MacBook Pro (2007) weird battery information

Hi everyone! Really hoping that someone can help me. I have been unable to use my MacBook without the charger for almost 2 years now but never have done anything about it until now. It's disturbing not to be able to use the MacBook without the charger, but if it's not connected, the computer shuts off in one second into some sort of sleeping modus. You can't wake it up until you put the charger back on. I looked up the information about my batteri and I assume that something is wrong. The full capacity of a batteri like this should be around 5000-6000 mAh, as I understood, I have 259! Wow! And it says that I only charged the battery 27 times since I got the MacBook in 2007 ... hmmm ... I tried to download the Battery 1.3 programme but all my computer says is that I don't need any update although I'm pretty sure that I don't even have the programme. Is there anyone who can tell me what the problem is? The computer says that the battery is charging, but it doesn't work without the charger put in. And isn't 259 mAh full capacity a little low? Please, someone?
Message was edited by: gos2404
Message was edited by: gos2404

Thanks for your quick reply!
Well ... Seems that you're right, a new battery needs to be bought Just wondering how it could become that bad in only a year ... well, again, it's like you said, maybe it has been broken all along ...
Thanks for your help!

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