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Jon B. - Jan 04, 2009 3:00:41 am PST #8531 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

I think I'll have to bite, based on this:

I signed up for the same reason. However, when it came time to billing, I was charged $21.48, rather than the $10.47 promised in the article. I wrote to them to complain and got the following response:

The issue here was that the deal ended up being waaaay too good and the number of signups we were getting was causing some major problems with the servers. Of course I'm more then happy to offer the 10.47 credit on your account to honor the original promotion.

Go squeaky-wheely-me!

brenda m - Jan 04, 2009 7:08:57 am PST #8532 of 25501
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Oh good, I'm going to do the same thing. I assumed I'd just misread and the $10.47 was per year.

omnis_audis - Jan 04, 2009 9:02:05 am PST #8533 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

um. Bait and switch? Dude. That could be bad. What did they think, it would go unnoticed? It's the web! A deal like that amongst computer folk is bound to go viral!

Tom Scola - Jan 04, 2009 12:46:23 pm PST #8534 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

So the rumor is that Apple is going to introduce a new 17" MacBook, except that it won't have a removable battery.

sumi - Jan 04, 2009 12:49:53 pm PST #8535 of 25501
Art Crawl!!!

So when the battery dies the whole thing is done?

tommyrot - Jan 04, 2009 12:53:47 pm PST #8536 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

MacRumors had also heard that the 17" MacBook Pro will contain a non-removable battery, so we feel this information is well corroborated. In exchange for this, the new MacBook Pro's battery is said to be longer lasting. 9to5mac's Seth Weintraub says the new battery will last up to 50% longer and speculates Apple could be exploring the use of Silver-Zinc which we previously explored.

Well, the "lasts up to 50% longer" mitigates things somewhat, but to my mind it's still not a great idea....

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edit to add weasel-phrase "up to"

Tom Scola - Jan 04, 2009 12:54:23 pm PST #8537 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Presumably, you would have to pay someone to take the computer apart and replace the battery for you.

omnis_audis - Jan 04, 2009 2:05:09 pm PST #8538 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

What about those long trips where you want to swap batteries? That is an objection of mine with iPods and iPhone.

Jon B. - Jan 04, 2009 3:02:48 pm PST #8539 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

What about those long trips where you want to swap batteries? That is an objection of mine with iPods and iPhone.

You need one of these: [link]

omnis_audis - Jan 04, 2009 3:30:51 pm PST #8540 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

Ya, very cool. But will it charge the new laptops?

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