. Hopefully I'll get a battery out of the deal. All of this bugs the crap out of me b.c. I just convinced my aunt to spend a hefty sum on the mbp for my cousin in design school -- assuming improvements had been made. I sure hope she doesn't go through this! And my step daughter's video ipod won't let her add new songs since she upgraded to the latest version of itunes. She keeps getting a reformat message. Apparently this is happening to A LOT of ipods now and even after reformatting them people are still getting error messages and unable to load music. So apparently everyone is searching for their itunes 6 install CD to keep their music intact. No more apple products until they get their act together on this stuff! Enough is enough. Ugh, I just called to have my 12″ laptop battery replaced for FREE (7 - 9 business days)..same power issues mentioned here. Failing at 20% and then later at 80%, plus a faulty power cord which is loosely connected. So when nudged ALL work is lost as the machine shuts down. Fun fun.

So the other night I went to a cafe with my macbook pro 15″ to do some work and viola, no battery at all whatsoever. I had completed the firmware upgrade about a week prior and hadn’t used it much. I’ve had problems with this early mbp…lots of powering down on its own…no sleeping of the machine EVER and lots and lots of battery issues but never a complete loss of battery. So tonight I took it to the apple store where they chided me for not having a set appt. The woman “did me a favor” and set one up with a “genius” for tomorrow night. Hopefully I’ll get a battery out of the deal.

All of this bugs the crap out of me b.c. I just convinced my aunt to spend a hefty sum on the mbp for my cousin in design school — assuming improvements had been made. I sure hope she doesn’t go through this! And my step daughter’s video ipod won’t let her add new songs since she upgraded to the latest version of itunes. She keeps getting a reformat message. Apparently this is happening to A LOT of ipods now and even after reformatting them people are still getting error messages and unable to load music. So apparently everyone is searching for their itunes 6 install CD to keep their music intact.

No more apple products until they get their act together on this stuff! Enough is enough.

]]> By: snape http://www.macbookrandomshutdown.com/2006/10/27/repairs-decrease-battery-life-not-acceptable/#comment-2253 snape Fri, 10 Nov 2006 04:45:33 +0000 http://www.macbookrandomshutdown.com/2006/10/27/repairs-decrease-battery-life-not-acceptable/#comment-2253 After the 1.1 firmware update my battery disappeared entirely. The machine claims that there isn't one! I wonder if it had anything to do with running the machine all the way down on battery before I got around to plugging it in for a reboot? After the 1.1 firmware update my battery disappeared entirely. The machine claims that there isn’t one! I wonder if it had anything to do with running the machine all the way down on battery before I got around to plugging it in for a reboot?

]]> By: philiplipetz http://www.macbookrandomshutdown.com/2006/10/27/repairs-decrease-battery-life-not-acceptable/#comment-2069 philiplipetz Tue, 07 Nov 2006 02:59:26 +0000 http://www.macbookrandomshutdown.com/2006/10/27/repairs-decrease-battery-life-not-acceptable/#comment-2069 I started this string. Recently my computer finally failed completely, taking my HDD with it. Right before it failed the battery life was down to 53 mintues on a full charge. I got the Apple store to reoplace the logic board, disk drive, front plate with a replacement for failed touch pad. When I picked it up, still complaining about the battery life to the store manager, he told me that I GOT A TOTALLY DESIGNED LOGIC BOARD. So there is some internal recognition that the bsic MacBook design is faulty. Wen I got him to acknowledge that the orginal installation had also damaged the battery, I got a new battery. Now battery life is back to what it was when my MacBook was new. Now the questin is if this will eventually fail as did the first MacBook set of internals, or is it a permanent fix? I started this string. Recently my computer finally failed completely, taking my HDD with it. Right before it failed the battery life was down to 53 mintues on a full charge. I got the Apple store to reoplace the logic board, disk drive, front plate with a replacement for failed touch pad. When I picked it up, still complaining about the battery life to the store manager, he told me that I GOT A TOTALLY DESIGNED LOGIC BOARD. So there is some internal recognition that the bsic MacBook design is faulty. Wen I got him to acknowledge that the orginal installation had also damaged the battery, I got a new battery. Now battery life is back to what it was when my MacBook was new. Now the questin is if this will eventually fail as did the first MacBook set of internals, or is it a permanent fix?

