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blackbird_1.0 · Jul 5, 2003, 10:06 PM

i have an iBook 500 mhz, Dual USB, 8mb Video Card Laptop

which battery do i buy the crystal white or opaque white?

what funny is apple also says my yoyo ac adapter isnt for my ibook, but it came w/ one

ccsccs7 · Jul 6, 2003, 06:31 AM

The crystal would most match you 500MHz iBook (which would be crystal, unless you want a battery that doesn't look like it belongs).

jamester · Jul 6, 2003, 12:37 PM

My iBook also came with the yoyo ac adaptor... seems to charge just fine, if a little slow. Is there much difference between the yoyo ac adaptor and the small square white one?

J

blackbird_1.0 · Jul 6, 2003, 01:36 PM

yeah, voltage, its just that i noticed that the product description said that it was only for the clamshell ibook alone... thats all

pat++ · Jul 6, 2003, 02:01 PM

I got the yoyo too with my 500Mhz iBook. I think they changed the AC adapter with the 600Mhz revision. From what I've seen the new white brick adapter gets much hotter than the yoyo. Maybe this was just a defective adapter... (seen with 700Mhz iBook).

The white adapter has an orange/green light on the connector which indicate wether the battery is fully charged (green) or charging (orange). The yoyo doesn't have this...

jamester · Jul 6, 2003, 03:35 PM

But there's nothing fundamentally different that would hose my iBook or it's battery, if I have a white 600 and a yoyo adaptor, right? I hate the idea of shelling out another $60 for the white adaptor.

Should be the only side effect is the yoyo charges a bit slower, right?

J

rozwado1 · Jul 7, 2003, 05:27 PM

The yo-yo works fine compared to the new white charger. I tested on my and my GF's 500 iBooks. From a fully drained battery, it only took 5 min longer to charge from the yo-yo. Don't waste your money on the new one - I think it seems "flimsier" than the yo-yo, albeit smaller.

As for which battery to buy - both work. I have a new one with my older 500. The color is a bit off, but I'd rather have a new manufacture than one that's been sitting in a warehouse since the first 500s rolled off the line...

SupahCoolX · Jul 7, 2003, 07:21 PM

Originally posted by rozwado1:
As for which battery to buy - both work. I have a new one with my older 500. The color is a bit off, but I'd rather have a new manufacture than one that's been sitting in a warehouse since the first 500s rolled off the line...

The "crystal" style iBooks lasted through the most recent rev a few months ago. They've been producing them for the 500's, 600's, 700's, and 800's.

iamnid · Jul 8, 2003, 06:17 PM

Originally posted by blackbird_1.0:
yeah, voltage, its just that i noticed that the product description said that it was only for the clamshell ibook alone... thats all

Wrong wrong wrong. True, the clamshell ibook had a yo-yo adapter, but the first dual usb ibooks also had a yoyo adapter that was DIFFERENT than the yoyo used for the clamshells. Powerbooks around that time also had yoyo adapters.

I have a 500mhz dual usb ibook and the new 900mhz ibook. I interchange the adapters all the time (yoyo with my 900 and whitebox with my 500) there's essentially no difference apart from form factor and that the newer one shows you whether or not it is charging via a multi-colored led on the connector. They discontinued the yo-yo for the dual usb ibooks and that is why they are telling you to get the white box -- it's the only adaptor they make now that will work with ibook.

icebookdude · Jul 17, 2003, 07:50 AM

Is it possible to put a opaque white battery in an crystal white ibook 700 combo? The opaque white battery has more power than the crystal white one. But Apple says that you can't put in an ibook 700 Combo. What is the reason for this?

ccsccs7 · Jul 18, 2003, 05:17 AM

Hmmmm. This is interesting. I can no longer find the crystal white iBook battery at the Apple Store (online). Perhaps I should have purchased one a little while back while I could still find it.

ink · Aug 18, 2003, 11:40 PM

I bought the new "opaque white" battery which is labeled "For 700 MHz iBook with 12.1-inch display and CD-ROM". I have an iBook/500 Combo DVD/CDR (yes, it has the limited-edition platium yo-yo that was only made with revA dual-usb iBooks) and it works great. It looks different than the rest of the laptop; it's more of a bright white while the rest of the machine is (ahem) more "creamy" looking...

It seems to last longer than I remember my first battery lasting, but then again it's been slowly losing it's endurance so my memory may be faulty.