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.
I've seen sat views of Gainesville and my brother, who still lives in VA and travels through that area every now and again, tells me about. When I left it was in its transformation, but it's grown quite a bit since then. I have no doubt that I'd barely recognize it now. The main drag (Rte 29) has changed considerably. Heck, even Haymarket's built up quite a bit, and just about the biggest thing they had there when I left was a Sheetz. LOL.
And I can just imagine how much worse Rte 66 is during rush hour. :p
Can you imagine what it would be like if they had built Disney's America? OMG.
