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Re: Macbook Air Battery replacement - genius bar?

From Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: Macbook Air Battery replacement - genius bar?
Date 2015-03-31 15:29 -0700
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On 2015-03-25 05:34:52 +0000, Raymond Wiker said:

> Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> writes:
> 
>> On 2015-03-24 05:46:02 +0000, Raymond Wiker said:
>> 
>>> Electric Comet <electric-comet@mail.invalid> writes:
>>> 
>>>> On Mon, 23 Mar 2015 19:36:55 +0100
>>>> Raymond Wiker <rwiker@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Bzzzzt! Wrong.
>>>> 
>>>> So then aapple is selling old batteries in new laptops
>>> 
>>> Bzzzzt! Wrong.
>> 
>> How do you know?
> 
> Because it would be a pretty stupid thing to do, and Apple would be
> found out if they did it. Apple aren't stupid, and I haven't heard
> anybody[1] seriously suggesting that they are selling new laptops with old
> batteries.
> 
> You should also look at the previous messages in this thread to see
> exactly what I responded to - the first was "Electric Comet"'s statement
> that battery lifetime is unrelated to use (which is untrue); the second
> was his conclusion that, since he was wrong on that, Apple must be
> selling new laptops with old batteries.
> 
> Facts and logic do not seem to be strong points with "Electric Comet".
> 
> Footnotes:
> [1]  Except for "Electric Comet".

So you don't actually know.  You could have just said that instead of 
beating around the bush.

Apple is clearly content to let its software quality decline gradually 
- why would it be unfair to assume the same about their hardware?  
Especially something that is expected to wear out anyway, and could 
lead to more sales in the future as a person simply replaces their 
"broken" computer.

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Macbook Air Battery replacement - genius bar? Jeremy <jeremy0505@gmail.com> - 2015-03-23 12:49 +0000
  Re: Macbook Air Battery replacement - genius bar? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-23 13:43 +0000
    Re: Macbook Air Battery replacement - genius bar? Jeremy <jeremy0505@gmail.com> - 2015-03-23 13:44 +0000
      Re: Macbook Air Battery replacement - genius bar? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-23 13:52 +0000
  Re: Macbook Air Battery replacement - genius bar? Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2015-03-23 07:51 -0700
    Re: Macbook Air Battery replacement - genius bar? Jeremy <jeremy0505@gmail.com> - 2015-03-23 15:50 +0000
      Re: Macbook Air Battery replacement - genius bar? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-03-23 12:17 -0400
        Re: Macbook Air Battery replacement - genius bar? Electric Comet <electric-comet@mail.invalid> - 2015-03-23 09:37 -0700
          Re: Macbook Air Battery replacement - genius bar? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-03-23 13:06 -0400
            Re: Macbook Air Battery replacement - genius bar? Electric Comet <electric-comet@mail.invalid> - 2015-03-23 10:23 -0700
              Re: Macbook Air Battery replacement - genius bar? Raymond Wiker <rwiker@gmail.com> - 2015-03-23 19:36 +0100
                Re: Macbook Air Battery replacement - genius bar? Electric Comet <electric-comet@mail.invalid> - 2015-03-23 16:19 -0700
                Re: Macbook Air Battery replacement - genius bar? Raymond Wiker <rwiker@gmail.com> - 2015-03-24 06:46 +0100
                Re: Macbook Air Battery replacement - genius bar? Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2015-03-24 22:05 -0700
                Re: Macbook Air Battery replacement - genius bar? Raymond Wiker <rwiker@gmail.com> - 2015-03-25 06:34 +0100
                Re: Macbook Air Battery replacement - genius bar? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-03-25 18:53 +1200
                Re: Macbook Air Battery replacement - genius bar? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-03-25 06:21 +0000
                Re: Macbook Air Battery replacement - genius bar? Electric Comet <electric-comet@mail.invalid> - 2015-03-25 14:16 -0700
                Re: Macbook Air Battery replacement - genius bar? Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2015-03-31 15:29 -0700
                Re: Macbook Air Battery replacement - genius bar? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-31 22:53 +0000
    Re: Macbook Air Battery replacement - genius bar? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-03-23 19:10 +0000
  Re: Macbook Air Battery replacement - genius bar? John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-03-24 09:47 -0700
    Re: Macbook Air Battery replacement - genius bar? Jeremy <jeremy0505@gmail.com> - 2015-03-24 19:17 +0000
      Re: Macbook Air Battery replacement - genius bar? John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-03-24 15:28 -0700
      Re: Macbook Air Battery replacement - genius bar? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-03-25 13:11 +1200
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          Re: Macbook Air Battery replacement - genius bar? Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2015-03-25 08:28 -0700
        Re: Macbook Air Battery replacement - genius bar? Jeremy <jeremy0505@gmail.com> - 2015-03-26 19:47 +0000
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