You might look at http://www.macsales.com which is Other WOrld Computing (OWC) I believe they have some chargers for under $30 USD, but check since I'm only going from memory and that is never a good thing. :)
On Apr 12, 2012, at 10:23 AM, Brent Harding wrote: > I found the 60 watt on there for $49.99. That's probably exactly the one I > need for the early 08, which I found registered on that hard to find Apple > site looking for other info. > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Blouch" <cblo...@aol.com> > To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Monday, April 09, 2012 3:46 PM > Subject: Re: Any cheaper way to get a new charger that works with my somewhat > older Macbook? > > > I'm always interchanging power bricks and they all worked just fine. If > you use a small low-wattage one it will run most laptops but you won't > be able to charge your battery at the same time. Last time I needed to > buy one was when my wife found one of the kids sucking on the plug. He > was unharmed but the power supply never worked right after that. At the > time I found a pretty good price at > > http://www.megamacs.com/ > > but they seem to be having some database issue at the moment. > > CB > > On 4/7/12 4:47 PM, Lewis Alexander wrote: >> 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"<freemacsforthebl...@gmail.com> >>> To:<macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >>> 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 macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> 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 macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> 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 macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> 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 macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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 macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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. 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