On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 3:22 AM, Martin Trautmann <[email protected]> wrote: > David J Brooks wrote:
> iBook G4 with 13"? I assume it's 12" only. > > I got any battery from ebay sellers. You never know about the quality that > much - especially how new the cells are, since li-ion does degrade by aging. > > My battery here dropped from 4400 mAh (which it never actually had) down to > now 3644 mAh after 486 cycles. Seems to be good enough. > It does fit sufficiently well and is slightly more grey than the white > casing. Apple batteries are speced at 4000 mAh, AFAIR. > > There are some better recommended brands - but I'd suggest to ask e.g. in > news:comp.sys.mac.portables or any of the common web forums. > > I think it's my third battery since 2004 - the first one was replaced by > Sony's recall action. > > I'm more annoyed by the fact that Apple claims much better battery quality > for the current MacBooks with internal cells, but does not reflect this by > any increased warranty - it's always limited to one year only, regardless of > AppleCare, for manufacturing defects only. > > - Martin Thanks The drop seemed to happen all at once. I went on the apple store site, and read a lot of battery reviews and most of them are very negative in regards to reliability from apple and or the supplier, thus the inquiry for 3rd party. I'll have to dig up my BOS and check, i always thought it was 13", but maybe i'm flashing back again.:-) Dave > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
