I had a late 2007 white MacBook whose original battery was still marginally usable last year (the menu status was Replace Soon, rather than Replace Now) - holdi

I had a late 2007 white MacBook whose original battery was still marginally usable last year (the menu status was Replace Soon, rather than Replace Now) - holding about 60% nominal charge, IIRC. The drive had been replace once, following an overheating incident which left it failing.