Thinking about buying an iPOD?

Shaerra · Post by **Shaerra** » February 11, 2004, 9:57 pm

http://www.ipodsdirtysecret.com/

Akaran_D · Post by **Akaran_D** » February 11, 2004, 10:28 pm

Holy shit.
Pwnage.

Rivera Bladestrike · February 11, 2004, 11:52 pm

My quicktime is fucked up, what was it?

Akaran_D · Post by **Akaran_D** » February 12, 2004, 12:02 am

iPOD's *non replaceable* battery has a life of 18 months.
They played a recording of a conversation with Apple tech support naming the price to send it in and replace it at $250.

Then said guy went out and spraypainted my first line of this reply over every iPod poster he saw.

Faerin · Post by **Faerin** » February 12, 2004, 12:04 am

Guess mine should've died about a year ago

Vannoth · Post by **Vannoth** » February 12, 2004, 1:10 am

Anyone else see how retarded they are for using APPLE'S quicktime to make that video?

Idiots.

Tyek · Post by **Tyek** » February 12, 2004, 1:12 am

Apple has since changed the policy

Kguku · Post by **Kguku** » February 12, 2004, 2:44 am

$99 USD to get a battery replacement now.

Pahreyia · Post by **Pahreyia** » February 12, 2004, 3:49 am

Makes me glad that my boss is cool enough to understand that when people buy a product and it fails under circumstances such as these, it's the manufacturers defect, and not the user's. Makes my life much easier and people love our product more for it.

Siji · Post by **Siji** » February 12, 2004, 4:10 pm

$99 is still too much. That's worthy of a recall and quite possibly a class action lawsuit.

Ennia · Post by **Ennia** » February 12, 2004, 5:04 pm

what should be an average lifespan of a laptop battery?

Tenuvil · Post by **Tenuvil** » February 12, 2004, 5:14 pm

more than 18 months that's for sure

and laptop batteries are almost always user replaceable

Shaerra · Post by **Shaerra** » February 12, 2004, 5:38 pm

Siji wrote:$99 is still too much. That's worthy of a recall and quite possibly a class action lawsuit.

Looks like some folks agree

Kilmoll the Sexy · Post by **Kilmoll the Sexy** » February 12, 2004, 5:53 pm

For the most part, laptop batteries are only warrantied for one year. It really all depends on how often it is used as to how long it will last. If you rely on the battery daily, you can bet you will only get good charges out of it for a year at the best. If you rarely use the battery, it could last you ~3 years or more.

Arundel Pajo · Post by **Arundel Pajo** » February 12, 2004, 7:13 pm

*shrug* I've had my iPod since they first came out...it's one of the clunky 5 gig ones. Still works great - I have no complaints.