How about a Greener Apple?

Adi — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 20:38:30 +0000

When I just got my first car, It felt like I was set free – I could go wherever I want, whenever I want.. few years later I got a similar feeling when as a graphic design student I bought my first Mac – suddenly I could do everything (well, almost) on my own, in my own time.As a teenager I didn’t know how polluting my first car really was, just as I did not notice (up until recently) that Apple are ranked somewhere in the bottom of the Greenpeace green mobile and PC manufacturers line up.Hey, Apple, you can not allow this to your self, this is something that counts for your target audience, being different has to be better.

Apple portables issue – a holiday killed my mac’s battery!

Adi — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 16:51:57 +0000

I was working the other night, and then I simply left my macbook pro on without hooking the AC cord on, same as I do every night. Since it was a holiday the day after, the computer had another day and night to rest.. it went to sleep, and apparently drained the battery completely.Now the battery indicator went to “X” and it wont recognize the battery. The AC connector has a constant green light, and unhooking it causes immediate power down, loosing any unsaved data.
A short googling brought that this is a common – common phenomenon, and it happens under perfectly normal use, the macbooks (and pros) simply let the battery discharge to a point of no return, killing the battery.so my battery is dead.I am still under first year warranty so I guess I can replace it, but this is very disturbing because it can happen again. as a professional one of the reasons I use a mac is the reliability, no crashes, no hardware issues, no surprises. I payed good $ for my mac and I have very low tolerance for such problems. The minimum Apple could do is publish a warning or instruction to avoid this phenomenon.One bad point added.

toDeBlog » hardware

How about a Greener Apple?

Apple portables issue – a holiday killed my mac’s battery!