12" Powerbook battery

is this a commodity item I may as well order from Apple?
Ian McCall wrote on :

Going to buy one - is it worth looking around for cheaper prices, or is this a commodity item I may as well order from Apple?

Cheers, Ian

James Dore replied on :

In article 2sbhj1F1ja04nU1@redacted.invalid, ian@redacted.invalid says...

Going to buy one - is it worth looking around for cheaper prices, or is this a commodity item I may as well order from Apple?

Cheers, Ian

http://www.gogo-power.co.uk/ got me a cheaper TiBoko battery. Whether Cheaper!=Better is to be found out, although I did geta good five-six hours of life from it, which the original never did.

anon replied on :

In 2sbhj1F1ja04nU1@redacted.invalid Ian McCall wrote:

Going to buy one - is it worth looking around for cheaper prices, or is this a commodity item I may as well order from Apple?

Cheers, Ian

Ian,

I got a perfectly good new battery for my PowerBookg G4 from this ebay shop http://search.stores.ebay.co.uk/search/search.dll?query=APPLE& sostorename=all+battery+shop&from=R10&saseller=107169578&submit=Search , the best part was the price...

Not OEM but new, cheap and bought through ebay with no problems at all.

HTH Paul

Ian McCall replied on :

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In 2sbhj1F1ja04nU1@redacted.invalid Ian McCall wrote: I got a perfectly good new battery for my PowerBookg G4 from this ebay shop http://search.stores.ebay.co.uk/search/search.dll?query=APPLE& sostorename=all+battery+shop&from=R10&saseller=107169578&submit=Search , the best part was the price...

Good link. Unfortunately no 12" batteries at the moment, but I'll keep it bookmarked I think. http://makeashorterlink.com/?V28022279, for the sake of the link-wrap impaired.

Cheers, Ian

S.Chang replied on :

Ian McCall wrote:

wrote in message news:20041004170924550+0100@redacted.invalid

In 2sbhj1F1ja04nU1@redacted.invalid Ian McCall wrote: I got a perfectly good new battery for my PowerBookg G4 from this ebay shop http://search.stores.ebay.co.uk/search/search.dll?query=APPLE& sostorename=all+battery+shop&from=R10&saseller=107169578&submit=Search , the best part was the price...

Good link. Unfortunately no 12" batteries at the moment, but I'll keep it bookmarked I think. http://makeashorterlink.com/?V28022279, for the sake of the link-wrap impaired.

Cheers, Ian

Good price but it's not the original Apple battery for the new PB, are they reliable/safe? I read something about copied mobile phone batteried blowing up, don't want the same thing happen to my PBs...

S.Chang