Comments on: Massive Recall: Apple Battery for G4 PowerBook and iBook http://gigaom.com/apple/massive-recall-apple-battery-for-g4-powerbook-and-ibook/ Sat, 26 May 2012 02:16:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Jerry http://gigaom.com/apple/massive-recall-apple-battery-for-g4-powerbook-and-ibook/#comment-312975 Tue, 06 May 2008 02:07:13 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2006/08/24/massive-recall-apple-battery-for-g4-powerbook-and-ibook/#comment-312975 I bought my new battery at needbattery.com
http://www.needbattery.com/Laptops/Apple.html

]]> By: Guillaume http://gigaom.com/apple/massive-recall-apple-battery-for-g4-powerbook-and-ibook/#comment-312974 Mon, 11 Sep 2006 04:09:57 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2006/08/24/massive-recall-apple-battery-for-g4-powerbook-and-ibook/#comment-312974 Pity, and me hoping to get a new battery (my current battery is down to one hour autonomy for my ibook :-( )….

but alas I don’t have the right serial number…..

]]> By: L. F. http://gigaom.com/apple/massive-recall-apple-battery-for-g4-powerbook-and-ibook/#comment-312973 Tue, 05 Sep 2006 20:16:58 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2006/08/24/massive-recall-apple-battery-for-g4-powerbook-and-ibook/#comment-312973 this is all kind of messed up to me…i called apple awhile back after i bought my “customer care package warrenty thing”. i told them how the key pad had shocked my wrists alot, like burned it but in a quick, sharp, electric way. i just must wonder how this all connects… my battery pack matches up, so many must…
A L O H A .

]]> By: Carol http://gigaom.com/apple/massive-recall-apple-battery-for-g4-powerbook-and-ibook/#comment-312972 Tue, 05 Sep 2006 05:38:53 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2006/08/24/massive-recall-apple-battery-for-g4-powerbook-and-ibook/#comment-312972 How do you remove the battery — I opened the door in the center back and that’s where my chips (memory? motherboard?) were. Where is the battery?

Carol

]]> By: plamlam http://gigaom.com/apple/massive-recall-apple-battery-for-g4-powerbook-and-ibook/#comment-312971 Sun, 03 Sep 2006 15:16:32 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2006/08/24/massive-recall-apple-battery-for-g4-powerbook-and-ibook/#comment-312971 I really am kind of disappointed at how much the G4 12 inch heats up. I bought mine a couple months after they came out with battery numbers A1022 and since I’ve had it, I’ve always had to use it with a desk fan blowing into it because it just gets so stinking hot. I really don’t get why Apple doesn’t simply replace all the batteries for people who bought G4′s anyways considering that they’ve had 2 exchanges already. It’s obvious the design has flaws in terms of heat retention but the fact that these older battery designs seem to have an achillies’ heel with heat as well, you would think that Apple would try to be safe by simply replacing all older batteries with hopefully more efficient and hopefully less heat generating ones.

]]> By: Jamie http://gigaom.com/apple/massive-recall-apple-battery-for-g4-powerbook-and-ibook/#comment-312970 Sat, 02 Sep 2006 01:30:07 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2006/08/24/massive-recall-apple-battery-for-g4-powerbook-and-ibook/#comment-312970 I called the apple number, after waiting on hold for a couple of hours…I finally spoke to a rep., he started out by telling me that mine did not qualify yet I found online where it did. He then all of a sudden said wait, I just had a bunch come through and it does. He proceeded to transfer me to another that then told me that it did not. I told him my further issues with it heating up and burning mine, and my kids lap while using it. I have an ibook G4 mind you. He informed me that hence, my “Laptop” is “Not made” to be used on my lap. Well, fine…what is it going to do to my table, ruin the finish…or better yet “Cause a fire”…But, I have a case number that says it is safe…imagine that, an A1061 with the battery being 6c545. Now what??? Please advise…

]]> By: joan http://gigaom.com/apple/massive-recall-apple-battery-for-g4-powerbook-and-ibook/#comment-312969 Fri, 01 Sep 2006 20:31:34 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2006/08/24/massive-recall-apple-battery-for-g4-powerbook-and-ibook/#comment-312969 I am not sure how to remove the battery… any clues as to how to go about this without destroying anything?

]]> By: Andrew Yeckel http://gigaom.com/apple/massive-recall-apple-battery-for-g4-powerbook-and-ibook/#comment-312968 Fri, 01 Sep 2006 19:47:16 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2006/08/24/massive-recall-apple-battery-for-g4-powerbook-and-ibook/#comment-312968 I have repeatedly tried my serial numbers over the past 3 days, and the web site keeps rejecting them. The battery serial numbers clearly fall in the specified range. What is most bizarre is that the web site claims that neither of my iBook G4 computers are eligible. How can that be? I own two iBook G4′s. They use the affected batteries. That is all they need to know!

]]> By: Roberto http://gigaom.com/apple/massive-recall-apple-battery-for-g4-powerbook-and-ibook/#comment-312967 Tue, 29 Aug 2006 10:32:23 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2006/08/24/massive-recall-apple-battery-for-g4-powerbook-and-ibook/#comment-312967 Marco: I bought mine in the US and I live in Spain. I went through the process without any problems and got my confirmation e-mail: my battery will be sent to Spain

]]> By: Andrew Creek http://gigaom.com/apple/massive-recall-apple-battery-for-g4-powerbook-and-ibook/#comment-312966 Sat, 26 Aug 2006 02:36:11 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2006/08/24/massive-recall-apple-battery-for-g4-powerbook-and-ibook/#comment-312966 Yeah I actually got mine to work about a half hour ago.

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