“The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has reviewed substandard batteries for Apple’s 15-inch MacBook Pro notebooks but determined they didn’t pose any safety threat, a commission spokesman told CRN Wednesday,” Edward F. Moltzen reports for CRN.
Moltzen reports, “Apple has voluntarily launched an exchange program for batteries sold in some 15-inch MacBook Pro laptops, but the Cupertino, Calif., company said on its support Web site that it was doing so only because it discovered the batteries ‘do not meet our high standards for battery performance.'”
Moltzen reports, “The batteries were sold between February and May, and Apple said that since there are no safety issues, the batteries could still be used until replacements arrive. Apple spokesmen didn’t return calls for comment on the matter.”
“Apple solution providers that CRN interviewed about the MacBook Pro battery issue said they hadn’t received reports from customers about major defects or problems with batteries, though some minor, non-hazardous issues have emerged, such as batteries that fail to recharge properly,” Moltzen reports.
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Blame Sony.
Totally unrelated. The MacBook just arrived. LOVE IT! All these doggone updates, though. I hope the battery doesn’t explode on my lap.
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I thought it was wierd to see Apple on that list of bad batteries. No way would a MacBookPro be listed in the same recall breath as a Dell.
My MagSafe connector melted and the heat warped the side of my MacBook Pro. I was only the third reported case according to the Apple US director of corporate affairs that called me up to apologize for my incident.
Melting Magsafe……
I doubt it was the battery that melted your Mac Book…
It was the sexy pictures of Carmen Electra that you put as your wallpaper.
Apple replaced my 15 MacBook Pro battery, even though I had no problems with it. I can’t see that the replacement battery behave any differently than the recalled one.
Too bad the iBook and Powerbook batteries are being recalled instead. 🙁
Since Dell batteries are Lithium Ion and MacBook and MBP batteries are Lithium Polymer (a totally different technology), I doubt there are any safety issues.
Substandard batteries, per Apple own quality standard, are much better than batteries on Dell laptops.
Michael, maybe you might call Steve and see whether you could get those substandard batteries Apple is getting rid of for you to install on your Dull laptops: Their quality will skyrocket!
CNN.com is breaking that apple is recalling 1.1 million batteries.
AP is reporting that Apple is recalling 1.1 million Sony made batteries in iBooks and Powerbooks. I think Sony is in for a world of hurt this quarter.
From cbs.marketwatch.com:
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Apple Computer Inc. (AAPL: 66.74, -0.57, -0.8% ) will recall 1.1 million laptop batteries in the United States that are at risk of overheating, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said Thursday. The CPSC said an additional 700,000 batteries were sold outside the U.S. The recalled lithium-ion batteries, with cells manufactured by Sony Corp. (SNE: 43.37, -1.05, -2.4% ) , were used in iBook G4 and PowerBook G4 laptops. According to the the CPSC, Apple has received nine reports of batteries overheating, including two reports of minor burns from handling overheated computers and other reports of minor property damage.
DON’T MESS WITH ME!!!!
What a mess
The CPSC announcement on 1.8 million Apple batteries being recalled:
http://www.cpsc.gov/CPSCPUB/PREREL/prhtml06/06245.html
Sony Sone Soni….sorry ass…but this is just the beginning folks…battery technology is going to be one of the biggest hurdles to advances in moblie computing. Lith-Ion is at it’s limits.
sad but true,
Read my previous comment. Apple doesn’t use Li-Ion anymore.
lots of potential for confusion reading the headlines on this one. one seems to clear mac-intel notebooks and the others talk about recalls for G4-based notebooks
I just used the exchange program for the MBP batteries. Friday I filled out a form, monday afternoon the guy from UPS was at my doorstep.
Love you Apple for Applecare and so quickly replacing my “affected” battery before it is to late. Blame Sony for substandard parts, but nice of Apple to prevent disasters.
Steven
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I bought a replacement battery for my iBook about a month ago from [url=http://www.laptopsforless.com]http://www.laptopsforless.com[/url] and it works great. Is there any reason to think that a replacement laptop battery would be any worse than the manufacturers? Should I have gone through Apple even if my iBook battery was not on the recall list?