How long should a new replacement battery last on a Macbook 13 inch 2008?

It's in the the title I guess. I have a 13 inch Black MacBook from 2008. My Battery was still giving me nearly two hours and the cycles was well into the 900s. I'm OCD about taking care of it. So what should I expect out of this new battery? The same performance? When I first got this Macbook it could nearly get me through a whole 7 hour school day on one charge. I don't need that anymore but I would appreciate some where close for the money I paid for the new battery.

The new battery should behave very much like an original battery...that said, every battery behaves a little differently so be flexible in what you see. If it lasts much less time, then have it tested. But overall, should be reasonably close to the same behavior.

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For how long should my MBP 13" battery last, in normal usage?

I just bought a brand new Macbook Pro 13" on 11.Oct.2011, and there is a concern about the battery life of my MBP, I can only use it for approximately 4-hours. My question is "Is it common or there is a problem with this?" Because, Apple.com advertise at least 7-hours of surfing wireless.

Here is my response to another forum trooper
Ok here are my recommendations for your consideration:
Goto the “apple “on your top menu bar. Click 1stoption (About this Mac) a small screen will appear
andclick on “More Info...which will take to a large another smallscreen with Mac Book Pro in huge
letterslike this: MacBookPro.
Nextgo the “Systems Report” button: press.
NextUnder “Hardware” on the left you'll see “Power” click that.Volia the battery info
Nowlets do an analysis of the info: here's mine a 2 mo. Old 17” MBP:
ModelInformation:
SerialNumber:     ****************** (not shown by me)
Manufacturer:     DP
DeviceName:     ******************(not shown by me)
PackLot Code:     0
PCBLot Code:     0
FirmwareVersion:     406
HardwareRevision:     1
CellRevision:     1102
ChargeInformation:
ChargeRemaining (mAh):     7806
FullyCharged:     No
Charging:     Yes
FullCharge Capacity (mAh):     8488
HealthInformation:
CycleCount:     17
Condition:     Normal
BatteryInstalled:     Yes
Amperage(mA):     2131
Voltage(mV):     12534
OK under“Charge Information” you see my MBP currently at 7806mAh (mstands Milli
which is 10 tothe -3 power) which translates to 7.806 Amp hours in non-techiespeak. As you see on mine Full Charge Capacity is 8.488 Amp hours.
Ok under healthyou see my cycle count is 17. Your very low cycle countreflects that you are not “conditioning” your battery by runningit on battery till 5 minute warning or going to sleep and then fullyrecharging it! You've had it ~18 mo. And your dooming yourbattery to a short life. Condition your battery for a long life.
Please notethis is a super battery 2.131 Amps @ 12.534Volts which Apple sayswill last 7 hours. Real world experience is significantly less withLion OS installed.
I am aregistered Apple Developer and sorta a hardware guru and builtmy first computer in the early '70's from scratch. I program also inmost languages but prefer CLI (Command Line Interface) through “AppleTerminal” which I program the actual i7 microprocessor and theGPU(Graphics Processor Unit) . Try the “terminal” but cautionwith the “sudo” command. Of course machine code, morespecifically, BSD(a flavor of UNIX) is what's under Apple's AQUA GUI(pronounced ”goo-ee”) is the (Graphical User Interface).
USAF Captain served as the Liaison Officer at Dallas Naval Air Station (now closed) and WISP (Wartime Information Security Program).
All of theabove and a dollar won't buy you a cup of coffee -=).
Let 'er rip and
cheers...

