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Re: Why not NiMH?

From Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: Why not NiMH?
Date 2013-12-06 13:30 +1300
Organization Aioe.org NNTP Server
Message-ID <061220131330451853%YourName@YourISP.com> (permalink)
References <l7o6ih$a9r$1@dont-email.me> <041220131638426141%nospam@nospam.invalid> <dorayme-018CA0.11011905122013@news.albasani.net> <051220130521408134%star@sky.net> <dorayme-7B63F6.09075106122013@news.albasani.net>

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In article <dorayme-7B63F6.09075106122013@news.albasani.net>, dorayme
<dorayme@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> In article <051220130521408134%star@sky.net>, Davoud <star@sky.net> 
> wrote:
> > dorayme:
> > > How about this: make so it can be removed easily and a spare one 
> > > carried. Like with some cameras.
> > 
> > Are you suggesting that I redesign Apple laptops in this manner?
> 
> Eh? Where did you figure in this?
> 
> > Because I'm the wrong person to talk to about this.
> >
> 
> Eh? Who said you had anything to do with this matter? 
> 
> > I can, however, offer a time-saving suggestion: get over it.
> 
> Get over what exactly? Making any conversational suggestions? 
> 
> > Apple are
> > not going to take your suggestion. It seems that about ten hours of
> > heavy use is more than sufficient battery life for most users. Works
> > for me, and carrying spare batteries would partially defeat my purpose
> > in using laptops.
> 
> I never made any suggestions to Apple. It was just conversation here. 
> 
> Be good if they made it very simple to replace batteries, to allow 
> people the choice of taking on a journey a spare (that does not mean 
> hand-luggage carrying) and even allowing for easily corner-store 
> purchasable alternative facilities. Like throwing them in a holder (in 
> series) to get the amps and voltage to connect via an external plug. 
> Or a clever way of designing the battery area to allow alternative 
> arrangements in there.

Apple purposely stopped having removeable batteries (and optical
drives) so that the dsiegn could be thinner and lighter.

There's already numerous external power packs for portable devices for
those who really want / need them, but they are pretty much the
minority.

