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Washington Post Covers iPod Battery Ruckus
An anonymous reader sent in a link to 'Battery and Assault: When His iPod Died, This Music Lover Tackled Apple. Stay Tuned.' in the Washington Post. The article (good reading even if you're familiar with the situation) has Apple reps being rather callous about the issue - I think it's a fairly reasonable assumption that if you spend several hundred dollars on a gizmo, it shouldn't be "disposable". A replacement battery for my cell phone cost $10; one for my cordless phone cost $10; Apple is presumably making a good deal of money on their $99 replacements.
It's an Apple battery. That's $99 of quality Apple engineering you're paying for.
Don't think of it as a flame---it's more like an argument that does 3d6 fire damage
APPLE: Hello sir, what seems to be the problem?
USER: Ummm.... I can't turn my iPod on anymore.
APPLE: Have you tried using the power button?
USER: Ummm.....
APPLE: Try pushing the little button to turn it on.
USER: Umm.... It doesn't work.
APPLE: Have you tried recharging your iPod?
USER: I want to listen to my music.
APPLE: Well sir, it seems like your battery might be dead. You'll need to buy a replacement for $99.
USER: I got new shoes today.
APPLE: That's nice.
It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.
Is it?
I mean, no Apple product could have a defect. Certainly not a predictable one. Certainly not one designed to improve profit margins at initial sale and revenue growth after the warranty period. Not Apple. Not Steve Jobs. Not the Dread Pirate Roberts of Silicon Valley...
ya know its party pooping anti mac losers that keep apple in business. The reality of the world truly is:
Microsoft Market Share: 3%
Apple: 94%
Other: who fuckin cares.
as well.. For instance you don't need to edit some strange text file with Vi, you can just plug it in and it all works.
It also tells you in your choosen language if you have managed to insert it incorrectly.
Praise Apple!
Think of it the same way you think of, say the World's Fair, or a concert. Sure they gouge you for water ($4/half liter vs a buck anywhere else), but you get more than water and plastic for that extra $3: You get a memory of the wonderful event.
Given that, wouldn't you rather "remember" your Apple hardware more often?
The fracture was a big problem where a large number of G4 cubes would split where the moulding for the case came together.
Oh yeah we all know that apple uses the highest quality capacitors on thier motherboards. Thats what makes them so superior to PCs. I mean, its a good thing too, cos if the capacitors did go bad, Apple would tell me to Fuck off and buy another mac. To hell with ATX standards allowing me to swap out components and replace them individually. But back to the capacitors, we all know that the capacitors are what give the new G5 the extra bang.
And you know, you make a good point. Once an Apple gets old, you just throw it away! Don't even think about re-using it or recycling or anything like that. No need to worry, just toss it and drop another $5,000 on the next years model. Yeah those "Pee Cees" must have terrible components for them to last 8 years and still be able to pull them out of the trash and use them.
You fuckin asshat.
no, he was calling the people who get 9.5 hours and bitch and moan about it bitches. And trust me, there are such people out there. I've met them, and tried hard to not punch them in the face. I've only failed at this once (keeping myself from punching them in the face), but he was doing other stuff to piss me off too.
By the way, the face punching never really happened. But he did deserve it. grr.
Put that iPod down. Do you own the rights to all of those songs sir?
"hard drives use GIGAbytes. silicon uses GIBIbytes. i thought this was common knowledge by now?"
Yeah, and in memory a GB is 1073741824 bytes, in hard disks it's 1024000000 bytes, and in hard disks it's 1000000000 bytes. In networking, a Gb/s is 1000000000 bits per second, while in networking a Gb/s is 1073741824 bits per second. What do CDs use? Who knows?
Oh, by the way: war is peace. I thought this was common knowledge by now?
This is because you were a nerd. No matter what close you wore, you weren't getting laid. But that oscilloscope could make you rich some day...and then the pussy comes ROLLING in.
See? Nerds are at heart a pragmatic people.
Hey freaks: now you're ju
By the way, my iPod battery has been working over 2 years now.
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PPPPS. Anecdotal evidence doesn't bother the people whose batteries have NOT failed.
Lars T.
To the guy who modded me down from perfect to terrible Karma - Apple haters still suck
I thought people bought Apple for the interface, not so they would have to fiddle with hardware for themselves!
; )
steve
Oh, you're not stuck, you're just unable to let go of the onion rings.
Why not make the ipod run off of rechargeable AA batteries? This would make more sense.
litigious bastards
suck it sco!
I hid with this uncomfortable ipod battery up my ass for two years. Then, after seven years, I was sent home to my family. And now, little man, I give this ipod battery to you.
If Vi was a car, you wouldn't be able to steer and use the pedals at the same time. And if Emacs was a car, you'd drive it with Meta-x-left, Meta-x-right, and Ctrl-Shift-Alt-Meta-Super-Hyper-F1-Z-3-L-Esc-SysRq to brake.
(For the record, I use jed.)
He didn't mention he had an iPod up there too. His ass made really funny sounds at times. Unfortunately he seems to have only had tuba solos in his playlist...