Submitted by The Net Ninja on Tue, 08/04/2009 - 23:45
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Well, I seem to have found out something new about the particular batteries they put in the 13" plastic macbooks... When I left for Bolivia, I forgot to turn my macbook off, which drained the battery, and put the computer in hibernation mode. Unfortunately, one of the little fineprint things that nobody reads is that if you leave the battery discharged for just a few days, it kicks the bucket. Bites the bullet. Gets a pink slip for life. If you have this happen to you, it's probably a waste of time to bother with the apple store. I went down there, and they said that they won't even help their special "apple care" customers if this is your plight. They did however offer to sell me an OEM battery for $130. How nice. I wasn't about to eat that, so I said "no thanks, I'm not paying that much" and left. I later found a brand new extended life generic battery on ebay for $58. A 5600 mAh rather than the 5100 mAh OEM ones. So I guess the good news is I'll have an extended battery, and the bad news is that I had to spend an extra $58 when the original battery probably would have lasted a bit longer.
Win some ya lose some I guess.
