Thanks for your kind offer Paul, but the charger turned up this morning. I guess the seller was hedging his bets.
So, one positive story of third-party batteries... Anyone else got any experience before I cough up? Darren On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 11:57 AM, Paul Russell <[email protected]> wrote: > > I can lend you a power supply until the new one arrives. You'd need to > collect it from me (Preston Park area). > > I used to use a third party battery on my old PB G4 - it was fine - > supposedly higher capacity than the Apple battery. I think they are > typically just reconditioned Apple batteries anyway (they take the old > cells out and put new ones in). > > Paul > > On 9 Feb 2009, at 11:03, Darren Morgan wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > My G4 PB has a battery that only holds about 40 mins charge and I've > > just broken the power supply. > > > > I've ordered another power supply (65w - A1021) from ebay but it'll > > take a few days to arrive. In the meantime, I need juice. > > > > So, my questions are: > > > > 1. Has anyone used a Macally power supply ( > http://store.solutions-inc.co.uk/product/274)? > > It says it only has an output of 48w. Will this work ok with my 15" > > G4 PB FW800? > > > > 2. Does anyone have any experience of third-party batteries? I need > > an A1045, but the genuine ones are v. expensive and I can't justify > > that expense on a 6-year-old Powerbook. > > > > Cheers > > Darren > > > > > > -- Darren Morgan [email protected] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" 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/smug?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
