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Hello,
My friend bought a Macbook Air today - and she's giving me her old Macbook (white), when the new one arrives. Ideal! My daughter needs a laptop for University and this will fit the bill nicely.
This old white Macbook works pretty well - but needs a new battery (old battery is completely dead, Macbook only works on power lead)
I see that Apple still sells these batteries for £100 (UK).
I also see generic replacement batteries on eBay (etc) for around £20.
If I was a rich man and had £100 spare, there'd be no question here. But I'm not and a saving of £80 (or so) would be very useful.
I've searched the forum but not found any specific answer which resolves this for me.
Is it a false economy? Will I buy the cheap battery and end up blowing £100 on the real thing a couple of weeks later.
Or, are batteries much of a muchness, these days?
(Also see some batteries in the middle price range - around £40 - £60. Wondering if these are the same as the cheaper ones, or ?)
Probably got a week, or so, to make my decision.
All advice and suggestions welcome.
Thanks, CB
My friend bought a Macbook Air today - and she's giving me her old Macbook (white), when the new one arrives. Ideal! My daughter needs a laptop for University and this will fit the bill nicely.
This old white Macbook works pretty well - but needs a new battery (old battery is completely dead, Macbook only works on power lead)
I see that Apple still sells these batteries for £100 (UK).
I also see generic replacement batteries on eBay (etc) for around £20.
If I was a rich man and had £100 spare, there'd be no question here. But I'm not and a saving of £80 (or so) would be very useful.
I've searched the forum but not found any specific answer which resolves this for me.
Is it a false economy? Will I buy the cheap battery and end up blowing £100 on the real thing a couple of weeks later.
Or, are batteries much of a muchness, these days?
(Also see some batteries in the middle price range - around £40 - £60. Wondering if these are the same as the cheaper ones, or ?)
Probably got a week, or so, to make my decision.
All advice and suggestions welcome.
Thanks, CB