[MadanKnightRyukendo]

I'm in need of a new battery for my Titanium DVI PowerBook (A1012) but I don't really have $130 to spend on one. I've looked on eBay before, but there's just so much on there, and I don't want to get ripped off.

Would I be right to just avoid anything not from Apple? There appears to be a wealth of third party batteries, but considering all the money and work I just sunk into fixing up the PB, I don't want to risk it if others have had issues in the past with the third parties.

[mduell]

There are third party batteries that are better than Apple's (newer cell tech, higher capacity); they're in the same price range as Apple's.

And of course their are cheap knockoffs; you pay for what you get.

[Andrew Stephens]

Cheap chinese battery = 30 seconds battery life.

You get what you pay for with laptop batteries.

[charlespsu]

Do a google for "laptop battery fire". Don't mess with cheap knockoffs on such a nice machine!