"Chris Hill" <chill_mapsfree_000@centurytel.net> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 01 Feb 2007 14:42:00 GMT, jeff@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.

I've got one. It's right under a removeable cover that conceals the memory.