Thanks, Graham... That looks really promising. Since they go back years, it looks like* *I don't need to worry!
Andrew 2009/5/9 Graham Street <[email protected]> > 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.phpand > 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 [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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
