Battery (as instructed)

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My 2008 air says it needs a new battery, I last year took it to a local place with instruction to fit battery, that went back after it developed a fault and switched itself off when screen was closed,
and the battery they replaced did exactly the same thing so they replaced original and I'm back to square One,

Q: have you experience of buying aftermarket batteries, and if satisfied would you mind linking me to them please,

so many horror stories of fitting cheap Asian batteries that catch fire on charge etc, how best to avoid, thanks fella's

Second post I know, but been reading up until now :D
 
Thanks for reply,
I may have wrong end of stick here, but I was under impression that apple MK
Regard my machine as 'vintage' and don't sell batteries,
Excuse my ignorance, much as I like macs I've never bought a battery for a fairly modern machine
Last one is an old powerbook


If its possible then of course I'll buy theirs

Ta
 
It's not a user replaceable battery. I'd be very surprised if Apple don't offer the battery replacement service on a 2008 machine. Last time I checked it was about £100.

Ring your local Apple store or AASP and ask.
 
Also like to know if anyone has feedback on this.

I went into my local Apple store (Cambridge) today and whilst they will do the replacement, it wasn't £100 (more like £170) and they said it could take 5-10 working days even though the battery was in stock in the store. This is on a 2009 MBP
 
Fond of mac's as I am, this is a bit of a let-down,
Thing is, mac-upgrades had it the other week to fit a pair of hinges and I reckon its back to them possibly for battery too.

Brilliant service there. Machine runs like new, they offered me a contact name for battery supplies in case I fancied doing the swap myself.

Next question: how hard is a swap out, I had back off about hinges but looked very fiddly, although. Battery 'looked' quite straightforward. Hmmm
 
Battery replacement is easy but it's worth mentioning that even the older MacBook Air batteries are more delicate than the likes of the pre-retina MacBook Pros. The screw hole in the middle of the battery will squish down if you tighten the screw too much so beware.

I suspect iFixit will have a guide on how to do it.

Also edit: In regards to vintage status, it's over 6 years old so pretty standard for a manufacturer to stop stocking parts.
 
Mac up-grades mentioned it was 'achievable with caution' so suspect I know what I'm doing over bank holiday weekend

Thanks for replies/advice BTW
 
Exctly, that's where they recommended, in fact they (had) mine in stock for around £93 which seems about right,
From what I've read its largely a wasted excercise fitting an Asian special for £25 as its only good for a year or worse it catches on fire on charge.
 
Bit of a conundrum really, not sure I can justify the money for a nice shiny new macbook,
for my amount and light usage, but fishing around for opinion & experiences of people that have actually gone to store and how well the battery has worked out.

Internet is great place for 'I bought this and it didn't last 5 minutes' type stories whereas the successful routine jobs don't get reported sadly,

which is how I came to actually post on here (for a change)
 
I did look at this, the only thing concerned me was the actual attachment of 'tabs' to the batteries themselves, as there was mention of damaging the cells,
( Looking at the battery pack though, those individuall cells must be pretty small

But as above, open to ideas
 
The MacBook Air battery (more so newer models but including the older 2008 model) are definitely not standard laptop batteries. The cells have been spread over a larger surface area to keep them thin.

In the 2010 MacBook Air and newer models the cells are even soft so don't have protective plastic cases :/

If it was me zildjian, I'd go for a newer laptop. The new MacBook Airs are leaps and bounds over the 2008 models. It's worth considering you cannot run the latest OS X on your Mac and the super small hard drives (yes they're PATA :/) is slower than your average laptop hard drive these days, let alone the SSDs in the new MBAs.
 
Good point, it was my first 'newer' mac and been great but must admit a larger pro screen would be nice as well.
But buyind used how old would you all risk on a mac
No more than 2 maybe 4 years old?
Given they may need a fresh battery,

And yest that ipod HD was a suprise to see !
 
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