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Apple Powerbook and iBook Battery Recall
doubleacr writes "The Register is reporting that Apple is recalling batteries in 12 and 15 inch Powerbook and 12 inch iBooks sold between October 2004 and May 2005. Apple has set up a page with info on model number and serial numbers of batteries affected, and also how to get a replacement."
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Oh, come on! I know it's not PC, but what the fuck, everybody pissed at something!
His comment: "If you can't laugh at yourself, then you can't laugh at anything." A true talent.
I was once hit on by a gay guy. He looked like a good-looking Jude Law only taller. I was flattered. Anyway, when he outed himslf, he really queened it up. He was proud to be gay and enjoyed the jokes.
What I'm saying is, I really resent some of the PC Moderation shit on /.!
I'm a Pollack - fire away boys!! My Dad is always interested in new Pollack Jokes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As for OSX being for "fake" geeks, why dont you tell that to Tim O'Reilly, Paul Graham, or Trevor Blackwell. Despite how much you may hate Macs, many swear by them.
By the way, not only Mac users are "teh ghey." Just look in the freaking mirror.
Apple's page (the one linked in the post) clearly states that the recall is for the 15 inch aluminum Powerbook only.
Looks like another case of not RTFA.
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And for a meta-question, why is feeding a troll worth more mod points that trolling?
Don't encourage me.
Nick
I would give most anything for a working media player for OS X that plays oggs, flacs, and maybe shns.
Just install the QuckTime OGG and FLAC components and iTunes will be able to play them fine.
http://qtcomponents.sourceforge.net/
http://damien.drix.free.fr/qtflac/
Good Luck!
Help I'm a rock.
Apple laptops are effectively unusable for unix users.
I am a long-time Unix user. That means I need to have the Ctrl key to the left of the A key. This is a genuine need, not merely a want; it is based upon ergonomics. The Ctrl key is heavily used in unix, and it must be easily accessable. It cannot be off in the lower left corner of the keyboard where it is difficult to get at, and where it distorts the position of your left hand such that you can't easily type other keys while holding the Ctrl key down.
Apple desktop keyboards are now all USB. They are all OK. The CapsLock key can be re-mapped into a Ctrl key.
Unfortunately, even in this modern age, all Apple laptops have built-in ADB keyboards. The ADB keyboard is broken-by-design. It is, in general, not possible to remap the CapsLock key into a Ctrl key.
There are some exceptions, but they are horrible kludges. They are horrible kludges because the original design of the ADB keyboard was a horrible kludge. The correct solution would be for Apple to re-design their laptop motherboards to use built-in USB keyboards. This hasn't happened yet. If you run Linux, use Debian's solution. For Mac OS X users, uControl works. There are no solutions (that I know of) for either NetBSD or OpenBSD. Please note once again that the "solutions" above are in fact kludges, because of the original bad design of the ADB keyboard.
Apple provides a technical note on how to remap the keyboard, but provides no solution to the hardware problems caused by the design of the ADB keyboard. This tech note helps foreign language users, but does nothing for the CapsLock/Ctrl problem.
Apple has now lost three opportunities to sell me hardware. I really wanted an Apple laptop for their superior battery life, and for the PowerPC with Altivec CPU. (The Altivec is vastly superior to the x86 line for DSP.) Because I can't live with the broken-by-design built-in ADB keyboard in all Apple laptops, Sony and IBM sold me laptops instead. If Apple fixes this problem, they will sell me a PowerBook next year; if they don't, I'll still be running OpenBSD on x86 hardware, and wishing I could use a Mac.