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From: Raymond Wiker <rwiker@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Macbook Air Battery replacement - genius bar?
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2015 19:36:55 +0100
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Electric Comet <electric-comet@mail.invalid> writes:

> On Mon, 23 Mar 2015 13:06:31 -0400
> nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
>
>> if it's defective, it gets replaced. if it's normal wear & tear, it
>> doesn't.
>
> far as I know there's no such thing as normal wear/tear
> the batteries have a fixed lifetime that is not related to number of
> charge/discharges so if the battery doesn't hold a charge and it
> still should, based upon it's date of manufacture, it's defective


Bzzzzt! Wrong.