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Feb. 8th, 2008
Fully Charged New Battery Capacity: 98%
The thrilling conclusion of replacing my old, defective MacBook Pro battery. Since when DHL came to the office and evidently nobody answered (not sure that even happened), I would have had to call Apple to tell DHL where to deliver it. Except I was on Vancouver Island for the Christmas holidays, and didn't know if they'd be able to deliver it to my parents' place before I left. So instead, I picked it up at the DHL depot at 303 Vernon St.
Current Battery Capacity: 17%
That's when plugged in and fully charged. It jumps up (!) to 26% when I unplug it. Screenshot taken using coconutBattery. I've consulted the battery exchange page for MacBook Pro 15-inch laptops, but that doesn't apply to me. I'm going to try battery callibration, but that seems like voodoo. One person tried this but success looks limited, and my case is extreme since I bought my MacBook Pro 8 months ago. I get about 20-30 minutes of battery life. Should (or can) I get a replacement battery from Apple?
MacBook Pro EFI Firmware Update
It made the loud annoying beep that the firmware instructions said it would when I pressed the power button and held it down so that the lid light blinked.
Where Are the Apple Macworld or other Steve Jobs Keynote Prediction Markets?
January 8th, 2007With all the predictions and anti-predictions of an Apple iPhone, I have to wonder how much people actually lose if they're wrong.
Apple's Battery Exchange Program for iBook G4 and Powerbook G4 »
"So You Decided to Not Wear Sunscreen"
June 12th, 2006Second full day in Toronto, and I've been to Coffee Zone on Carlton St. twice now (hence my two checkins on 43 Places), since there isn't a Wireless Toronto hotspot nearby. I have a hotspot account with Telus, but the two Starbucks I went to didn't have power outlets in convenient spots. For lunch I grabbed a free slice of pizza at Pizza Pizza (since at the Blue Jays game the home team pitching squad got more than 7 strike-outs total), then went to the Apple store and got quoted more than double for replacing the casing on my chipped powerbook than an online retailer. I picked up Cory Doctorow's latest book, Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town, which I may not get started reading until the plane trip back. Still sunburnt, arms redder than they've ever been. The cream I bought for it should have come with a pamphlet entitled "So You Decided to Not Wear Sunscreen", since it stings like crazy.
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