Macbook - Macbook Charging?

ET5057 · ET5057 #1 (**permalink**)

12-10-2006, 10:27 AM

How long does it take you to charge your macbook? It takes my macbook 2 hours to go from nothing to full.....

ET5057 · ET5057 #2 (**permalink**)

12-10-2006, 10:45 AM

I thought it seemed a little long. So I wanted to know if it was abnormal or soemthing?

kgeier82 · kgeier82 #3 (**permalink**)

12-10-2006, 11:05 AM

supposed to take anywhere from 2-4hrs to charge these things.

mine seems to charge fast up to about 80%, but after that, it trickle charges for 1.5hrs

caribiner23 · caribiner23 #4 (**permalink**)

12-10-2006, 12:55 PM

2 hours from nothing to full is about what I've seen, and I've had this MacBook since June.

Zoolook · Zoolook #5 (**permalink**)

12-10-2006, 01:08 PM

About 2 hours sounds right, that's the same for me. If I'm browsing, on about 30% screen brightness, I get around a 4 hour battery life.

eric · eric #6 (**permalink**)

12-10-2006, 01:43 PM

last time i did a full discharge (sleep and about an hour more sleeping off of battery), it took a couple hours to get up to about 96 percent or so. the last few percent seemed to take about that long again to top off for some reason.
while charging i kept the laptop on but closed with periodic opening to check the battery level.

pacman · pacman #7 (**permalink**)

03-16-2007, 08:36 PM

Hi guys.

I just bought my mackbook one week ago. I got my battery with 10% left and start charging it in sleep mode. It took 4 hours (I just used it the last hour with the sreen off (connected to a TV watching a divx on hard drive)

Is this normal. Does the battery takes so much to full charge?

Thanks,

Pacman

narf1899 · narf1899 #8 (**permalink**)

03-17-2007, 10:44 AM

that seems a little long...did u have a lot of drives and external devices connected to it?

pacman · pacman #9 (**permalink**)

03-17-2007, 11:15 AM

No. Just the modem. But as it was in sleep mode everything was turn off.

ET5057 #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 05, 2006 Posts: 20 Mac Specs: Macbook 13" Intel Core Duo, 200GB hard drive, 2GB RAM, 2.0Ghz	12-10-2006, 10:27 AM How long does it take you to charge your macbook? It takes my macbook 2 hours to go from nothing to full..... --ET [Black Macbook : 2GB RAM : 200GB Hard Drive : OSX Leapord]
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ET5057 #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 05, 2006 Posts: 20 Mac Specs: Macbook 13" Intel Core Duo, 200GB hard drive, 2GB RAM, 2.0Ghz	12-10-2006, 10:45 AM I thought it seemed a little long. So I wanted to know if it was abnormal or soemthing? --ET [Black Macbook : 2GB RAM : 200GB Hard Drive : OSX Leapord]
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caribiner23 #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Feb 06, 2005 Location: Chicago Posts: 1,404 Mac Specs: Macbook; iBook G4 12"; iPod 5G 30GB; iPod Shuffle 1GB	12-10-2006, 12:55 PM 2 hours from nothing to full is about what I've seen, and I've had this MacBook since June. Cheap Date Show: Real people. Real food. Real date.
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Zoolook #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Sep 24, 2006 Location: Brooklyn, New York Posts: 2,743 Mac Specs: 15" MacBook Pro, i7 2.66Ghz, 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD; iPad 32GB, iPhone 3GS	12-10-2006, 01:08 PM About 2 hours sounds right, that's the same for me. If I'm browsing, on about 30% screen brightness, I get around a 4 hour battery life. In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is stoned to death. - Joan D. Vinge
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narf1899 #8 (permalink)
Member Since: Feb 05, 2007 Posts: 465 Mac Specs: iMac 20" C2D 2.4 ghz 2gb iMac 20" C2D 2GB 256MB Graphics Macbook C2D 2GB Powermac G4 Dual 450	03-17-2007, 10:44 AM that seems a little long...did u have a lot of drives and external devices connected to it? iMac Aluminum 20" 2.4 ghz 2gb RAM 300gb HD iMac 20" Core2duo 2gb 250gb Macbook White Core2duo 2gb 80gb Powermac G4 dual 450
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eric #6 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 04, 2006 Location: twin cities, mn, usa Posts: 8,800	12-10-2006, 01:43 PM last time i did a full discharge (sleep and about an hour more sleeping off of battery), it took a couple hours to get up to about 96 percent or so. the last few percent seemed to take about that long again to top off for some reason. while charging i kept the laptop on but closed with periodic opening to check the battery level.
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pacman #7 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 12, 2006 Posts: 17 Mac Specs: MacBook C2D 2.0 GHz/1 GB/80	03-16-2007, 08:36 PM Hi guys. I just bought my mackbook one week ago. I got my battery with 10% left and start charging it in sleep mode. It took 4 hours (I just used it the last hour with the sreen off (connected to a TV watching a divx on hard drive) Is this normal. Does the battery takes so much to full charge? Thanks, Pacman
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pacman #9 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 12, 2006 Posts: 17 Mac Specs: MacBook C2D 2.0 GHz/1 GB/80	03-17-2007, 11:15 AM No. Just the modem. But as it was in sleep mode everything was turn off.
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