Battery Apple Powerbook G4 12 Replaces M8984 M9324 A1022 A1079
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If you are in the market for this battery, your beloved 12 inch Powerbook is several years old. I love mine for its form factor, I have yet to find another laptop this transportable. With OS 10. 5, and a new 150GB HD, it has a lot of life left in it yet. One day the software will overwhelm it and it will be too slow, or I will need some “intel-only” new software and this will have to go. But not yet. So the only deficiency of my laptop was the old battery – that was down to 13% of its original capacity. How do I know that? Get “coconutbattery” a free utility that will show you just how bad your battery is. Then get this battery to replace your original. So at 13% I was getting only about 20 minutes. This battery does the job, my laptop now has 4 hrs life again. I highly recommend this. Yes, the color is 0. 5% different than the original. For me that is not worth the extra $50 to buy the Apple battery. You be the judge. By the way, the one I received does have 5 lights same as the original. Cheers. Oh PS you should take your old battery to a recycling center. Many stores will accept them.
As the previous review mentioned before the majority of differences with this battery and an official Apple one are mostly aesthetic. Functionally it works great and holds a charge well if you calibrate it first. I was happily surprised when I found out that the battery’s case is indeed aluminum, unfortunately it’s not quite the same color as my PowerBook so when you flip the laptop it’s glaringly obvious the battery isn’t Apple made. Mine also doesn’t sit flush on the right side of the computer (sticks out less than the thickness of a dime). I don’t think I’ll buy another non-Apple battery for my laptop simply because I prefer the fit and finish of the original Apple battery. However, being that my computer is getting long in the tooth anyway this new battery should at least give me another year of good service before I upgrade to a new laptop.
The manufacturer did a good job of getting this battery to look as if it were an original part of my PowerBook, though there are a few modest differences: * The foot is in the wrong place and is larger than the original * The number of battery level indicator LEDs is four rather than five, as on the original * The battery juts out ever-so slightly on the right side of my PowerBook That said, my PowerBook is no spring chicken at three and a half years of age, so little cosmetic items don’t matter like they would have when it was new. Functionally, the battery works perfectly well; certainly as well as the original Apple battery when it was new.