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To: Blue Highway
Difference is your Apple with proprietary battery will cost $3000.

$2499 for the most expensive Macbook Pro; $1199 for the least expensive.

I bought my Compaq for under $450 after rebates and promo codes in May of 2007. A replacement battery for mine will cost $130 from Compaq

So Compaq's battery costs the same amount as Apple's, despite the fact that the laptop is a lot cheaper. The Mac with a dead battery is a "boat anchor," but the Compaq that needs a new battery at 1/3 its purchase price isn't?

46 posted on 07/01/2009 12:54:26 PM PDT by ReignOfError
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To: ReignOfError

If a replacement Apple battery an OEM Apple replacement is actually only $119 I will be honestly impressed. Show me a link please.


48 posted on 07/01/2009 12:55:43 PM PDT by Blue Highway
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To: ReignOfError

Actually I am a little pissed my Compaq battery no longer charges. It seemed to happen a little over a year of use too. I was desperately hoping the latest battery recall from Compaq listed the battery in my laptop but it didn’t. Still pissed though at Compaq, so please don’t call me a Bill Gates lover or Compaq or PC fanboy.


50 posted on 07/01/2009 12:57:55 PM PDT by Blue Highway
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