ext_40289 ([identity profile] eustaciavye.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] davis_square2010-01-12 10:40 pm
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Help! Laptop charger dead!

I have a Macintosh G4 powerbook from 2006. It works great. Unfortunately a few minutes ago the power adaptor/charger unit started to smoke. As I have limited battery I really need to have a charger at all times. A new one looks to be about $80 in the store. Does anyone have a spare I could buy off them for less than $80? What I am looking for is the old style charger with the circular plug, not the little rectangular magnetic one like on the current macbooks.

I'm planning to go get a new one after work tomorrow if I can't get one secondhand.
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[identity profile] surrealestate.livejournal.com 2010-01-13 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
I have two (kept one at one and one at work) but since that's not my primary laptop anymore, I could totally sell one. Email me if you're interested.

[identity profile] pushupstairs.livejournal.com 2010-01-13 04:03 am (UTC)(link)
you can find third-party ones for about $30.

[identity profile] genesayssitdown.livejournal.com 2010-01-13 03:57 pm (UTC)(link)
http://www.amazon.com/ADAPTER-POWERBOOK-NOTEBOOK-COMPUTER-BATTERY/dp/B0013NQ16U/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1263398158&sr=8-6

[identity profile] julishka.livejournal.com 2010-01-15 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
there may have been a recall on those chargers. can't hurt to stop in at the genius bar.

I need one too...

[identity profile] madscientist01.livejournal.com 2010-01-27 12:36 am (UTC)(link)
Ironically, a week after reading this post I also broke my old-style Powerbook power adapter... if another kind soul had the old round type charger and no longer needed it, I would love you pay you for it instead of the Apple store (which wants $80!). Thanks!
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