Comments on: Apple may make unibody 17″ MacBook Pro

By: NYC567user

NYC567user — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:33:53 +0000

My 17″ Mac Intel Pro..had battery replaced 3 times in 2 years…all of them swelled..
Apple did not ask questions..they just ran to the back and fetched a new battery.

I did have to “Schedule’ a Genius appointment…but it took less than 10 mins to swap out the battery…

Based on my “Apple” Experience..I did not mind the battery problems as long as the battery replacement was painless…..this means I will need to send my “Mac” to Apple for a battery replacement if I am to buy into the “new” design…..not good.

Thanks for playing Apple..

By: BLackuLa

BLackuLa — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:15:55 +0000

I agree with MiniMe, Church.

By: chris

chris — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:33:29 +0000

The original battery on my macbook pro was defective and had to be replaced w/in the first year. I’m lucky enough to live w/in 5 mins of an apple store now, and they replaced it on the spot. However I used to live 3 hours from the nearest apple store and that would have been a pain to deal with. However there are no Dell stores, or any other type of store for that matter that can replace your defective battery on the spot.

So if you live near an apple store why would you care? You’re going to take it there anyway to get another battery even if it’s user-replaceable. Hopefully apple has a fast shipping program for other people.

By: MiniMe

MiniMe — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:53:46 +0000

@keymaker,

Apparently, you didn’t do your homework. 9-cell battery and N-wireless. It might have slow bus, but when it comes to processing, it blows Apple out of the water – rendering that takes 40 minutes on it, runs for 50 to an hour on a newer MacBook Pro (6 months newer). Sure it doesn’t have LED, but given that it lasts 5 hours vs. 3.5 for MacBook I don’t really mind. And at $1500 less, with better videocard and faster processing I don’t even mind the fact that it is not Apple “cool”.

By: Katie

Katie — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:15:43 +0000

It’s pretty obvious that that would have been the next move for Apple in its notebook line, but what’s a little shocking is that the rumor also says the battery will not be user-replaceable.Apple is going to be announcing the unibody Macbook Pro 17″ we’ve all been waiting for since the refresh of the 15″ version and the 13″ MacBook.

By: lazykid

lazykid — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:09:20 +0000

I don’t know what you guys are complaining about, who needs a user replaceable battery when there are wall sockets everywhere! Just like how “who needs MMS, when you have email.”

By: Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:50:14 +0000

The bloom will soon be off the Apple rose unless they stop with the 50-60% premiums they charge for their machines. I love Apple’s products and wanted to get a new laptop but not for 2 g’s.

By: Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:44:05 +0000

you hit the nail on the head.

By: macmood

macmood — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 07:20:42 +0000

Ya but 1400$ and its still not a Mac though… Are you disregarding the fact that there are those out there in favor of Mac 0S… Maybe for you it is a better bargain to go with an hp, but in my opinion apple makes a clean product, and it is nowhere near in comparison to an hp or anything else of that nature..

By: MaxPayne79

MaxPayne79 — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 06:36:05 +0000

Let’s hope Apple don’t start disappointing in every department cause 2009’s lookin’ somewhat shaky for them boys. We’ll see we’ll see.

By: Kip

Kip — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 06:21:58 +0000

Dude you can build an HP for 1,400 with the exact same specs as the new 15 inch macbook pro, which is 2499. An 1100 Apple premium? HA!

By: keymaker

keymaker — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 05:29:28 +0000

@MiniMe, You must be joking lol, your saying you got 4 1/2 to 5 hour on a inspirion 1720 that comes with a 6 cell battery lol, ok Dude but only cause you say so, not to mention the 1720 comes with a super slow bus speed, super slow 802.11b, 802.11g that has to be about 4 years old, super slow SDDR2 Ram running at 667Mhz, No LED backlight screen, and you wanna Compare it to a Apple product? Please! maybe to the old G4 the where discontinue a few years ago. My macbook has to be about 2 1/2 years old and i still get 4 hour of battery life but when i first got it i use to get 5+ hours, it’s not like i never had a dell before and never experience their rude as hell tech support from india that would try to trick you in every way to void your warranty, i been there.

By: MiniMe

MiniMe — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 03:50:09 +0000

@keymaker,

Inspiron 1720, which BTW beats Apple on any performance test while costing less than a half of Apple, lasts 4.5-5 hours in classrooms. No Apple ever passed 3.5 hour mark as of yet.

By: BLackuLa

BLackuLa — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 03:36:05 +0000

@ keymaker,
nope, im not talking about that one at all. its a Lattitude notebook.

By: Bernard

Bernard — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 02:06:40 +0000

I love it. I really don’t give a hoot about a non-removable battery.
I want one. Will be an early adopter!

By: bag of crackberry

bag of crackberry — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 01:49:28 +0000

my ancient ibook has good battey life gotta love the G3

By: keymaker

keymaker — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 01:22:01 +0000

@ BLackuLa, Of standy time you must mean lol, i hope your not talking about the shity 85 WHr Lithium Ion Battery (9-cell) the comes on the $2700 XPS model from dell, what crap don’t even give you 4Hour of battery life

By: mtdoc

mtdoc — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:58:43 +0000

LMAO @ GMoney!

By: GMoney_21

GMoney_21 — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:18:02 +0000

Who cares if the battery is NOT user replaceable, it has WiFi

By: BLackuLa

BLackuLa — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:15:18 +0000

oh @ keymaker,
u must not keep up with the news but dell and hp been pass the 15 battery life mark.

By: BLackuLa

BLackuLa — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:14:02 +0000

That would be really shitty. Im looking for a new labtop but i dont wont this now……..
But i hope its a rumor too.

By: keymaker

keymaker — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:47:05 +0000

Well the Macbook Pro already gives users 5 hour of battery live so the next model should give you 10+ hours since is gonna be a silver-zinc battery, i could care less if it’s user replaceable or not, Why? cause my machine is gonna be under warranty for 2 years, Now if your getting a HP or Dell with a battery life or 2 hour or less a removable battery is a must

By: dante

dante — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:12:57 +0000

Why do people complain about something such as a non user-replaceable battery when they never had any intentions (or funds) of purchasing it to begin with?

By: EPS

EPS — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:07:43 +0000

If this rumor is true, I suppose it just means the MacBook Pro will become even less “Pro”…

By: backbeat

backbeat — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 22:51:27 +0000

Although their forthcoming oft-regurgitated screeds blasting the deadly sin of a non-user-replaceable battery lack merit, isn’t it curious how they have no objective basis [performance-based emperical evidence] to justify their hypocritical blasts where this article is concerned? Thin-skinned non-thinkers are a dime-a-million.

By: Perspective

Perspective — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 22:08:30 +0000

See the funny thing about gadget blogs is that they exist precisely because what the mainstream likes (the mainstream is the corporate target, not most of you message board ‘tards) isn’t generally what the tech geeks like. So, following that, since tech geeks would seem to be opposed to a non user-replaceable battery, and since the mainstream generally differs from most of you, I’d say prepare yourself for a non user-replaceable battery. Don’t like it? Don’t buy it. But save the complaining. Seriously. It’s gotten way old.

By: chris

chris — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 21:58:16 +0000

1st.