Apple Acknowledges the MacBook/MacBook Pro Battery Issue!

While Apple released the Battery Update 1.2 supposed to improve the behavior of battery models found in ALL MacBook and MacBook Pro (here), Cupertino also acknowledges that some batteries used in its MacBook and MacBook Pro notebooks may have battery performance issues not related to firmware problems but rather defective components (there:

For MacBook and MacBook Pro systems with Intel Core Duo processors, this program extends repair coverage on the battery for up to two years from the date of purchase of the computer.
Identifying an affected battery
Affected batteries will have one or more of the following symptoms:
- Battery is not recognized causing an “X” to appear in the battery icon in the Finder menu bar.
- Battery will not charge when computer is plugged into AC power.
- Battery exhibits low charge capacity/runtime when using a fully charged battery with a battery cycle count (as shown in System Profiler) of less than 300.
- Battery pack is visibly deformed.

We are pleased to see Apple finally responding to a problem for which we have been publishing numerous news and reports over the last couple of weeks. Now Cupertino, it is time to launch the same exchange program for the short lifetime AirPort Express.