eeky mac

Saw a funny South Park version of PC vs. Mac

but it still couldn't cheer me up from the MacBook battery headache. Yes, I went to Den Haag again on Wednesday and did get the battery replaced again only in 3 minutes. That Apple guy even didn't have the patience to listen to my description of all the symptoms my sick baby got before handing me a brand new sealed battery. I installed and tested it on the spot. Everything just seemed perfect... until after I calibrated it for the first time at home. The first charging till full was ok, BUT when I plugged in the Magsafe, the indicator light was just like a malfunctioning traffic light -- green, amber, and green again, even when the power was below 70% and should've started charging. The only "improved" was that no big X showed up, but still, it said "calculating ... till full" instead of "charging till full". Even the reset of SMC failed to take any effect. This means the new battery was, and is still so, irrecognizable just like the old ones! Due to the total dependence on AC, my laptop ironically turned into a desktop!

I believe the suspect should be Mac itself, not the batteries. Luckily I'm not alone. Search results show that most macs with the same battery charging problem got cured by battery exchange, and a few by changing their logic boards. Hope mine is simply the latter type. Will definitely add this to Apple people's knowledge base on Monday.