Customer Reviews

10.8V 4400mAh Lithium-ion Battery Pack, Replace: A1078, M9756G/A, M9756, M9756J/A, A1045, M9325, E68043

5 star:		(26)
4 star:		(12)
3 star:		(7)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(9)

 

 

I was a little nervous when I saw a somewhat negative review about this vendor's replacement battery for the 12" PowerBook. It complained that it didn't match the aluminum finish or have the right power level indicator. Well, this battery for the 15" PB had no such problems. It looks just like the Apple original and is finally giving me back several hours of use at a time -- and saved me $30 or so. I've only had it for about a month, but so far it's working just as I'd hoped.

After several months of use I'm happy to report that this battery charges and holds its charge exactly as it should. I can't detect any difference between this one and the MacIntosh battery that it replaced.
There's often a difference between a a factory original product and a low-cost replacement but in this case the only difference I can find is the welcome savings.

It worked nicely for a few months and now it literally holds power for less than 10 minutes. This happened with under 60 or 70 cycles. I wished I had just spent the extra money and got a real Apple battery.

I was warned by the people at the Apple store that off-brand batteries sometimes had trouble with fitting correctly, and that's what happened for me with this battery. I think it was just a millimeter or something off, but it didn't want to lay flat inside the slot, and the laptop wouldn't recognize it. Finally, I pushed down very, very hard--to the point where I was worried about damaging the laptop--and it finally clicked into place. The battery works just fine now, but the design could use a little polishing.

Couldn't be any happier! It works and it's half the price of an Apple battery. With a full charge you get 4 hours of battery life.

This battery is giving me about 20-30 minutes of power on a full charge. The real deal from Apple is spendy, but might be worth it.

This battery lasted just over a year and now holds zero charge. When you unplug the charger it will instantly shutoff the computer. Very disappointed.

I'm no expert, but this seems to work well and lasts quite a while. Seems like a reasonable price for this product.

I went about 2 years constantly plugged in because the OEM battery died - literally had 0 capacity. For $40 I'm free again. Probably not quite the original battery's capacity, but I can go about a week with light evening use and constant sleep otherwise without recharging. I'd guess I'm getting about 3-4 hours using wireless+internet applications (?)

Was delivered to my door on a very cold day (~0F), and the aluminum cover fell right off. Maybe the glue wasn't design for that cold? Craft glue worked like a charm though, and the battery looks like the original. It actually fits into the computer chassis a little bit better, more snug, than the original.

It really looks like it must be manufactured in the same Chinese factory as the OEM battery...Don't bother with the $130 Apple...

The only problem is that once this battery reaches 0%, my computer turns off -- completely. With my old Apple battery, my computer went to sleep once the battery ran out. I found this out the hard way when I was calibrating this new battery and lost a good portion of a report I had neglected to save. But other than that, it holds about the same charge as a new Apple battery, so I think that this battery is WELL worth the price. $129 for a new Apple battery vs. $35 for this one? Yeah, baby!