>>>now if the battery pack can be exchanged, that is about all I need.
>>>I had thought about a Macbook or Airbook - nice devices and they give you
>>>not only windows but some obscure OS counted after big cats ;-)
>>>But the fixed battery cemented the negative decision.
>>>
>...
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>>Except that only the retina display is the only mac laptop where the battery is cemented; it is replaceable in all the other models. I have a MacBook Pro and I can change the battery if needed,
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>http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1756?viewlocale=en_US
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>Note: Your portable must have a user-removable battery. Do not attempt this procedure with MacBook Air, MacBook (13-inch, Late 2009) and later, or MacBook Pro (Early 2009) and later computers, which have batteries that should be replaced only by an Apple Authorized Service Provider.
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>While I am not averse to tinkering myself, I hate it if the vendor goes out of his way to make it difficult/painful.
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Or profitable. I hate that, too. (See, I don't blindly defend Apple).