Apple PowerBook 17" G4 Aluminum Extended Life Battery with TruePower Technology

by TruePower

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 9 x 3 x 6 inches ; 2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000FJRKJU
• Item model number: APP-5966
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 1, 2006

Product Description

Flicks. Pics. Gaming. Tunes. Cutting a movie. Mastering a DVD. Designing a campaign. Used to be portables were our "other" computer, the one we used when we couldn't get to our more powerful desktop. Now, with more and more performance in your hands the laptop has become for many the only computer. But the beauty of the portable is its mobility. Being tied down by a cord is exactly what the PowerBook and iBook are not about. You need it to do more. You need it to last longer. You need TruePower. TruePower's new line of batteries bring Advanced Cell Technology to Apple portables for the first time. Unplug. Max out your power. Max out your life.

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My Powerbook Is Free to Roam Again!, September 26, 2009

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Scott A Teasley "eltonito" (St. Louis, MO USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Apple PowerBook 17" G4 Aluminum Extended Life Battery with TruePower Technology (Electronics)

As a replacement battery for an older Powerbook, this battery exceeds all of my expectations.

I was inclined to write a review within 2 days of getting the battery, but I wanted to give it a few weeks of use before I posted a review. While I'm not sure about the "extended life" feature, my 5 year old original Apple battery was down to about 15 minutes of runtime so it's hard for me to recall how things were 5 years ago. This replacement battery has my Powerbook in the 3+ hour battery range now - pretty darned good for a 17" G4. The battery is physically identical to the factory battery - the power meter is the same, the dimensions and indentions are the same and the color/finish is quite similar. Included in the adequate packaging were break-in instructions which I closely followed for the first few charges to ensure the battery was properly conditioned.

In the end this is a 5 star product in my opinion. It's comparable to, if not better than, the Apple-branded battery in functionality at a lower price. It's put the juice back into my ancient Apple!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars if you got nothing else..., February 2, 2010

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RN-CaT "Float Clinic/Hospital" (HI, USA) - See all my reviews

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I bought this last summer and it finally stopped holding a charge last week. It was easy to install (I mean, I just popped it in like the last one.) It ran ok for what I needed while it lasted (and survived a couple of blackouts and such). Usually, I would run it off it's battery for only up to an hour or so at a time. No problems there. But I really hoped it would last for at least a year or longer. Little bothered that it didn't last that long. The stock battery lasted from 2003 till last summer so I was expecting a little more than the seven months I had it. I could warranty it I suppose, but with my schedule, it's easier for me to just find another battery.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Higher capacity makes sense., January 27, 2009

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J. Vargas (San Jose, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Apple PowerBook 17" G4 Aluminum Extended Life Battery with TruePower Technology (Electronics)

For the kind of work I do on the road, the extended life in the truepower battery really helped me out. I went through a few Apple batteries, but the truepower battery outlasted all three of them! In fact, the 10 percent higher capacity is really noticeable especially when comparing to the OEM batteries. I use one on my PowerBook and I also use a truepower battery on my iBook too! I even got my mom hooked up on one of these bad boys. totally 5 stars.