Ti replacement battery

[jamkam]

thanks for the feedback folks.  the owc recommendation looks good since 
it says capacity is a bit higher than oem and owc is pretty good 
company, right....that is, if you can get tech people on the phone!

as far as buying a used battery i'd prob opt out.  you can fully charge 
it and then test its capacity with a multi-meter but unless i'm 
mistaken, you have no idea of how MUCH it was charged/discharged and as 
we know that determines the life not the age of the battery, per se. 
plus, newer tech (and apc i think) give a 1 year warranty while apple's 
is just 90 days.  in fact, when i sent my Ti400 in last week for its 
last applecare overhaul, they wouldn't honor the battery un a/c and 
said in fact, that they'd only replace it if it wouldn't hold a charge 
up to 90 days or so.


> I bought a "slightly used" OEM battery on eBay.  It
> was about $40 and seems to be just fine.  With eBay,
> of course, you take your chances.
>
> Bob
>
> Message-Id: <6FD72319-751B-11D8-9126-003065BDB2B2 at mac.com>
> From: Dave Friesen <davefriesen at mac.com>
> Subject: Re: [Ti] Ti replacement battery
> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 10:22:50 -0800
>
> How can you tell how used it is?
>
>