[OSX-Users] Re: Battery replacement warranty excuses

[Chris Andrews]

On 23 Oct 2009, at 20:31, Philip Boulain wrote:
> Chris Andrews wrote:
>> ...batteries are classed as consumables where the rest of the  
>> hardware is not.
> That's more than slightly arbitrary. "Turns out that if you actually  
> use your mouse button for three years, it wears out. Mouse buttons  
> are now consumables."

Batteries have the most drastically limited expected lifetime of the  
laptop. Their usage limits are in the hundreds, not the millions that  
a mouse button would be expected to last. Hence why you managed to  
exceed the rated life of the battery in two and a half years of heavy  
use.

> ...especially as they're now hidden beneath a UniBody construction  
> which means that replacing them /requires/ a trip to the Genius Bar,  
> even if you're paying? (Or am I just thinking of the iProducts?)

Or other Apple Authorised Service Centre.

Chris