MacBook Air: Why Business Users Won’t Buy
20Jan2008 Filed under: MacBook Complaints Author: BrianB
Michael Horowitz, who writes a blog for CNET called “Defensive Computing, has a very important point to make about the design of Apple’s sub-notebook superficially made for business users or road warriors. The non-replaceable battery makes another appearance as primary suspect. Imagine, Horowitz writes, forgetting to backup all your important files when you ship your MBA for a change of battery? How many times have we forgot to backup important files? Now imagine making a disk-image backup of the hard disk without an optical drive?
Horowitz thinks the MacBook Air “is a really bad idea.” Apple promised us battery replacements for only $129 with no service charge. Yeah, and where is the fine print on Apple never changing the price of MacBook Air battery. Here is Aple’s repair terms and conditions and here is the MacBook Air battery replacement FAQ page.
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Paul
January 20th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
Just an FYI, the battery replacement can be done in-store in a few minutes (or yourself, assuming you can use a screwdriver). Also, $129 is the cost for a new Apple laptop battery anyway. I wasn’t aware of any OEM that gives you free replacement batteries anyway.
van dyk
January 20th, 2008 at 4:25 pm
Wouldn’t it void warranty, though. I’d hate it if my $3,000 notebook’s warranty become void.