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| From | John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.system |
| Subject | Re: MacBook Pro battery |
| Date | 2015-03-11 09:20 -0700 |
| Organization | Sept. all the time |
| Message-ID | <mdppvj$eov$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <mdpkgm$kgs$1@dont-email.me> <55005719$0$32426$c3e8da3$cc4fe22d@news.astraweb.com> |
On 3/11/15 PDT 7:54 AM, Warren Oates wrote: > In article <mdpkgm$kgs$1@dont-email.me>, > John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> wrote: > >> I'd rather not spend for a new battery, and one thought is that at a >> Genius Bar they'd pop in a working battery to see the state of affairs. > > You can get a new battery on ebay for 40 bux. No, it's not an official > approved sanctified blessed and hallowed Apple battery, but mine's been > running my MBP 4,1 for the last 2 years. Hah! Just came back from Amazon, where a single twenny did the trick, mit shipping. The vendor says I saved over $100. Buy ten more of those and I'm good for a thou! :) Still the curious in me is saying "Whaaaaaaat?". Real Q: Don't these start up and run with just the power adaptor, battery out? IIRC they did. But my recaller is very rusty on that point.
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MacBook Pro battery John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-03-11 07:47 -0700
Re: MacBook Pro battery Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-03-11 10:54 -0400
Re: MacBook Pro battery John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-03-11 09:20 -0700
Re: MacBook Pro battery Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-03-11 15:46 -0400
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