On 10/25/2013 9:41 PM, nospam wrote:
In article , MC
wrote:

how many people repair their own laptops? not very many.

Maybe not but they should be, at least, repairable or servicable
without it being cheaper to buy a new one.

they are definitely cheaper to repair than buy a new one.

whatever gave you the idea it isn't?? where do people come up with this
****?

Come on, at least you
should be able to replace a battery, especially at the price these
products sell for.

what for? the battery outlasts the computer and statistics show that
fewer than 5% of laptop users buy replacement batteries anyway.

the battery's lifetime is rated at 5 years. most people replace their
computers by then, but for the few who don't, they can take it to an
apple store to have the battery replaced, which is done while you wait,
just as it is on phones.

*one* battery swap in 5 years is hardly a big deal, assuming you'd want
to keep using a 5 year old computer.

meanwhile, during those 5 years, you have a lighter, thinner and more
reliable laptop, something that benefits users every day.

I mean, they are hardly disposable... or are they?
If so, clever Apple for reeling in those with more money than sense.

they're not disposable and they're not the only company who makes
products with internal batteries either.

when dell did it, not a peep. bunch of hypocrites.

Still, Apple is Apple and there will always be the brand whores who
will buy their products, whatever the cost and design. And, I suppose,
that is Apple's strength.

nonsense. other companies make similar design decisions, and the usual
apple bashers completely ignore that.

like i said, it's more of the same hypocritical bull****.

Their business model relys on being cult
status and having "brainwashed" their users over the years into
believing their products are better than anything else, when really
they are not.

nonsense. nobody is brainwashed. more bull****.

some of apple's products are clearly better and some aren't. more
importantly, some are better suited to what someone wants to do, which
is what matters, and what the bashers don't understand. it's not about
specs.

pick the best tool for the job. if something doesn't fit your needs buy
something else that does. very simple.

Good luck to them, I say, although the easily led will
not fall for it forever.

nobody is being led nor is anyone falling for anything. more idiocy.

people make their own informed choices about what the best product for
their needs is.

that might not be the same product that fits your needs, and you just
have to accept that.

if anything, it's windows users who are easily led, as all they do is
follow the herd, never considering alternatives that might be better
suited to what they actually want to do.


For some strange reason, I like the option, to be able to replace. I
don't like having replacement forced on me. I suspect that "most
people," and I exclude the gaming crowd, use their computers solely for
Internet browsing, email and occasional word processing. The tablets
changed that somewhat, by making low cost specialized apps available.

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PeterN