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TruePower Extended-Life Battery

Posted 03/30/2007 at 2:09:16am | by Roman Loyola

Buy this beefier battery for your 15-inch MacBook Pro, and keep the stock battery as a backup.

Anyone spooked by the online tales of exploding notebook batteries will be relieved to hear that according to FastMac, its TruePower Extended-Life Battery doesn't contain the cells that made those batteries blow up. What's more, the TruePower battery lasted 11 minutes longer than the 15-inch MacBook Pro's stock battery during a viewing of Lawrence of Arabia. DVD playback is probably the most power-hungry task your MacBook Pro can do, which means that under regular use, you'll get about 3.5 hours of life from the TruePower - just slightly more than you can eke out of a standard battery.

The TruePower's aluminum backplate (not a cheesy sticker, thank goodness) matches the MacBook Pro, and it also has similar LED indicators and an LED button. You can only tell the difference between the TruePower and a stock battery if you look at the part of the battery that faces inside the MacBook Pro.

The bottom line. If the extra charge life isn't quite enough, consider this: The TruePower battery is cheaper than an Apple replacement battery. Better battery life at a lower price? Sold.

COMPANY: FastMac
CONTACT: www.fastmac.com
PRICE: $99.95
REQUIREMENTS: 15-inch MacBook Pro
Larger charge life over stock battery. Cheaper than Apple replacement battery.
Greater battery-life gains would've been nice.

COMMENTS: 17

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Good Deal
Submitted by Phil (not verified) on Fri, 2007-04-27 12:08

Even though the % isn't that much greater, I'm definitely picking this one up for my MBP, and hell, it's cheaper??...Put me down.

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macbook
Submitted by Riki (not verified) on Thu, 2007-09-13 18:47

is there macbook version ? i have macbook black and need extra battery when travelling.

get free software

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Good battery
Submitted by Maple (not verified) on Thu, 2007-12-06 13:50

I use this battery 4 monts very good. Long life of battery.

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Batteries
Submitted by Pako (not verified) on Fri, 2008-01-25 00:16

Can I use this true power batterie for a macbook pro 17 in????

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coming apart
Submitted by shish1 on Fri, 2008-11-21 08:56

I've had this battery in my Macbook Pro since March. Performance-wise it works well, however in the past month it has started to come apart and is bulging out from the bottom of the computer. Not good.

I've contacted the company for a replacement, which I'm sure they'll honor but still this is an issue of safety.

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Terrible Customer Service
Submitted by JoeH on Tue, 2009-09-01 14:12

I've had this battery for about 15 months and 83 cycles and have this same problem as well. I contacted customer service and spoke to Darlene at the company who tried to convince me unsuccessfully that it was normal for a battery to do this at this stage and that it has just run out of life. They refuse to send me a replacement and instead wanted me to purchase another battery from them! Unbelievable. I'm never dealing with this company again and advise anyone thinking about buying from them not to do it unless they want a cheap and defective product.

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They won't honor the warranty
Submitted by lsudweeks on Fri, 2009-11-13 10:19

I purchased a truepower battery for my 17" macbook which started to expand just like the Apple battery. When I tried to return the battery since it was still under warranty I couldn't get anyone from the company to return my calls or emails. After 5 attempts Darlene responded and gave me all sorts of excuses as to why no one responded. She gave me an RMA# so I returned the battery. I was then told that battery wouldn't be available for a month, which turned in to 2 then 3...then 5. Now, I am back to no responses to my inquiries. I filed a complaint with the Better Business Bureau who also received no response from FastMac. How does this company expect to stay in business if they won't back up what they sell? I will now resort to challenging the credit card charge for the warranty not being honored. So frustrating.

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