Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.earthlink.com!news.earthlink.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 02:31:30 -0500 Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 00:31:31 -0700 From: Ant User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:36.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/36.0 SeaMonkey/2.33.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Macbook Air Battery replacement - genius bar? References: <250320151311269825%YourName@YourISP.com> In-Reply-To: <250320151311269825%YourName@YourISP.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: Lines: 27 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 45.50.15.139 X-Trace: sv3-ph7V2+PQ5S4qs7KqyxHs+R85YH+Wefn5HtbzxYC9UPwxe26ZvCY3+z1ADtI3FzDXYJuYBcmekHUCvsA!o0e5FuMXD6l7kjuNcjBivRnvV9IUVqf23RrtKUoBrUYAGJXEgupDsGYSBJLvI+8UOzTSq76IunaE!3u4pxVllaLkVjP3hW56tRokGf1Wxxg== X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Bytes: 2750 Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:72041 >> Hi anyone know if I can just expect a batery replacement (not a warranty >> claim) to be performed (of course expect to pay!) at a pre-booked genius >> bar appointment? Or will they just look at it and determine if they feel >> it needs a new battery and then send it away? >> >> Really want this to be done in person while I wait. > > You won't get a battery replacement at the Genius Bar - it's not a tech > repair centre, plus Apple's MacBooks are now difficult to open. It's > unlikely you would even get a repair centre to do it while you wait > either since it is fairly time consuming. > > If you're willing to pay extra, a repair centre may do it as an > "Urgent" job and you could get the laptop back the same day (assuming > you drop it off early enough in the morning). Didn't Apple used to have repair centers in their stores in the past? I always thought they could quickly repair hardware products, like swapping parts (e.g., drives and batteries) in their own stores. :( -- "Thanks for giving me the courage to eat all those ants." --unknown /\___/\ Ant(Dude) @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site) / /\ /\ \ Ant's Quality Foraged Links: http://aqfl.net | |o o| | \ _ / If crediting, then use Ant nickname and AQFL URL/link. ( ) Chop ANT from its address if e-mailing privately. Ant is currently not listening to any songs on this computer.