Genuine Apple Battery Replacements Only?

My brother-in-law got a great deal on a 17" MacBookPro. He was having problems with the trackpad activating every time he touched the upper deck. Once he removed the battery, he saw it was swollen on both sides. He put the laptop on AC with the battery out and voila, trackpad is fine now.

The Apple batteries he's finding are around $150; are there less expensive but safe alternative batteries out there? TIA.

billwill said:

The Apple batteries he's finding are around $150; are there less expensive but safe alternative batteries out there? TIA.

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I'm not sure where the $150 is coming from...all replacement laptop batteries at the Apple Store are $129. Still not cheap...but also not $150.

You can try less expensive batteries on e-Bay (but sometimes you get what you pay for). Some folks have reported success with these batteries:

Quality Battery Options for Apple MacBook, MacBook Pro, Powerbook G3/G4, iBook G3/G4

...somewhat less $$$ than the Apple Store.

HTH,

- Nick

If he wants to buy a service replacement from Apple or an Apple service provider, they run about $99, but they only have a 90 day warranty, as opposed to the 1 year warranty for the $129 battery.

You can always try OWC. Just make sure that the model numbers match up.

Another recent battery thread - link.