Comments on: The Unibody MacBook Goes Fully “Pro” — With Huge Battery Life

By: At Last, (Almost) Announcing the Apple MacBook Netbook | EEENetbook.com

At Last, (Almost) Announcing the Apple MacBook Netbook | EEENetbook.com — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 02:48:08 +0000

[...] were announced at WWDC 2009 to the chagrin of some and to the “Aha, I told you that they would not release a netbook!” of others. While the price on MacBook Air notebooks has dropped, they’re [...]

By: Michael

Michael — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 21:32:48 +0000

They use lithium polymer batteries as opposed to more common lithium ion batteries. This isn’t new technology obviously as all electric rc planes nowadays use lithium polymer batteries. The advantages include larger capacity in a small weight, the battery maintains its maximum charging capability for longer, and aren’t harmed by charging before they are fully discharged. Disadvantage more expensive and should they fail and catch fire they burn violently.

By: v3xx

v3xx — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 22:35:16 +0000

who doesn’t research this stuff beforehand. i can tell you at least 6 months before any new device i buy is going to be released. it’s your own fault and apple nor anyone should feel obligated to upgrade your device.

By: Emily

Emily — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:29:13 +0000

1. No, you can’t. It’s 14 days.
2. If you decide to sell it and get the new one, you can uninstall Office on that computer and the key will remain usable for your next one. And of course, should you leave it on, you get three keys anyway.

By: Greg B

Greg B — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 05:10:18 +0000

I bought a macbook 13.3 inch 20 days ago, before this whole 13.3 inch pro thing even happened. Two questions:

1. Can I return my macbook and get a 13.3 inch pro?

2. If I do return my macbook, what do I do about the microsoft office that I downloaded on my macbook? Can I transfer that to my new pro somehow?

By: Greg B

Greg B — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 05:10:15 +0000

I bought a macbook 13.3 inch 20 days ago, before this whole 13.3 inch pro thing even happened. Two questions:

1. Can I return my macbook and get a 13.3 inch pro?

2. If I do return my macbook, what do I do about the microsoft office that I downloaded on my macbook? Can I transfer that to my new pro somehow?

By: Apple Battery

Apple Battery — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 07:50:47 +0000

Every update frustrates someone which got the old edition.

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:05:31 +0000

I did the same thing! I bought the 13′ macbook the day before the 13′ macbook pro came out..I called and complained. You can return the laptop within 14 days but there will be a 10% restocking fee. The managers at the apple stores can waive that fee if they wanted too. Luckily, I found one that will. So I’m going in tomorrow to trade it in!

By: adapter

adapter — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:16:30 +0000

Love to see that improved battery life. About time!

By: locutus

locutus — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:29:15 +0000

Yes you can. You can either return it and buy a new one or they’ll do a price match. I opted to return it. Even though it’s a pain and I have to pay the 10% restocking fee it still works out to a free upgrade because my drive, battery, and CPU are all being upgraded and I get the SD slot. Just call apple support and take care of it asap because 14 days is the limit.

By: Quentin Dietz

Quentin Dietz — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:45:13 +0000

Why do you upgrade 2 weeks before a major conference where you know an upgrade may be possible, sigh…
Look this will even tell you:
http://buyersgu....macrumors.com/

By: andrew

andrew — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:54:13 +0000

dang, i have the last gen of 13″ MacBook. adding an SD slot, while nice, doesn’t kill me. But adding a firewire port hurts. Oh well still a great computer

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:48:39 +0000

I was considering ordering a Macbook yesterday. Now I’m considering getting a new pro… Any idea on UK Prices?

By: ckay Oui

ckay Oui — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 10:04:16 +0000

i just bought the macbook unibody for 7 days…. and now the release a macbook pro 13″ at lower price and upgraded features.. frustrated as i am.. im wondering if its possible to change for the new product as im still under 14 days of purchase?

By: dirk

dirk — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 08:48:40 +0000

Battery

I used my old MacBook (black) for now 2,5 yrs and the battery still works quite well. I have to admit that I used it most of the time plugged in and the stats widget says it still has 100% health. But to me it’s no big deal to plug it in, since there are outlets nearly everywhere…

If you try not to open all appplications and put the screen brightness down or to a medium level you actually can have many hours of working on battery. If you download huge files over Wifi, have Bluetooth switched on and run numerous big applications (like office, photoshop, etc.) you won’t reach that. So what do you expect?

But what shall Apple do? They only can give you estimated numbers as far as the lasting of the battery is concerned, because they don’t know how you are using your computer.

I don’t see what the problem is.

By: Choadenstein

Choadenstein — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 08:41:21 +0000

I don’t actually understand what you just wrote.
Could try English…

By: Marketing Blog Jim Connolly

Marketing Blog Jim Connolly — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 06:18:19 +0000

This is good news!

It’s great that battery technology now allows us to work all day on a single charge. I use a samsung nc10 with some extra ram, exclusively because I can use it all day, wherever I am.

By: MB user....

MB user.... — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:51:10 +0000

Re battery life. I’m sorry but anyone who claims they get the ‘full’ battery life from their machines in any reasonable usage is living in cloud cuckoo land.

Indeed as stated if you closed all your applications, shut down the brightness and do nothing on your machine you will start to get close to the magical claimed figure.

But if you actually use your machine in any way, give it up.

I have a unibody macbook, which is a good machine, but I very rarely get over 2hours. For those scoffing, the ‘genius’ bar eventually said 1.5 – 2hours is normal under ‘regular’ usage.

I’m sure these new machines are better – but again no where near the claimed figures…

By: At Last, (Almost) Announcing the Apple MacBook Netbook

At Last, (Almost) Announcing the Apple MacBook Netbook — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:42:44 +0000

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humbroll's me2DAY — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:13:59 +0000

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By: James Robertson

James Robertson — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 03:30:11 +0000

I’m surpised to see Techcrunch repeating Apple’s clearly false claims about battery life. The current MacBook Pros, which according to apple give 5 hours of battery life, have never given us more than 3 under best case.

Apple has also had horrendous problems with it’s batteries, and we had our entire office’s laptop batteries replaced under warranty when they died after only 6 months use.

I’m waiting for consumer protection laws to deal with the battery life issue, the same way they did on monitor sizes (at least in Australia). In the meantime, can Techcrunch please be a bit more careful before simply quoting the marketing pitch from Apple on this matter!

Thanks, James

By: 17 Inch Laptop Bags

17 Inch Laptop Bags — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 03:25:56 +0000

WOO! I’m so stoked to see this, been waiting for a long time!! Thank you Apple!

By: zack

zack — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 03:08:10 +0000

will the current 13inch unibody be able to utilize this new battery. I rarely get 3 hours on mine, i am still stuck to the wall most of the time.

By: Taylor

Taylor — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 01:44:52 +0000

I just bought a 13 inch macbook and didn’t get the upgraded proccessor because of the price. The guy helping assured me that it was the best thing out and nothing new was coming out for a while. So two days later I open safari and guess what, new upgraded macbook pro with the proccessor I wanted. I’m going in tomorrow to complain. Any ideas/suggestions of what will happen?

By: locutus

locutus — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:53:20 +0000

So after an 2 hours on the phone I found out the price protection guarantee is the same as the refund period, 14 days, so it’s only of benefit to apple since all that does is prevent people from returning hardware that Apple can then only sell as heavily discounted refurbs. Their price guarantee should really be the industry standard 30 days.