Macbook 13" 2008 Model

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I was given an old macbook in late august which had a broken screen and disk drive (it got squashed by the lovely baggage people at the airport) and its been sat on my shelves since then collecting dust.
Finally getting round to sorting it out now but was a bit skeptical whether the battery might have completely died and would need a new one, as most laptops seem to if they havent been used for a while..
I plugged in the charger and gave it a 4 hour charge, rebooted and voila! It still holds a good 5-6 hour charge..

These pictures were taken about an hour after (sorry for crap quality, bb camera is rubbish!)

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Being a lifetime pc user I have always thought apple products were a rip off but I am actually pretty impressed with this..
Although im not ready to fully plunge into the darkside just yet :D
 
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One of the things Apple do right is knowing when and when not to cut corners, and they don't usually skimp on the batteries.
 
yea its pretty decent, the battery is an important component. shame most other laptops producers dont take the same approach..
 
battery life is one of apples 'things'. Onc could argue the whole point of the 13" MBP was to be able to claim 10hr battery life. (which by most accounts is no exaggeration)

Also, get a new screen on that, or just hook up an external and use it in clamshell mode.
 
whitecrook said:
Onc could argue the whole point of the 13" MBP was to be able to claim 10hr battery life. (which by most accounts is no exaggeration).
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Actually, yes, it is. Just like the majority of other manufacturers battery life boasts are all exaggerated. I have the latest 13" MBP and I do not get 10 hours battery life out of it. Maybe 4 or 5 at a push when browsing the internet and doing email. And that depends on whether or not I've turned bluetooth off, I'm running the optical drive, the speakers are running, I've turned off the backlight on the keyboard and/or set the screen to the lowest brightness setting.

The only way you'll get 10 hours battery life out of a laptop is if it's in sleep / standby mode or doing the most basic of tasks with the least amount of power draw. Regardless of laptop. Even Apple claim "up to" 10 hours.
 
Brian8bit said:
Actually, yes, it is. Just like the majority of other manufacturers battery life boasts are all exaggerated. I have the latest 13" MBP and I do not get 10 hours battery life out of it. Maybe 4 or 5 at a push when browsing the internet and doing email. And that depends on whether or not I've turned bluetooth off, I'm running the optical drive, the speakers are running, I've turned off the backlight on the keyboard and/or set the screen to the lowest brightness setting.

The only way you'll get 10 hours battery life out of a laptop is if it's in sleep / standby mode or doing the most basic of tasks with the least amount of power draw. Regardless of laptop. Even Apple claim "up to" 10 hours.
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1. you're not most people.
2. 10 is possible, but obviously not is your are using things like bluetooth, speakers, cd drives screen brightness high.
3. You must be doing something wrong, my MBP 17 will get 5-6 hours doing simple browsing and doc editing.
4. My MBP will sleep for well over 10 hours. At least a day.
5. MBP 13 has better battery life than any other mac in the current range.
6. Apples battery life specs are probably the most reliable/respected of any manufacturer.
 
whitecrook said:
1. you're not most people.
2. 10 is possible, but obviously not is your are using things like bluetooth, speakers, cd drives screen brightness high.
3. You must be doing something wrong, my MBP 17 will get 5-6 hours doing simple browsing and doc editing.
4. My MBP will sleep for well over 10 hours. At least a day.
5. MBP 13 has better battery life than any other mac in the current range.
6. Apples battery life specs are probably the most reliable/respected of any manufacturer.
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1: Stop drinking the cool aid. Google for 13" battery life performance. 10 hours is what it will do when doing nothing.
2: I know. That's what I said. See point 1 above.
3: I fail to see how I could be browsing and emailing wrong. And congratulations on getting more battery life out of your bigger battery...
4: So will mine. But that's a pretty useless standard to measure battery life by and a ******** one if that's how Apple choose to measure it. My Kindle has gone over two weeks in standby mode. But what use is that if I can't read it just to claim a battery life mark? Also, see point 2 above.
5: Not by my experience. Or indeed many others that complain about Apples convoluted method of measuring their battery life. Naturally they're not going to run everything at full whack as nobody would buy a laptop with that kind of battery life.
6: No, they're not. They're are as exaggerated as any other manufacturer and the way they arrive at their figures are as convoluted. Like I said.
 
alright folks.. calm down :P

yea im buying a new screen from ebay, for £75... hopefully it will be decent and ill get this little beauty up and running. cant wait use it on the train to relieve the boredom of the commute to work..
 
Brian8bit said:
Actually, yes, it is. Just like the majority of other manufacturers battery life boasts are all exaggerated. I have the latest 13" MBP and I do not get 10 hours battery life out of it. Maybe 4 or 5 at a push when browsing the internet and doing email. And that depends on whether or not I've turned bluetooth off, I'm running the optical drive, the speakers are running, I've turned off the backlight on the keyboard and/or set the screen to the lowest brightness setting.

The only way you'll get 10 hours battery life out of a laptop is if it's in sleep / standby mode or doing the most basic of tasks with the least amount of power draw. Regardless of laptop. Even Apple claim "up to" 10 hours.
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Shock as laptop battery life depends on usage.

There is a good review somewhere showing that with flash disabled you can easily get 8 hours browsing out of the 2009 MBP (where did 10 hours come from?!).
 
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