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MBP Battery

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Hey guys,
Does anyone have any previous experiences with replaced a battery is a MBP? I would love to have a battery in this laptop again but im curious if its worth the $120 from apple or if i can get away with the $40-$50 from buying one off of amazon. At the same time im also wondering if its worth all of this for ~2 hours worth of battery time. Is there an extended battery for these machines that i just havent been able to find. Comments, advice, thoughts welcome. Thanks y'all.
 
I would say after looking around myself, it's usually a much better idea to go with an Official Apple Battery. I've seen less expensive third party batteries floating around but many of them don't allow monitoring, they don't have as sophisticated electronics to prevent wear (via discharging the cells in different places as opposed to the same locations over and over), and they actually have lower mAH, meaning less battery time.

Due to what I've said earlier, I personally haven't found an 'extended battery' worth buying for MBP's. I'm not saying they don't exist, but I would be very wary.
 
What generation are we talking about? To my knowledge there is no such thing as an extended battery for any of the unibody MBP's. Most extended batteries are just that - they stick out of the standard form factor to pack additional Lithium-Ion cells into the battery.

The current MBP's use an internal Lithium Polymer battery, so theres no place to fit any additional battery. It's possible someone may come up with a higher density pack in the future, but it's unlikely.

As far as replacing it yourself, it's not hard - but usually requires a special screwdriver to avoid the average end user from tampering with it. You can look up online directions for replacing it yourself. If your laptop is already out of warranty I would just do that.
 
Warranty's cover damage. Batteries wear out over time. If it fails for some other reason (like explodes, stops holding a charge after 6 months, etc) then they would cover it.

No different than your car. Just considered wear and tear unless something out of the ordinary happens.
 
luckily this machine has the battery pack that comes out of the bottom. Thanks y'all for the responses.
 
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