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Should the battery health concern me? - 87% battery health on a 2-week old MacBook
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May 21, 2008, 11:48 AM
 
I purchased my MacBook just 2 weeks ago. The battery health was looking good until today...

I open up Dashboard and it's reading 87% of it's health. This is a major change from the 99% I was at.

I'm going to calibrate today/tonight to see if it makes a difference and if it's just reading wrong but at what point do you all think it would be acceptable for me to take the battery to the Apple store and get it replaced?

Edit: It just dropped to 85 percent while working on this computer. Something seems bad.
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May 21, 2008, 06:12 PM
 
Apple - Batteries - Battery Replacement

It has to drop below 50% capacity (health) due to a defect (not just a large number of cycles) during the warranty period to be replaced.
     
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Originally Posted by mduell View Post
Apple - Batteries - Battery Replacement

It has to drop below 50% capacity (health) due to a defect (not just a large number of cycles) during the warranty period to be replaced.
Well, not a major worry as it's just 9 cycles old...
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