I have never understood why Macs are so popular, although in this part of the world they are appreciably more expensive. My vintage 2005 Dell laptop does not have the sex appeal of a MacBook, but it has survived a fire (not its fault) as well as being under water (to put out the fire) and then bounced down a stone staircase (my wife fortunately caught it on the way down). Despite all my efforts to destroy it, it never needed servicing or replacement parts and still works perfectly!
George (PS I should add that I have no connection with or shares in Dell) On 11/20/2012 10:25 AM, Charles Ballard wrote: > To add to the general list (and future class action). I have just had the > battery expansion on one for the second time. Added to the number of them I > have bricked by letting the charge run down to low by unplugging them. > Interestingly apple agreed to replace the bricked batteries free of charge, > for their US customers. But, us foreigners had to pay for the pleasure... > > Charles > > On 18 Nov 2012, at 17:30, Bosch, Juergen wrote: > >> Bill I think that's crap. >> I had issues on a 2005 MacBook Pro with inflating battery and it was >> replaced (after about 6 months). There were troubles with those batteries >> and impurities but mine still had apple care at that time and the batteries >> were exchangeable. >> I have not heard of the build in batteries to have problems but yours sure >> did. Send Tim Cook an email with the picture. This should not have happened >> and also keeping the power cord on leading to this problem should not have >> happened. For what did they introduce the trickling charging ? If you can't >> leave the coord plugged in how many nice wooden US households gave caught >> fire due to Apple products ? >> >> Jürgen >> ...................... >> Jürgen Bosch >> Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health >> Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology >> Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute >> 615 North Wolfe Street, W8708 >> Baltimore, MD 21205 >> Phone: +1-410-614-4742 >> Lab: +1-410-614-4894 >> Fax: +1-410-955-3655 >> http://lupo.jhsph.edu >> >> On Nov 17, 2012, at 16:28, "William G. Scott" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi folks: >>> >>> I'm trying to get a sense for how frequently this sort of thing occurs: >>> >>> <CIMG4451.jpeg> >>> >>> That was a macbook air that served me well for four years, but then >>> self-destructed. (I took it to the Apple store. They generously offered to >>> repair it for $800 or to sell me a new one, and suggested this was normal >>> if you leave the power cord attached after the battery charges, even while >>> giving a lecture or seminar.) It strikes me as a bit dangerous. >>> >>> --Bill Scott >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> William G. Scott >>> Professor >>> Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry >>> and The Center for the Molecular Biology of RNA >>> 228 Sinsheimer Laboratories >>> University of California at Santa Cruz >>> Santa Cruz, California 95064 >>> USA >>> >>> >>> > -- Prof. George M. Sheldrick FRS Dept. Structural Chemistry, University of Goettingen, Tammannstr. 4, D37077 Goettingen, Germany Tel. +49-551-39-3021 or -3068 Fax. +49-551-39-22582
