Apple Brand Versus Generic iBook Battery

I am looking to buy new battery for my iBook G4 (933MHz with two USB) and would like to hear from people who might have used generic battery. Are generic (3rd party) batteries are any better as are claimed?
After reading some posts in this forum, I understand that the batteries start deteriorate as soon as they are built. Is there a way I can make sure to get the batteries with latest manufacturing date from Apple or any other store? Appreciate any replies.
iBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.5)

Hi, and welcome to Apple Discussions.
I used to always recommend buying a new battery from Apple's online store. It was my reasoning that Apple probably sells the most new batteries, so their supply should be the freshest.
Then someone accused me of being a shameless shill for Apple, so I don't say that as much any more, but it still sounds reasonable to me that this would be so.
I don't know if they are stamped with the manufacturing date. They are probably coded, but I don't know the code.
Here are some online links for battery choices:
Assuming yours is the 12-inch model:
http://www.powergears.com/product.php?catID=1100&p=1
(Click on Laptop Batteries in the left sidebar, then Click on Apple)
http://www.computergiants.com/items/one_item.asp?part=71148&cat=99&subsubcat=115 2
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=M93 37G/A
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Newer%20Technology/BAPIB111V36/
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Newer%20Technology/BAPIB111V48/
It's not much help in choosing, though.

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