Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/07/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have been using laptops for about 18 years now. I have never had a battery failure and never needed to replace a battery and only once regretted not having a spare. If a computer was lighter, or smaller or had more battery capacity (less important) by not having all the extra material needed for a removable battery it would be my immediate choice! Mind you, my final resort to my pc malfunctioning is to remove the battery, only done it a couple of times though. Frank On 23 Jul, 2009, at 04:41, 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