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Subject: [Leica] mac-windoz
From: sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter)
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 06:06:14 -0500
References: <a3f189160907221857g3130d06dr7aa8206696b282d5@mail.gmail.com> <4A679594.16828.1B034A7@leica.rcmckee.com>

The problem is computer side.  The battery registers OK in another computer.

On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 10:41 PM, R. Clayton McKee <leica at 
rcmckee.com>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?
>
> --
>
>
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-- 
Regards,

Sonny
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http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/
Natchitoches, Louisiana   (+31.754164,-093.099080)
USA


In reply to: Message from sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter) ([Leica] mac-windoz)
Message from leica at rcmckee.com (R. Clayton McKee) ([Leica] mac-windoz)