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Why not NiMH? J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2013-12-04 16:24 -0500
  Re: Why not NiMH? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-12-04 16:38 -0500
    Re: Why not NiMH? dorayme <dorayme@optusnet.com.au> - 2013-12-05 11:01 +1100
      Re: Why not NiMH? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-12-04 23:38 -0500
        Re: Why not NiMH? Mike Lane <mike.lane.usenet@ntlworld.co.uk> - 2013-12-05 13:21 +0000
          Re: Why not NiMH? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-12-05 11:29 -0500
          Re: Why not NiMH? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-12-06 09:01 +1300
      Re: Why not NiMH? Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2013-12-05 05:21 -0500
        Re: Why not NiMH? dorayme <dorayme@optusnet.com.au> - 2013-12-06 09:07 +1100
          Re: Why not NiMH? Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2013-12-05 18:42 -0500
            Re: Why not NiMH? dorayme <dorayme@optusnet.com.au> - 2013-12-06 11:57 +1100
              Re: Why not NiMH? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-12-06 18:34 +1300
                Re: Why not NiMH? dorayme <dorayme@optusnet.com.au> - 2013-12-06 17:08 +1100
                Re: Why not NiMH? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-12-06 19:19 +1300
                Re: Why not NiMH? dorayme <dorayme@optusnet.com.au> - 2013-12-06 20:14 +1100
          Re: Why not NiMH? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-12-06 13:30 +1300
            Re: Why not NiMH? dorayme <dorayme@optusnet.com.au> - 2013-12-06 12:00 +1100
              Re: Why not NiMH? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-12-06 18:24 +1300
            Re: Why not NiMH? George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2013-12-05 19:50 -0600
      Re: Why not NiMH? J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2013-12-05 15:11 -0500
        Re: Why not NiMH? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-12-05 16:15 -0500
    Re: Why not NiMH? J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2013-12-04 19:59 -0500
      Re: Why not NiMH? Ted Lee <tmplee@mr.net> - 2013-12-04 22:09 -0600
        Re: Why not NiMH? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-12-04 23:38 -0500
        Re: Why not NiMH? J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2013-12-05 00:54 -0500
          Re: Why not NiMH? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-12-05 00:59 -0500
            Re: Why not NiMH? J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2013-12-05 02:22 -0500
              Re: Why not NiMH? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-12-05 02:44 -0500
                Re: Why not NiMH? J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2013-12-05 03:36 -0500
                Re: Why not NiMH? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-12-05 04:21 -0500
                Re: Why not NiMH? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-12-05 11:29 -0500
                Re: Why not NiMH? J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2013-12-05 16:24 -0500
              Re: Why not NiMH? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-12-05 18:37 +0000
                Re: Why not NiMH? J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2013-12-05 14:19 -0500
                Re: Why not NiMH? George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2013-12-05 13:31 -0600
                Re: Why not NiMH? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-12-06 09:07 +1300
                Re: Why not NiMH? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-12-05 14:36 -0500
                Re: Why not NiMH? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-12-05 22:02 +0000
                Re: Why not NiMH? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-12-06 13:26 +1300
                Re: Why not NiMH? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-12-06 00:33 +0000
                Re: Why not NiMH? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-12-06 18:36 +1300
                Re: Why not NiMH? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-12-06 21:22 +0000
                Re: Why not NiMH? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-12-07 11:49 +1300
                Re: Why not NiMH? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-12-07 00:11 +0000
                Re: Why not NiMH? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-12-07 18:07 +1300
                Re: Why not NiMH? George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2013-12-07 08:37 -0600
                Re: Why not NiMH? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-12-08 09:52 +1300
                Re: Why not NiMH? George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2013-12-05 19:49 -0600
                Re: Why not NiMH? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-12-05 21:55 -0500
                Re: Why not NiMH? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-12-06 18:40 +1300
                Re: Why not NiMH? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-12-06 21:24 +0000
                Re: Why not NiMH? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-12-07 11:49 +1300
                Re: Why not NiMH? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-12-06 18:43 -0500
                Re: Why not NiMH? George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2013-12-07 08:32 -0600
                Re: Why not NiMH? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-12-08 09:50 +1300
                Re: Why not NiMH? George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2013-12-07 15:50 -0600
                Re: Why not NiMH? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-12-08 14:04 +1300
                Re: Why not NiMH? George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2013-12-07 21:02 -0600
                Re: Why not NiMH? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-12-08 17:45 +1300
                Re: Why not NiMH? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-12-06 17:48 +0000
                Re: Why not NiMH? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-12-06 21:25 +0000
        Re: Why not NiMH? Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2013-12-05 05:33 -0500
        Re: Why not NiMH? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-12-05 18:35 +0000
      Re: Why not NiMH? Zar Zifodow <zarzifodow@mailinator.com> - 2013-12-04 20:14 -0800
      Re: Why not NiMH? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-12-04 23:38 -0500
        Re: Why not NiMH? Siri Cruz <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2013-12-04 20:46 -0800
        Re: Why not NiMH? J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2013-12-05 02:22 -0500
          Re: Why not NiMH? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-12-05 02:44 -0500
  Re: Why not NiMH? Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtrie@pixelmemory.us> - 2013-12-04 23:08 -0800
    Re: Why not NiMH? J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2013-12-05 03:08 -0500
      Re: Why not NiMH? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-12-05 11:29 -0500
  Re: Why not NiMH? me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2013-12-05 14:15 +0000
    Re: Why not NiMH? J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2013-12-05 12:43 -0500
      Re: Why not NiMH? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-12-05 12:54 -0500
      Re: Why not NiMH? Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtrie@pixelmemory.us> - 2013-12-05 22:44 -0800
        Re: Why not NiMH? J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2013-12-06 13:19 -0500
      Re: Why not NiMH? me@home.spamsucks.ca (Kiraly) - 2013-12-06 22:35 +0000
        Re: Why not NiMH? J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2013-12-07 02:27 -0500
        Re: Why not NiMH? J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2013-12-08 00:10 -0500
  Re: Why not NiMH? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-12-14 18:57 +1300
    Re: Why not NiMH? Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> - 2013-12-17 12:04 -0500
      Re: Why not NiMH? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-12-18 09:27 +1300
  Re: Why not NiMH? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-12-19 18:59 +1300

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