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A comment on The Nightmare of Replacing a Battery on a Mac Laptop.

Re:The Nightmare of Replacing a Battery on a Mac Laptop by sugarcube on Wednesday October 28, 2015 @12:23PM (#10465368)
I don't quite understand the rage. Doesn't the service agreement comment on the time it might take? I remember from Dell there were different kinds of packages you could buy. Because I bought some business laptop once, they actually dispatched a technician to my office and fixed the problem on the spot. If you need that kind of service level, you simply have to pay for it.
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Re:The Nightmare of Replacing a Battery on a Mac Laptop by Daishiman on Wednesday October 28, 2015 @12:31PM (#10465443)
The rage is that for many lines of work (like mine), 4 days of computer downtime is absolute unacceptable.
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Re:The Nightmare of Replacing a Battery on a Mac Laptop by EvanAnderson on Wednesday October 28, 2015 @12:48PM (#10465611)
The "rage" seems misplaced. The OP didn't think about their needs when buying the machine and didn't purchase the appropriate warranty service package. Having a backup laptop would be another option, too. (I can't imagine the OP doesn't have backup camera bodies, likely at a greater expense than having a good-enough-to-get-by backup laptop.)
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Re:The Nightmare of Replacing a Battery on a Mac Laptop by mwfunk on Wednesday October 28, 2015 @02:21PM (#10466279)
If one piece of hardware going down keeps you from working until you get it back, that's on you or your company.
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