Electronics

[Still Raining]

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@patbz wrote:

@Still Raining : I love 3.5 hrs from a big city but even I have choices of computer techs who run their own businesses in my town of 12,000. Look under " computer/ cellphone repair".  I've used one of these guys 3-4 times ( great service, inexpensive and fixed my problem every time).

Thanks, I have a local place and a friend at Intel.  Ha.

I just need to face up to springing for a nice laser.

Spent most of the time lately over at the hospital, but soon...

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[Icegoddess]

I needed one for my Toshiba (Windows 7) machine.  I guess since it was so old, we had to order one through Staples, but they were able to get one for me.  My main computer is a MacBook Pro and I hope if I need a new battery they will be able to replace it for me.  There's no battery compartment.

[glb613]

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@Icegoddess wrote:

I needed one for my Toshiba (Windows 7) machine.  I guess since it was so old, we had to order one through Staples, but they were able to get one for me.  My main computer is a MacBook Pro and I hope if I need a new battery they will be able to replace it for me.  There's no battery compartment.

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Good luck with that.  You'll be lucky if anyone can open the case without damaging it. 

[gardenman]

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@Icegoddess wrote:

I needed one for my Toshiba (Windows 7) machine.  I guess since it was so old, we had to order one through Staples, but they were able to get one for me.  My main computer is a MacBook Pro and I hope if I need a new battery they will be able to replace it for me.  There's no battery compartment.

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Apple doesn't make their computers especially user friendy for servicing. It can be done, but they make it a lot harder than it needs to be. They're overly fond of soldering in their SSDs and memory so you're pretty much stuck with whatever you originally bought. They glue the batteries in place and force you to largely disassemble the whole computer to get to it. And once you get to it, removing it from the glue is challenging.

The newer Dells and Microsoft's offerings are trending the opposite way with designs that make servicing easier. Both companies are using standard m.2 drives and making them pretty accessible along with memory sticks that are user changeable. While they do glue their batteries in place, at least some of them now use the Command Stick type adhesive with the tab you pull to release the adhesive. Apple could make consumer's lives a lot easier if they adopted a similar approach.