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Re:The New MacBook Pro: Unfixable, Unhackable, Untenable by taligent on Friday June 15, 2012 @08:53AM (#4116203)
What are you talking about ? The battery IS replaceable just not by you.

And I hardly think saving an hour at an Apple Store once every 3 years is worth having a substantially thicker device.

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Re:The New MacBook Pro: Unfixable, Unhackable, Untenable by ken on Friday June 15, 2012 @02:52PM (#4118036)
You'll probably get one use of that, then. I doubt they'll still have 2012 Macbook Pro batteries sitting around in 2018, much less a person who knows how to install them.

I took my 2006 Macbook in to an Apple retail store to get a new battery, and they don't stock them any more. They said they could special order one, but actually suggested I try Amazon.

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Re:The New MacBook Pro: Unfixable, Unhackable, Untenable by evan_ on Saturday June 16, 2012 @01:00PM (#4121027)
> I took my 2006 Macbook in to an Apple retail store to get a new battery, and they don't stock them any more.

You'd have the same problem in 2018 even if you had a replaceable battery.

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Re:The New MacBook Pro: Unfixable, Unhackable, Untenable by dman on Friday June 15, 2012 @01:54PM (#4117752)
How long before we hit the - The device is programmable, just not by you.
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Re:The New MacBook Pro: Unfixable, Unhackable, Untenable by __float on Saturday June 16, 2012 @12:36AM (#4119883)
Developers that write apps to fill the App Store give people a reason to buy their products in the first place. This is paranoid nonsense.
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Re:The New MacBook Pro: Unfixable, Unhackable, Untenable by Ralith on Friday June 15, 2012 @04:06PM (#4118426)
We're already most of the way there with iOS. The Windows 8 ARM UEFI stuff is pretty foreboding too.
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