RE: Laptop battery replacement

["Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've always bought 3rd party batteries when replacing mobile phone
batteries
and so far have been OK with them ... for your laptop try Googling for
companies that replace the cells in your old rechargeable battery packs as
sometimes the packs themselves don't contain anything too specialized in
the
way of cells.

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Chris Hunter
> Sent: 13 January 2007 10:51
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Laptop battery replacement
>
> The battery for 'wife's Powerbook G4 likewise ... local Applecentre
> wasn't very helpful, and although they said they could order one, they
> did imply that most people buy generic ... must say, though, that when
> we bought generic for our old mobile phone's they were cheap but were
> dead in no-time ... I'm inclined to live with the short life of the
> battery (new, it would run five ours, all the way to Chicago, with a
> break for eats, now it runs for fifteen-minutes but still several days
> on stand-by), 'though 'wife wants a new one, at maybe 140GBP for the
> Apple version ...
>
> Chris
>
> steamer2uk wrote:
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> >Hi, everyone, may I please 'pick your brains'?
> >
> >After 3 years of intensive use, my daughter's laptop battery is
showing
> >its age and needs replacing.
> >
> >However, the 'official' Sony replacement battery (ref: PCGA-BP2V)
is
> >about GBP 150!
> >
> >There are a number of 'generic' batteries we have found by
Googling,
> >but we are a bit unsure of their reliability and suitability.
> >
> >So, please, does anyone out there have any recommendations for a
> >reputable brand/make/supplier of a laptop battery that would be a
> >suitable, safe and good value alternative?
> >
> >Many thanks in advance
> >
> >Cheers
> >
> >Chris P
> >
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