MacBook Air's Battery...
Snit
it to last?
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Lefty Bigfoot
(in article <C3B2B37D.A2044%CS...@gallopinginsanity.com>):
> Not replaceable... that is not exactly brilliant. How long do they expect
> it to last?
Having a case with removable parts involves more volume
consumption. It's a tradeoff with small form factors. iPod
users should be used to it.
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.........right next to the potatoes and gravy.
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Snit
0001HW.C3B2D3DE...@news.verizon.net on 1/15/08 8:19 PM:
> On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:01:17 -0600, Snit wrote
> (in article <C3B2B37D.A2044%CS...@gallopinginsanity.com>):
>
>> Not replaceable... that is not exactly brilliant. How long do they expect
>> it to last?
>
> Having a case with removable parts involves more volume
> consumption. It's a tradeoff with small form factors. iPod
> users should be used to it.
Apple is pushing how green this is - but it is clearly disposable... when
the battery dies you can pretty much just throw it away.
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ZnU
Lefty Bigfoot <nu...@busyness.info> wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:01:17 -0600, Snit wrote
> (in article <C3B2B37D.A2044%CS...@gallopinginsanity.com>):
>
> > Not replaceable... that is not exactly brilliant. How long do they expect
> > it to last?
>
> Having a case with removable parts involves more volume
> consumption. It's a tradeoff with small form factors. iPod
> users should be used to it.
I have no particular objection to the lack of user-replaceable batteries
in principle, but I do think Apple should offer a < 1 day replacement
service via its stores. (Drop off in the morning, pick up in the
evening, or whatever.)
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Snit
znu-10D79A.0...@news.individual.net on 1/15/08 10:32 PM:
> In article <0001HW.C3B2D3DE...@news.verizon.net>,
> Lefty Bigfoot <nu...@busyness.info> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:01:17 -0600, Snit wrote
>> (in article <C3B2B37D.A2044%CS...@gallopinginsanity.com>):
>>
>>> Not replaceable... that is not exactly brilliant. How long do they expect
>>> it to last?
>>
>> Having a case with removable parts involves more volume
>> consumption. It's a tradeoff with small form factors. iPod
>> users should be used to it.
>
> I have no particular objection to the lack of user-replaceable batteries
> in principle, but I do think Apple should offer a < 1 day replacement
> service via its stores. (Drop off in the morning, pick up in the
> evening, or whatever.)
I would like to see that - and to keep the price quite reasonable.
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Steve Carroll
Snit <CS...@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
> "Lefty Bigfoot" <nu...@busyness.info> stated in post
> 0001HW.C3B2D3DE...@news.verizon.net on 1/15/08 8:19 PM:
>
> > On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:01:17 -0600, Snit wrote
> > (in article <C3B2B37D.A2044%CS...@gallopinginsanity.com>):
> >
> >> Not replaceable... that is not exactly brilliant. How long do they expect
> >> it to last?
> >
> > Having a case with removable parts involves more volume
> > consumption. It's a tradeoff with small form factors. iPod
> > users should be used to it.
>
> Apple is pushing how green this is - but it is clearly disposable... when
> the battery dies you can pretty much just throw it away.
LOL! Poor clueless Snit;)
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Craig Koller
> On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:01:17 -0600, Snit wrote
> (in article <C3B2B37D.A2044%CS...@gallopinginsanity.com>):
>
> > Not replaceable... that is not exactly brilliant. How long do they expect
> > it to last?
>
> Having a case with removable parts involves more volume
> consumption. It's a tradeoff with small form factors. iPod
> users should be used to it.
Several web sites report that, yes it's replaceable and only requires a
phillips screwdriver to do so. Apple will charge $129, so 3rd party will
be much less.
John
"Craig Koller" <cwkol...@netscape.net> wrote in message
news:cwkollertwo-4AA7...@news.giganews.com...
Bottom Line: If you have ever installed any type of hardware in any kind
of computer you will be able to replace the battery in 5 minutes or less.
Snit
Ur2dneNGMaeC5Aza...@netlojix.com on 1/18/08 9:14 PM:
And, surely, be able to get third party ones for less than Apple charges.
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David Fritzinger
Craig Koller <cwkol...@netscape.net> wrote:
Somehow, I don't think it will be that much less. Look at the price of a
battery for a MacBook or a MacBook Pro.
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Honolulu, HI
ZnU
$129 seems like a fairly standard price for a laptop battery, so I doubt
third-parties will be all that much cheaper.
Steve Carroll
"John" <nos...@nospam.com> wrote:
You're gonna have to has this out with the "technically competent" Snit,
he called the Macbook Air "disposable":
"Apple is pushing how green this is - but it is clearly disposable...
when the battery dies you can pretty much just throw it away". - Snit
I'll be hiring Snit for all my computing needs. LOL!