Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/07/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mac Powerbook batteries are replaceable except in the Airs. Two seconds to change. It sounds to me that Sonny's machine may have some power management problem that need to be addressed. I'm typing this message on one of the current generation Airs and trust that I will have as many problems with its battery that I had with the half-dozen other PowerBooks I've used over the years, i.e., none. OTH, I'm having a tough time calibrating the screen for photography. I think the screen in the Airs may not have the dynamic range and gamut of the other PowerBooks in the line. Regards, Dick On Jul 22, 2009, at 11:51 PM, George Lottermoser wrote: > always replace my own batteries > in my mac powerbooks > never new of one that couldn't be easily replaced > in under a minute. > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george at imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > On Jul 22, 2009, at 10:41 PM, R. Clayton McKee wrote: > >> Quoth the Sonny Carter : >> >>> So, being forced by my son's University to buy him a MacBook, I >>> joined the ranks of the Mac Owners. Fast forward, the year went >>> by, and now >>> the dreaded X-battery icon. >>> >>> First pass through the Mac clinic, and I got the machine back, and >>> the battery was charged, but it would not boot from the battery. >> >> >> Waitwaitwait... >> >> You have to send a macbook into a service depot to replace the >> BATTERY? >> >> That's... I've had half a dozen PC laptops and not one of them >> required so much as a screwdriver for a battery change. I carry, as >> a matter of routine, multiple batteries for each of of the laptops I >> use now; changing a discharged pack for a fully charged one takes >> less than a minute, most of which involves dropping into "suspend to >> disk" so I don't have to shut down working programs. >> >> Why the hell would anyone buy a portable computer that couldn't >> switch batteries? >> >> -- >> >> >> R. Clayton McKee http://www.rcmckee.com >> Photojournalist rcmckee at rcmckee.com >> P O Box 571900 voice/fax 713/783-3502 >> Houston, TX 77257-1900 cell phone # on request >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information