Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/07/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You can just go to the local mac store and buy a battery to replace or back up the one you already have. No sending it in for replacement. gene -------------- Original message from "R. Clayton McKee" <leica at rcmckee.com>: -------------- > 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