My Problem
Battery was old and would no longer hold a charge. I replaced it with one of those cheap batteries online- a $25 replacement. This cheap battery started to fail at %50 power within 8 months. I replaced this battery with the Nutech battery from ifixit. As good life as I remember from when I first bought the computer back in 2009.
My Fix
Very easy. Its funny because it has a sticker that says "please do not remove or replace battery." Its literally the easiest part to replace in the whole macbook.
My Advice
Definitely worth doing if you want more on-the-go working life out of an old macbook. If this were a car, 10% of the cost of the vehicle would be a decent repair, but people wouldn't think twice about replacing the whole car instead of the transmission. However, when it comes to laptops, people just replace the whole thing instead of an easy, $100 part.
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