All the 3rd parties making replacement battery have stopped doing so about 15 years ago with NOS lasting for a few years more.

AFAIR remember 17" stayed in stock a bit longer but that won't help you much in 2024.
I bought one back in the days and apart from always being miscalibrated (as in showing the wrong charge state both in MorphOS and OSX). Did hold for 4h when new can still do 3h so I should be o.k..

I also have some older 1st party units that still hold some charge 30-90min that would be o.k. for a system that is powered almost all the time or could be used as a starting point for a cell change.

Sending them to California isn't really a viable option.


-> locally get some battery that fits, and see if you can life with it's current state or do a cell replacement.