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Here's ehat i responded to another forum trooper:
Ok here aremy recommendations for your consideration:
Goto the “apple “on your top menu bar. Click 1stoption (About this Mac) a small screen will appear
andclick on “More Info...which will take to a large another smallscreen with Mac Book Pro in huge
letterslike this: MacBookPro.
Nextgo the “Systems Report” button: press.
NextUnder “Hardware” on the left you'll see “Power” click that.Volia the battery info
Nowlets do an analysis of the info: here's mine a 2 mo. Old 17” MBP:
ModelInformation:
SerialNumber:     ****************** (not shown by me)
Manufacturer:     DP
DeviceName:     ******************(not shown by me)
PackLot Code:     0
PCBLot Code:     0
FirmwareVersion:     406
HardwareRevision:     1
CellRevision:     1102
ChargeInformation:
ChargeRemaining (mAh):     7806
FullyCharged:     No
Charging:     Yes
FullCharge Capacity (mAh):     8488
HealthInformation:
CycleCount:     17
Condition:     Normal
BatteryInstalled:     Yes
Amperage(mA):     2131
Voltage(mV):     12534
OK under“Charge Information” you see my MBP currently at 7806mAh (mstands Milli
which is 10 tothe -3 power) which translates to 7.806 Amp hours in non-techiespeak. As you see on mine Full Charge Capacity is 8.488 Amp hours.
Ok under healthyou see my cycle count is 17. Your very low cycle countreflects that you are not “conditioning” your battery by runningit on battery till 5 minute warning or going to sleep and then fullyrecharging it! You've had it ~18 mo. And your dooming yourbattery to a short life. Condition your battery for a long life.
Please notethis is a super battery 2.131 Amps @ 12.534Volts which Apple says will last approximately 7 hours. Real world experience is significantly less with Lion OS installed.
I am aregistered Apple Developer and sorta a hardware guru and builtmy first computer in the early '70's from scratch. I program also inmost languages but prefer CLI (Command Line Interface) through “AppleTerminal” which I program the actual i7 microprocessor and theGPU(Graphics Processor Unit) . Try the “terminal” but cautionwith the “sudo” command. Of course machine code, morespecifically, BSD(a flavor of UNIX) is what's under Apple's AQUA GUI(pronounced ”goo-ee”) is the (Graphical User Interface).
USAF Captainserved the Liaison Officer at Dallas Naval Air Station (now closed)and WISP (Wartime Information Security Program) USAF Captain.
All of theabove and a dollar won't buy you a cup of coffee -=).
Let 'er rip and
cheers...

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Hi. How long will the iMac's battery last if you use it 8 hours (how about for 16 hours) a day and shut it down when you go to bed.
Thank you in advance.
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Here are my computer specs:
Model Name:          MacBook
Model Identifier:          MacBook5,1
Processor Name:          Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed:          2 GHz
Number Of Processors:          1
Total Number Of Cores:          2
L2 Cache:          3 MB
Memory:          2 GB
Bus Speed:          1.07 GHz
Boot ROM Version:          MB51.007D.B03
SMC Version (system):          1.32f8
Serial Number (system):          348483YW1AQ
Hardware UUID:          B6D58431-D31A-5C9B-BFED-0623271426D3

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Number Of Processors:          1
Total Number Of Cores:          2
L2 Cache:          3 MB
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Bus Speed:          1.07 GHz
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Mine runs about 1.75 hours on average while doing my best to conserve the battery. I would like to get an idea from other mac book owners how long their battery lasts, so I know if something is wrong with mine.
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1) Processor performance. Make sure your Energy Saver setting are set for maximum battery savings.
2) High processor usage. The more you use you procossor the lower your battery times. So, you will get better battery performance when checking/writing e-mail and web surfing that you would encoding video. I often use a tool like MenuMeters…
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/17713
… to keep an eye on my processor usage.
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4) Wireless networking. As this is always on it does chew up more battery that you would think. Turn it off when you don't need it. I actualy created a "no networking" profile in my Network System Preference for when I want to maximise battery performance and have no need of internet/networking.
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look at the instructions at battery
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After fully charging the mac the percentage guage meter displays the battery is losing power fast. 1% increments goes down every 5 minutes even if I have only a browser which is opened and no other running applications.
My recent test after a fully charged mac book pro allowed me a maximum use time is 2 hours!
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I had the computer in the store because Apple had sent me faulty RAM when they installed it, then said they replaced it and didn't, and then finally they did. And they were going to check out the battery. They said I was in normal range.
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Model Information:
Serial Number: Sony-ASMB012-3824-3cb4
Manufacturer: Sony
Device name: ASMB012
Pack Lot Code: 0000
PCB Lot Code: 0000
Firmware Version: 0110
Hardware Revision: 0500
Cell Revision: 0303
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Charging: No
Full charge capacity (mAh): 5005
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