On Jan 8, 2009, at 4:34 AM, Jon Brumbaugh wrote:
> > Pros and cons to a non-removable battery. More cons than anything > IMO. The obvious con in that you cannot swap out a low battery for > a spare if you are not in a position to plug it in. In short, I > guess the only pro is for a guy like me who is technically savvy > enough to crack open a MB or a MBP, and do a replacement should they > be available. Yeah, lighter weight, better weight distribution and a significantly stiffer and sturdier case isn't a pro for ANYONE....:-/ > Surely it would be a serviceable part. Bad for the average Joe who > wants nothing to do with working on his own MBP. I think it's a bad > idea overall, but I've been wrong many times before. average Joe does what average Joe does...he takes it into the Apple store and gets it swapped out in 15 minutes at the service counter. Average Joe does the same thing with oil changes in their car, cell phone swaps and leaky pipes in their bathroom. They pay someone else to do it for them. The main downside I'm hearing is "Well if I'm out in the boonies and can't plug in or swap batteries I'm screwed!" This is only a slight variation on the wailing, rending of garments and spooky-voiced pronouncements of "The Death, the Death I say, of Apple!!!" when the MBA came out. According to many on this list it was a doomed failure, a Cube cubed, and something that only a few stupid people with far more money than sense would buy to show to their friend Paris Hilton. Gah, it was worse than the blather when the original iBooks came out, like John Dvorak proclaiming that only a girly-man would ever buy a computer that looked like a purse. <rolls eyes>. In the end, like the original iBook, the MBA has been a solid seller for Apple. It has its niche. So does the new 17". EVERY 17" laptop I've seen come into service here, Mac or PC, has been a desktop replacement, virtually never used anywhere there isn't a supply of electricity nearby. The patio table is the farthest these tend to get from an electrical outlet. I'd wager that this covers 90-95% of the 17" Powerbooks out there. More telling, only three of the new laptop systems we've gotten in the College in the last several years have been ordered with more than one battery, and we have a lot of people who spend half their lives traveling. In fact two of the folks who DO spend half their lives traveling ran right out and got MBAs; they've been thrilled with them. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's G-Books list, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
