On Feb 1, 10:44 am, Chris Hill <chill_mapsfree_...@centurytel.net>
wrote:
> On Thu, 01 Feb 2007 14:42:00 GMT, j...@nospam.com wrote:
> >i have an older lifebook and just found out that it will cost between
> >$200 to $500 to replace the $5 CMOS backup battery. fujitsu's
> >documentation said that it may have to be replace after 3 to 5 years,
> >which is reasonable to me but what is not reasonable is to design it
> >so that it costs $200 to $500 to replace it.
>
> >i can not recommend fujitsu as a source for laptop computers due to
> >their design philosophy for replaceable parts.
>
> >a "very unhappy" N3010 owner (but it has a very nice display)
>
> >(i was just "unhappy" when i discovered that the N3010 had a design
> >flaw that caused the mother board to over heat - i worked around that
> >with a combination of a temperature measuring program (non-fujitsu)
> >and blowing out the hot air discharge vents every once in a while when
> >the temperature gets above normal. all this was no thanks to fujitsu
> >who insisted that there was no problem and provided no help is solving
> >it. so i guess i also can't recommend fujitsu due to their lack of
> >support of their products, even when their is a design flaw!)
>
> >(btw, the letter "I" key on my keyboard has stopped working does
> >anyone know how it might be fixed? i hate to think what fujitsu would
> >want for that)
>
> >(i guess that i should mention that the hard drive failed as well but
> >replacing that was straight forward and with a disk image back up i
> >had made. i was going again very quickly for about $100 and my labor)
>
> >would apple do this kind of thing to their customers? i am thinking of
> >switching to a macbook pro and i am hoping that i will get a better
> >product and better support then fujitsu provided, and easier CMOS
> >backup battery replacement. comments?
>
> Dream on. I've never seen a laptop with a cmos battery that a user
> could find.

Older Dell Latitudes were easy to find and replace; Dell even told you
how in the service manual.