my battery is knackered on my macbook. its the first of the newer aluminium ones. 13" 2009 model a battery for these is fairly expensive but i have seen non genuine ones for much less are these advisable? can anyone recommend me a decent battery which are safe etc cheers
Don't get a non apple battery mate. The batteries communicate with the computer to give you estimated battery life , Time till full charge etc. The knock offs don't do that and are very bad for the machine. We see loads in work that have swollen and damaged the computer from the inside. worst case is that they can expand and leak toxic fluid. You have an expensive machine and its worth £101.00 to keep it tidy
Thanks mate. I've seen them on amazon slightly discounted too. Let me know if you can sort anything Cheers
Hi mate,, Do you have a 13" Macbook Pro or the aluminium Macbook before they changed the name to Macbook pro ? The problem im having is that I can only find service batteries for a 13" aluminium MacBook ( apple brought it out as a macbook then changed the name to macbook pro a few months later ) If you turn your machine over is there a latch to release the batterie cover or is it all 1 peace and you have to unscrew the back panel ? I have an 09 15" pro with a removable batterie but from late 09 on they changed all laptops to fixed backs which you cannot buy batteries for of the shelf.
mine is the first aluminium 13" mackbook (late 2008) - not the later 'macbook pro' my battery is removed by just pushing in a tab and a big panel pops off to show the battery and hard disc cheers
Thats ok then , it must be the same battery that the ali Macbook takes. Its a bit confusing as the ali macbook and the macbook pro is basically the same machine just Apple originally released it as a macbook and then changed the name. So what you are looking for is an MB771 Apple Rechargeable Battery MacBook 13" ( Aluminium ) My staff discount is cost + 3% so due to apple's very small mark up i can only get it for £ 78.12 which isnt great. there is a few like you said on Amazon uk for £69.99 which is a great price as they are selling at a loss sorry i couldnt get it much cheaper but they are tight gits lol
thanks for the info mate so are these the genuine thing and new? Apple Rechargable Battery - 13" MacBook (Aluminium): Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories cheers
Yeah i believe so mate . It says that it comes in a brown box and not apple packaging. When we service machines in work and a battery is replaced under warranty it comes in a brown box as it is a service part not an on the shelf retail battery so it sounds like the seller has a few service batteries spare hence the low price. It might be worth sending him an email to ask for the part number which is MB771.
Actually i just noticed he has quoted the part number further down the page and there is a customer comment saying it is defiantly an OEM battery
thanks for the info will give it a go. also you may be interested in this for your bike HONDA FIREBLADE 1000RR - REAR FENDER BLACK! | eBay
Yeah just picked that up on the other thread you posted it on. I guess most people search for the word cowl not fender.. Fingers crossed
thanks for the info will give it a go. also you may be interested in this for your bike HONDA FIREBLADE 1000RR - REAR FENDER BLACK! | eBay