Mac Book Pro Core Duo Battery Shot

When I got this MBP originally, my battery would not last much longer than an hour and a half. I took it to the genius bar on several occasions and talked to different associates which assured me this was completely normal. After about a year my battery was down to about 45 minutes and after a year and a half, 20 if I was lucky. My battery only made it about 120 cycles before it decided to stop working all together at about 2 years. Apple never once offered to replace my battery though I see on this forum they can be replaced if shot after less than 300 load cycles. Anyways, with my faith in apple shot on top of my battery, I purchased a 3rd party battery ($73) which I am conveniently using at the moment and LASTS LONGER THAN MY APPLE BRAND BATTERY EVER DID! I can see from the numerous posts that the MBP 1st generation original batteries never did work very well regardless of the updates which YES, I do have them and it looks like Apple indeed does not stand by that product. The best I can hope for is for some Apple support member here to see my anguish and actually tell me that my old battery should and CAN be replaced for free... even after 2 years with less than 300 load cycles. Apple has never given me anything but flack for using lower priced 3rd party accessories but, they have always worked better. Imagine my suprise after ordering 3rd party ram, getting flack for it from Apple "That it may not work as well as the brand" then, opening up my MBP to find KOREAN RAM in my brand new MBP that came from straight from the manufacturer. Gee... I wish there was an Apple associate around who could restore my faith.

I've never heard the 300 cycle thing for a replacement for Apple. They have a one year warranty if there is a battery problem, they will swap it out for a new one during the first year. If you purchase the Apple Care policy, then they will extend the battery upgrade for two years beyond your original contract. Considering you can get Apple Care for about 150 bucks on eBay for the Macbook Pro, it's a pretty good investment.

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so what you're saying is for heavy usage plug in the charger
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/moth3r/sets/72157622678416670/
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Seems like you set yourself up for a "no answer" siituation. Expect the worst and you usually get it. Anyway, I am an Apple fan after my switch to this Mac Book Pro 17" in 2007 so I couldn't help wanting to send you an answer. Are you in Croatia? I imagine there are not a lot of friendly Apple stores full of Apple Geniuses floating around over there. However, there are several posts here in support that address this issue already.
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