MacBook Air's Battery is Actually Easy to Replace

pizzach noted that the MacBook Air battery is actually fairly easy to replace. "All it requires is a philips screwdriver. Unlike some of Apple's other products, the battery is not so soldered in which should make a lot of people at least a little bit happier." I think I'll have to wait for something with a bigger screen and a faster clock speed.

Re:I don't mean to troll but...

[Yetihehe]

Don't you understand? Steve just tries to entertain mac users and show them new and innovative things (like screwdrivers).

convenient mail-in replacement

[backslashdot]

They also mention you can have it replaced for $129 by mailing it in. Ahh, that must be why Steve Jobs showed us that it fits in a manila envelope. How convenient!

Re:Keep waiting

[Midnight Thunder]

If you want big screens and fast clocks, I'd conjecture you're not the market segment the Air is aimed at. Have you considered a Macbook Pro?

And the 17" at that. If that is not big enough you could always convince them to develop the 30" portable, but that would be a tad ridiculous.

Re:Keep waiting

[ardin,mcallister]

Actually, instead of comprimizing, I have a 15" laptop, and a Samsung Q1Ultra (7" screen)... you'd be amazed what you can get done on a 7" 1024x600 screen... especially when the battery life is 3:30 even when working hard. I even have a NDS with the browser rom so If all i need is to check my mail, i just pull that out.

Also, the samsung is great if you wear cargo pants and find yourself constantly needing a computer for something or another. it fits in the cargo pocket. it was great when i went to the wild game with it. had something to do durring breaks.

Re:Doesn't really matter

[Anonymous Coward]

Apple thought of everything, you don't even need to turn it off when it hangs. Just wait til it runs out of battery...

Re:Lame?

[cyfer2000]

And what's the chance that he thinks a Nomad [slashdot.org] is better?

because if you can run a macbook for several hours

[thegnu]

imagine how many energies must be just waiting to fly violently out of that battery at high speeds, and damage plane parts. those damn energies.

Re:Keep waiting

[hey!]

Damnit, i forgot to mention, i got the thing for free from someone, so yeah, didnt have to pay for it... made my own power cable. And yes, i have young eyes... i'm only 22

You bastard! If you have a trust fund and are only working to amuse yourself, I don't want to hear about it.

Bring the retro back!

[freaker_TuC]

What I never understood is why they made them backgrounds so white; my eyes are overexposured almost continuesly. I got to turn all the backgrounds black again to have that retro style back. Some users have their backgrounds set to hi-contrasting colors ready to blow off your head into atleast 216 pieces (the amount of webcolors).

I'd say, let's have a strike all of us, bring back the retro! Bring back the 7 to 9" screens! I want my black backgrounds back! Back to the old days!
Boycott VGA! ... now let me continue look to my porn in EGA [yesterpc.com] .. it's the sadomachochistic side inside of me ;)

Re:I don't mean to troll but...

[dufachi]

Yes, up next on Jobs' list is the iScrew; a $75 screw driver used just for opening up your MacBook Air to swap the battery.

Re:I don't mean to troll but...

[Gyga]

Uses for a dead laptop:

• Balancing a table
• Distracting muggers from your wallet
• Door stop (The air might not work here)
• Booster seat (air won't work here)
• Hitting people (the Air might make a good knife...)
• Low caliber bullet shield
• Defense from a single zombie.
• Break a window to escape from zombies
• Makeshift ninja throwing star
• MacGyver snowboard/high yield explosive
• Cutting board for preparing food

Re:I don't mean to troll but...

[dafing]

Its almost funny that posts like yours pop up nowadays :)

The first iMac, friggin wow, can you think of a computer from that era? I know what I was using, but I bet you dont remember any OTHER one as much as you would the iMac and your own computer(s). I was at school at the time, and we got a Mac using principal, he bought the school macs. It was truly a miracle in every sense of the word :) We went from these huge beige boxes, and mice that had SCREW IN connectors for gods sake, big white mice with "MICROSOFT" on them, terrible shape, to a bunch of iMacs with The Puck. The Principal got himself the best iMac, the DV, for video editing, it was BLACK and had a better video card basically, maybe more firewire or something too. That one came with the Apple Pro Mouse. That was the first Optical Mouse I had seen, and I was smitten. Lusting for a mouse!

The iPod was the same for me, my cousin brought her 3G over to my work and let me play with it, I didnt even listen to one single song, just played with the scroll wheel and saw what it had to offer. I wanted one from the very first second I saw it. Nothing else at that time, about 2003, had the same effect. Sony Discmans, maybe a similar price, they were just crap now. Any other HDD music players were JUNK.

I think the Macbook Air looks great, not for me, but its still great. I can respect that people out there want one. I guess you can blame the other manufacturers for not being in the same "league" as Apple. Theres no ASUSWORLD, I dont get excited over a new NEC laptop. Showmanship counts, think about, Jobs showed the first iBook, it was using wifi, the audience didnt know that, they were blown away by those bright colours already, and then he put it on the net, and passed that laptop through a hoop. No wires. The crowd loved it. I loved it.

If other companies made products as good as Apples, then Apples would come down in price, and there would be more features developed, through competition. There just isnt anything out there that does it for me the same as the Apple products do.