Presumably then it was running Linux? On Nov 20, 2012, at 7:39 AM, "George M. Sheldrick" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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
