2007 Macbook Pro Issues, Help.

[Com4tably Numb]

Hi

New to the forum, and will be seeking help an opinions.

I bought my mac in mid-2007 and I am having issues with it.

First; Battery sucks, longest it goes for is for about 1:20 hrs/mins.
Second; booting up takes a while for it to get to the main screen.


I am looking for a new battery, but I am afraid that if I just buy a battery from a random site, that it will not be as good as it should. I read reviews of unsatisfied customers (amazon.com, ect.)

Which is a good battery and for a good price? Should I buy a need charger as well (insertion to the power outlet is flimsy?

The booting up problem, should I buy a new drive? Sometimes my superdrive will not read dvds or cds, had it replace by apple, but still having issues.

My three year warranty is over.

I believe its 3rd Generation Macbook Pro.

Processor 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory 4GB 667 DDR2 SDRAM
Hard Drive 160GB Serial ATA Drive@7200rpm
Optical Drive SuperDrive 8X
Display 15" Glossy Widescreen Display

I'm still running Tiger.

Thank you for future advice.

 

[deeesea]

Get the new battery from apple, where I live (in canada) they still have the batteries for that generation of laptop in stock.

As for the boot times, if it's a 3 year old laptop, check to see if you still have a lot of free space left, if the hdd is full it'll take a while to boot, and as for the superdrive issues, that could be the superdrive itself and not related to boot...(someone correct me if I'm wrong).


PS: I love your generation of mbp. Still my most loved apple product. Wish i had one

 

[aimbdd]

For the slow boot, your best bet would probably be to do a clean install. Sounds like you have a lot loading on boot up.

 

[Tyrion]

The SuperDrive is probably broken; I wouldn't bother having it replaced, since it will just break again. Failure to burn media is usually the first sign of trouble with these drives, and it just happens after a while. I should know, I also have an MBP from 2007, and the optical drive is seriously the cheapest, most failure-prone piece of trash hardware I've ever owned.