Taking the piss

[ffutures]

When I got my iBook the battery was capable of 2-3 hours operation, more if I turn off WiFi. Since I wanted to use it at trade shows where they charge £100+ for the use of a mains socket I got a second battery fairly cheap on eBay, which had about the same life.

Today the original battery has about an hour's capacity, and the second one is below two hours. So I went along to the big Apple shop in Regent Street and asked prices tonight. And it turns out they cost £89.95 each. And unless I can find replacements a hell of a lot cheaper than that I'm afraid that my days as a Mac user may be somewhat more limited than I'd anticipated.

So if anyone sees anyone selling genuine batteries for a 14" screen iBook G4 cheapish please let me know.

Comments

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

I can't give you the centrifuge, I'm afraid, it's got to be disposed of safely. Were you looking for anything in particular?

[robertprior.livejournal.com]

I figure the centrifuge would be too expensive to ship, anyway.

I'm not looking for anything in particular. A microscope slide attachment for my Nikon Coolscan V slide scanner could be useful, as could a microscope adaptor for my Nikon D80, but I suspect you have spares of neither :-)

Send me a postal address and I'll put it in the mail to you next week. (Probably Tuesday or Wednesday, depending on what this latest winter storm does.) It won't arrive until after Christmas, though.

[robertprior.livejournal.com]

Oops, hit Post too soon. Meant to say that I'll send you a list of the kind of things that might be handy, and trust that sometime before we both retire you'll come across something handy and let me know.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Oddly enough I do have a Nikon-fit microscope adaptor I'm not really using - got it when I bought my D50 but for one reason and another the need for it had passed by the time it arrived. It's not a particularly good one, but it works. I can sure as hell make a lot more use of the battery!

YHM