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   About time

   

   The Truth Beacon, Aug 24th, 2006 @ 11:51am

   
   

   I remember reading about Apple laptops catching on fire before Hells, and after the trial-by-fire you gave Hell, you paint Apple as some bastion of sainthood?
   
   (sarcasm)You are so totally unbiased.(/sarcasm)

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   Anonymous Coward, Aug 24th, 2006 @ 11:57am

   
   

   From the Feeling Hot Hot Hot dept?
   
   Thanks Carlos, now I have that stupid song in my head.

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   quick reply

   

   drkkgt, Aug 24th, 2006 @ 12:15pm

   
   

   one of our employees had a dell battery for their personal laptop, it took 4 days to get the replacement.

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   Anonymous Coward, Aug 24th, 2006 @ 12:44pm

   
   

   sony sucks

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   Anonymous Coward, Aug 24th, 2006 @ 12:47pm

   
   

   And you aren't?

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   Dell replacement was fast

   

   DeFrikkin Mann, Aug 24th, 2006 @ 12:57pm

   
   

   My partner and I got our Dell battery replacements in appx 4-5 days max.

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   Replacement

   

   Rajesh, Aug 24th, 2006 @ 1:24pm

   
   

   I suspect the 4-6 week turnaround time is because the Apple laptops that are affected are no longer in production. So they'll have to re-start production for the old machines - one of the drawbacks for constant product redesigns.

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   Apple recalls 1.8 million out of how many sold?

   

   Stymie, Aug 24th, 2006 @ 1:35pm

   
   

   I've seen a bunch of articles on this subject, but I haven't seen any comment on this. Doesn't Dell sell about 10 times as many laptops as Apple? Apple has about 3 percent of the market right, and Dell has 40% or something?
   
   Is Apple's recall wider (from a percentage standpoint) because they are more responsible, or because their stuff is crappier?
   
   It also seems that Dell was originally blamed for the problem, but now that Apple has announced a huge recall, suddenly Sony is to blame. I guess in internet blogs Apple's sh*t don't stink.

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   4-6 weeks?

   

   George, Aug 24th, 2006 @ 1:43pm

   
   

   I sent my request for a new battery last friday... on monday i recieved my new battery, including return battery shipping info. Kudos to Apple for making this about as painless as possible for me.

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    quick reply

    

    drkkgt, Aug 24th, 2006 @ 1:45pm

    
    

    one of our employees had a dell battery for their personal laptop, it took 4 days to get the replacement.

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    Re: About time

    

    max, Aug 24th, 2006 @ 2:21pm

    
    

    they were mocking apple for waiting so long to do it, and at the fat that you have to run on AC power for 4-6 WEEKS.
    
    -max

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    Re: About time

    

    max, Aug 24th, 2006 @ 2:22pm

    
    

    they were mocking apple for waiting so long to do it, and at the fat that you have to run on AC power for 4-6 WEEKS.
    
    -max

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    MacBook Pro Battery Replacement

    

    Smitty Werbenjaegermanjenson, Aug 24th, 2006 @ 4:08pm

    
    

    I ordered my replacement on a Tuesday and had it delivered the following day.

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    what about sonys?

    

    confused, Aug 24th, 2006 @ 5:25pm

    
    

    I was unaware that Sony made laptop batteries for other companies until all this mess started. I'm just curious, why are there not recalls for Sony laptops. Can someone explain this to me? Thanks.

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    ironic

    

    Andrew, Aug 24th, 2006 @ 6:54pm

    
    

    I found this funny. At the college i work at we had a user bring his work dell laptop to have the battery checked. He basically was like "This is why i have use apple at home"
    
    LOL :-)

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    sony should go back to rootkits

    

    Anonymous Coward, Aug 24th, 2006 @ 10:07pm

    
    

    while they ruined your computers, at least they didn't burn your house down too.

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    johnny, Aug 31st, 2006 @ 12:11pm

    
    

    I bought a replacement battery for my Dell laptop about a month ago from www.laptopsforless.com and it works great. Is there any reason to think that a replacement laptop battery would be any worse than the manufacturers?

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    Eric, Sep 7th, 2006 @ 4:16pm

    
    

    The 4-6 week turnaround time is listed so that people won't get mad if their new laptop battery takes a while to arrive. In reality, it will come much sooner. Apple has about 12% of the portable computer market share. That's a pretty big chunk. Sony makes the batteries, so this is really their problem.
    
    http://www.macobserver.com/article/2006/07/19.16.shtml

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    For Dell and Apple laptop battery replacement

    

    Amala, Jun 20th, 2008 @ 12:51am

    
    

    Yeah, for those defective dell and apple products, As Dell inspiron 6000 battery, Apple Powerbook G4 battery and more, many have been solved by replacement battery distributor, having overcharge and overheat protection, they can be used safely.

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