[sussex_mug] Re: G4 Powerbook Batteries

[Graham Street]

I don't have that laptop model (mine's a 15" Intel MacBook Pro) but I thought this info may interest you ... My original Apple battery was recalled. The replacement started failing after 80 cycles. At 130 cycles, the longest my laptop would stay running on a (so-called) full charge was 20 mins. Apple would not replace my replacement battery. All the reviews of Apple batteries are terrible, so I looked elsewhere for a solution. I visited http://fastmac.com/laptop.php and ordered a TruePower battery back in January. They're so popular that I've had to wait 4 months for stocks (for my laptop) to be replenished. I'm in the US at the moment and FastMac recently shipped the replacement battery here instead of to the UK. The new TruePower battery is superb. Despite being in the postal system for a week, it arrived fully charged. After just a few cycles, its improved and is now charged to 6360mAh. My old Apple battery only ever reached 5600mAh. My battery life seems to be around 3-4 hours at the moment. It looks like they produce TruePower batteries for your model and I'd highly recommend them. Graham on 9/5/09 06:37 Andrew Tett sent the following: Hello...   I have a three year old 12" "last of the G4" Powerbooks which is still working fine, thankfully.   The battery is also good, although showing signs of age. Can anyone suggest when the proper Apple new batteries for these computers will become no longer available?  I would like to leave it as long as possible before buying a replacement but do not want to miss out.   Andrew (Shoreham) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 smug@googlegroups.com  To unsubscribe from this group, send email to smug+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com  For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---