MacBook Pro Battery/Trackpad Repair
If you have a MacBook Pro that's been in heavy use for 5 years, chances are (like me) your internal battery is toast. Li-Ion batteries tend to swell when they're beginning the death knell, and suc...
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That's amazing, Mark. I didn't know the batteries swelled up like that with age.
Yes. Lithium batteries are like explosive weapons when not taken care of properly. In fact, one of the reasons why I live in Virginia is because Lithium batteries weren't allowed on aircraft in the mid 80's.
I was bringing several military radio systems down here from NJ for testing. I Looked around, noticed the cost of living (including house prices) was like 1/3 to 1/5 of what it was in Monmouth County. Went home and told my wife we were moving. Been here since '87.
#TrueStory
Is that an OEM replacement battery? I have'nt had good luck with non OEM batteries, the last one I replaced I couldn't get the Macbook to recognize the battery had the same problem with an I pod.
This was an Ansanor A1417 replacement. $62 on Amazon.
It charged, discharged and fully re-charged just fine. So I opened it back up, took the tape covers off (also the extra clear tape across the front - don't want that heating up), and made it permanent today.
MarkJFinewrote:I Looked around, noticed the cost of living (including house prices) was like 1/3 to 1/5 of what it was in Monmouth County.
That's changed a bit. :p
I remember in '99 I was looking for an apartment in Fairfax, as that's where I worked, and one bedroom apartments were starting at about $1400. The complex right across from where I worked started at about $1800. I'm sure they're higher, now. And houses? Forget it. I would have had to have gone WAY out in the burbs to be able to afford one.
I stuck with the one bedroom apartment I had in Manassas, which was nearly $1k. I moved to Hagerstown, MD in 2000 and got a two bedroom for $450. Granted, it wasn't as nice, but the price difference was incredible.
Still, I miss NOVA terribly. If I ever won the lottery and there wasn't something tying me to this area I'd move back in a flat second. Forget the coast. NOVA is where I'd be.
Yup. I got here right in the middle of the DC boom in the Reagan years. Manassas was just building up and Gainesville was nothing more than a factory and an auto parts dump site. Wife actually cried as we drove past Gainesville saying, "you're bringing me where?". You should see it now.