]]> By: nic http://www.macbookrandomshutdown.com/2006/10/27/repairs-decrease-battery-life-not-acceptable/#comment-2065 nic Tue, 07 Nov 2006 01:59:55 +0000 http://www.macbookrandomshutdown.com/2006/10/27/repairs-decrease-battery-life-not-acceptable/#comment-2065 I have read so many of everones coments. and have worse problems with two ,in less than one month. So do what i did,call like crazy every one and demand a refund. Call corprate just keep calling and demanding a return. As you all know this can take lot. BUT HEY WERE NOT TAKEING THIS SHI. I have read so many of everones coments. and have worse problems with two ,in less than one month. So do what i did,call like crazy every one and demand a refund. Call corprate just keep calling and demanding a return. As you all know this can take lot. BUT HEY WERE NOT TAKEING THIS SHI.

]]> By: john b http://www.macbookrandomshutdown.com/2006/10/27/repairs-decrease-battery-life-not-acceptable/#comment-1652 john b Tue, 31 Oct 2006 01:06:10 +0000 http://www.macbookrandomshutdown.com/2006/10/27/repairs-decrease-battery-life-not-acceptable/#comment-1652 Apple customer service si horrendous...what else can I say. i will never buy another Apple product...that includes I-pods Apple customer service si horrendous…what else can I say. i will never buy another Apple product…that includes I-pods

]]> By: Lee Z http://www.macbookrandomshutdown.com/2006/10/27/repairs-decrease-battery-life-not-acceptable/#comment-1622 Lee Z Mon, 30 Oct 2006 15:37:41 +0000 http://www.macbookrandomshutdown.com/2006/10/27/repairs-decrease-battery-life-not-acceptable/#comment-1622 I was experiencing the random shutdown problem and few weeks ago. I toom my macbook in to the Apple store here in town and they fixed it in 24 hours. I didn't check to see what they exactly did but I haven't had the shutdown problem since them. But I've noticed that my battery was not lasting as long as before. I even thought about buying a replacement batter from Newer Technologies but they don't have one for the MacBook yet. I'll keep checking back here to see if there's a fix on the horizon. I was experiencing the random shutdown problem and few weeks ago. I toom my macbook in to the Apple store here in town and they fixed it in 24 hours. I didn’t check to see what they exactly did but I haven’t had the shutdown problem since them. But I’ve noticed that my battery was not lasting as long as before. I even thought about buying a replacement batter from Newer Technologies but they don’t have one for the MacBook yet.

I’ll keep checking back here to see if there’s a fix on the horizon.

]]> By: david http://www.macbookrandomshutdown.com/2006/10/27/repairs-decrease-battery-life-not-acceptable/#comment-1527 david Sun, 29 Oct 2006 00:06:09 +0000 http://www.macbookrandomshutdown.com/2006/10/27/repairs-decrease-battery-life-not-acceptable/#comment-1527 it did not fix mine. it did not fix mine.

]]> By: Jay K http://www.macbookrandomshutdown.com/2006/10/27/repairs-decrease-battery-life-not-acceptable/#comment-1467 Jay K Sat, 28 Oct 2006 01:52:59 +0000 http://www.macbookrandomshutdown.com/2006/10/27/repairs-decrease-battery-life-not-acceptable/#comment-1467 I agree with the battery problem. They just exchanged one problem for another. The architecture is inherently defective and they should work on fixing that, not alleviating the symptoms. I agree with the battery problem. They just exchanged one problem for another. The architecture is inherently defective and they should work on fixing that, not alleviating the symptoms.

]]> By: Phil St.Ongw http://www.macbookrandomshutdown.com/2006/10/27/repairs-decrease-battery-life-not-acceptable/#comment-1453 Phil St.Ongw Fri, 27 Oct 2006 20:02:33 +0000 http://www.macbookrandomshutdown.com/2006/10/27/repairs-decrease-battery-life-not-acceptable/#comment-1453 I noticed this too. Glad to see it is not all in my head! I noticed this too. Glad to see it is not all in my head!

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