Parts for mac book 13 inch

[Open68]

I am trying to fix my little sis MacBook 13 it had a hard drive failure and the battery has been shot for awhile. The part numbers that I have gotten off the parts are Hard drive MHY2160BH and Battery S-K43AT83288RE. The hard drive is only a 160 GB I would like to upgrade the drive and find a good battery for it so she does not have to keep it on the charger all the time for the kids. This is the first time I have worked on a Mac so any help on were to find good quality parts or should I go to Apple I just did not want to spend that dough but I hear that the aftermarket parts are jut not that reliable?

Any help would be great
Steve

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[JezzerP]

For parts that are not Apple specific such as hard drives and memory then certainly stay away from purchasing from Apple....3rd party components are a 1/3rd of the price if not more, and there is nothing special about the hard drive in a MacBook. I'm not so sure about batteries and the like...you may be better off going to Apple or a recognised Reseller. Check out http://www.ifixit.com for excellent teardown guides and videos of Apple products.