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January 10, 2006
Aluminum PowerBook 15-inch Battery Update
Waiting in your software update is the "Aluminum PowerBook 15-inch Battery Update." Which according to Apple's hyper-vague description "aids the 15-inch Aluminum PowerBook battery in performing at full capacity." The software is 820kb and I'd recommend waiting at least 72 hours for the dust to settle before installing ANY software update from Apple. I mean, you didn't need it yesterday, did you?
And what's with the descriptions? C'mon Apple, these lame, super-secret we're-not-going-to-tell-you-what-it-fixes software updates are starting to piss me right off. Tell me what it fixes already! Is this update going to permanently disable the other RAM slot in my PowerBook?
Are the lawyers at Apple really such tight asses? Maybe if Apple stopped suing their fans (*cough* RIAA *cough*) their fans would stop bringing class-action suits against them.
Posted by jasonogrady at January 10, 2006 12:59 AM
Category: Software
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In case you may have missed this little problem... the "new" 15" PowerBooks are having an almost 100% battery failure. From only getting about half the life they are supposed to, to some batteries refusing to charge at all... there are some serious problems!
Posted by: pwrbkdude at January 10, 2006 8:52 AM
this is down to a different make of battery being packed in the box. A s/w update should fix this, otherwise Apple WILL swap the battery for one that does get recognised properly by the OS.
Posted by: MiniMe at January 10, 2006 11:05 AM
