Battery MacBookPro
John McWilliams
and wondering how any third party batteries have worked for others (JR!,
and.....) or whether I should just stick to the Apple replacement.
BTW, just looked through About This Mac and couldn't find the date this
machine went into service, was manufactured, or any date of historical
interest. Did I just overlook?
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john mcwilliams
Gerry
John McWilliams <jp...@comcast.net> wrote:
It's hidden in the serial number, a question and answer I found:
How do I check the build number on my Macbook? Isn't it the build number
part of the serial #?
Right. For instance my MBP serial starts out W8652...The W8 refers to
where it was made, I think. The 6 is the year and the 52 is the week. So
mine was made the last week of 2006.
Jolly Roger
> I am getting close to replacing the battery on my 2.6 GHz MacBookPro,
> and wondering how any third party batteries have worked for others (JR!,
> and.....) or whether I should just stick to the Apple replacement.
My TruPower battery, purchased in April 2009 from FastMac, is doing
great. I'm completely satisfied with it.
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John McWilliams
Thanks. My serial number starts with W8 746 [xxxxx] So late 2007. Older
than I thought.
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John McWilliams
John McWilliams
> In article <hcada8$ecu$1...@news.eternal-september.org>,
> John McWilliams <jp...@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> I am getting close to replacing the battery on my 2.6 GHz MacBookPro,
>> and wondering how any third party batteries have worked for others (JR!,
>> and.....) or whether I should just stick to the Apple replacement.
>
> My TruPower battery, purchased in April 2009 from FastMac, is doing
> great. I'm completely satisfied with it.
Nice; thanks. It seems, on a quick look, it's $99.
Is the following possibly a bad idea? - Esp. since it's $59....
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john mciwlliams
James Sidbury
I had a problem and Apple replaced my battery despite the fact that the
battery was 13 or 14 months old with a one year warranty. Go to the
apple > about this mac > more info > power. This will give battery
info at the top. If the cycle count under health information is low
enough they MAY replace it for you despite it being out of warranty.
NOTE that I did have Applecare which was still in effect.
dick
Jolly Roger
John McWilliams <jp...@comcast.net> wrote:
Yes, I'd say it's possibly a bad idea.
The $99 FastMac charges is competitive with Apple; but FastMac claims
TruePower is better than the stock battery:
<http://fastmac.com/truepower.php>
George Kerby
On 10/28/09 10:40 PM, in article
DrJamesSidbury-CBA...@news.individual.net, "James Sidbury"
<DrJames...@hotmail.com> wrote:
OTOH, I took my MBP to the Apple Store in Palm Beach Gardens where the rep
(not Genius) told me that the cycle count was low and I should have cycled
it more. Because of that, she felt that it would not be covered by
AppleCare.
Since the next Genius appointment was after I was leaving the area, I
returned to the Houston Galleria store, where the Genius tested the MBP and
cheerfully replaced the battery using AppleCare.
Go figure.
Blanche Cohen
> John McWilliams <jp...@comcast.net> wrote:
>[snip]
>> BTW, just looked through About This Mac and couldn't find the date this
>> machine went into service, was manufactured, or any date of historical
>> interest. Did I just overlook?
>
>It's hidden in the serial number, a question and answer I found:
>
>How do I check the build number on my Macbook? Isn't it the build number
>part of the serial #?
>
>Right. For instance my MBP serial starts out W8652...The W8 refers to
>where it was made, I think. The 6 is the year and the 52 is the week. So
>mine was made the last week of 2006.
Hm....interesting. How would you analyze
UV447CYSRCQ
David Empson
Apple's serial numbers have followed the same pattern since the first
iMac was introduced, if not earlier.
The first two characters indicate where it was made. The third character
is the year of manufacture (4 = 2004), and the next two are week of year
(47 = third week of November).
The remaining six characters are unique to your computer, but Apple has
enough information to identify at least the family of the computer from
it full serial number.
If you go to http://support.apple.com and enter your own computer's
serial number you will get model-specific help. In your case, I can tell
from the serial number that you have an iBook, but I can't tell exactly
which model.
Judging from the data of manufacture, it is an "iBook G4 (Late 2004)",
which was introduced in October 2004. There were three standard
configurations: 12.1", 14.1" with Combo drive and 14.1" with SuperDrive.
The 12.1" model was 1.2 GHz, and the 14.1" models were 1.33 GHz.
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David Empson
dem...@actrix.gen.nz
Paul Sture
dem...@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) wrote:
There's a simple to use model identifier at
<http://www.ifixit.com/Info/ID-your-Mac>
And yes, it tells you where to find the model number.
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Paul Sture