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I was working the other night, and then I simply left my macbook pro on without hooking the AC cord on, same as I do every night. Since it was a holiday the day after, the computer had another day and night to rest.. it went to sleep, and apparently drained the battery completely.Now the battery indicator went to “X” and it wont recognize the battery. The AC connector has a constant green light, and unhooking it causes immediate power down, loosing any unsaved data.
A short googling brought that this is a common – common phenomenon, and it happens under perfectly normal use, the macbooks (and pros) simply let the battery discharge to a point of no return, killing the battery.so my battery is dead.I am still under first year warranty so I guess I can replace it, but this is very disturbing because it can happen again. as a professional one of the reasons I use a mac is the reliability, no crashes, no hardware issues, no surprises. I payed good $ for my mac and I have very low tolerance for such problems. The minimum Apple could do is publish a warning or instruction to avoid this phenomenon.One bad point added.