How do I know what I have?

[MrMinor]

I have a MBP unibody. I would like to buy a spare power supply off of eBay. Everything I see says things like

Comnpatible Models:

Apple Mac Book: MA463LL/A, MA464LL/A, MA090LL, MA600LL, MA601LL, MA092LL/A, MA609LL, MA610LL, MA611LL/A, MA895LL/A, MA896LL/A, MA895LL, MA896LL, MA897LL/A, Core Duo 1.67 15-inch, 15.4-inch Glossy, 17-inch, Late 2006, Mid 2007 17-inch Santa Rosa, Late 2007 15.4-inch Santa Rosa

I do not know what any of this means or how to find out what my MBP is. Can someone clue me in?

 

[miles01110]

A Magsafe power adapter, or a battery?

Magsafes are compatible with all models of Macbook Pro since around 2006 IIRC. If you get the 85W adapter it will be fine.

 

[spinnerlys]

Look for the Model Identifier

and go here: http://www.everymac.com/systems/by_capability/mac-specs-by-machine-model-machine-id.html select your MBP and then

But as miles01110 stated, any 85W power adapter will do.

 

[MrMinor]

A Magsafe power adapter, or a battery?

Magsafes are compatible with all models of Macbook Pro since around 2006 IIRC. If you get the 85W adapter it will be fine.

Excellent, thanks. It is Magsafe I am looking for. So even if it is not an original Apple, but a 3rd party it will still be OK?

 

[DarkVinda]

i have the core 2 duo 2.4ghz 4gb 320gb hard drive unibody thats got the 9400/9600gt video cards and thats a 85w magsafe - best thing to do is hit apple support and find your model by the A1286 (etc) number and see what comes in the box

http://support.apple.com/kb/SP499

Vinda

 

[miles01110]

Excellent, thanks. It is Magsafe I am looking for. So even if it is not an original Apple, but a 3rd party it will still be OK?

I wouldn't trust a 3rd party MagSafe, as the connector is legally only produced by Apple.

 

[DarkVinda]

looking at your spec in your sig - your's looks like the 2.53 version of mine

85watt all the way

Excellent, thanks. It is Magsafe I am looking for. So even if it is not an original Apple, but a 3rd party it will still be OK?