from the early intel macbooks, they were the same as the recent ones, with exception of wattage ratings.
where abouts are you? I can look up a specialist refurbs place in the USA who carries older components. what I could do with is the machine serial number and then go from there. the system serial can be found through going to about this mac in the apple manu and then going to more info, this opens system profiler and you can get the system serial number and model from there. cheers. lew On 7 Apr 2012, at 21:44, Brent Harding wrote: > Yeah, I just knew that there were L shaped and T shaped ones, and if you > don't have the correct one, depending on the firmware in the machine, if you > originally had the older one, that's all you could charge with, and I heard > Apple doesn't make the old one now. Maybe I can get by with that plug, but > there's probably plenty of them on Ebay. > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lewis Alexander" > <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2012 3:25 PM > Subject: Re: Any cheaper way to get a new charger that works with my somewhat > older Macbook? > > > hi, the apple charger is pretty much a standard unit and there are no > compatible products due to patent applications from apple preventing clones. > > an option or two open to you is ebay for a refurb or used pack or even an > apple refurb company depending on where you are in the world. > > lew > > On 7 Apr 2012, at 21:21, Brent Harding wrote: > >> Hi there. I have this Mac Book that I bought for a good deal some time in >> 2008 or 2009, that was upgraded and was only 6 months used at that time, if >> the guy ever did much with it besides keeping it around to sell. When I took >> it home to my parents' place once, I never noticed that the charger got in >> front of the car door, and some bracket snapped off. My dad was able to >> super glue it back together and it works here, but I might be getting a work >> experience where I might need to move it around from one outlet to another >> since it only goes about 90 minutes in Windows, and maybe a little more in >> Snow Leopard. From what I've read, a new one of these costs around $80 and >> may not work, depending if my machine successfully took a certain firmware >> update. Is there cheaper places to get one like the original one that I have >> so I don't find myself in a situation that a different kind doesn't charge >> the battery? >> >> Thanks. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
