I believe that my previous battery (which was not old - about 100 cycles) suddenly died because of the same problem. (to be fair, that increased the total cost of replacement to $86)ģ) I had to do the battery replacement work by myself (was not hard, really) Probably to prevent shutdowns caused by a sudden increases in power consumption)Ģ) I had to buy a 38-Piece Set from DX, so I could unscrew the nasty triangle screws However, if we compare with Apple 'premium' service,ġ) I had to wait the battery for about one month (was using power adapter all the time,Īnd because there were not battery inside the MBP, it was downclocked automatically,

Was almost two times cheaper than from Apple. Instead, I got it from eBay top-rated seller plugplayers, $76 with shipping, and luckily it turned out to be genuine. (since this problem was their fault, they do not deserve my hard earned money)

So, I am glad that I did not paid extra money to get a new replacement battery from Apple directly The whole story makes me think that Apple did not want to take responsibility for broken batteries, to admit their fault,Īnd that is why they set a very high number of cycles in their note. 1000 cycles? How on earth does a 2011 MacBook Pro reach 1000 cycles that fast? Crazy! Must be that 0.000001% of the Apple-owning population that reaches such a number.I believe that my previous battery (which was not old - about 100 cycles) suddenly died because of the same problem.Īnd I am far from being alone! Just lookup the 'Service Battery' problem in Google: the significant part of complains about dead batteries are related to 2010/2011 MBP models, and these batteries had an acceptable count of cycles.

Replace battery late 2011 macbook pro