For $129, they'll replace it. But still no spare battery on the road.<br><br>http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/15/macbook-air-battery-replacements-129-free-install/<br><br>my photos

Not bad. It would be nice if they could do this quickly in an AppleStore. Bummer it is not replaceable but that is what you get for being so thin. I think I will take thin.<br><br>There is going to be an after market emergency battery you can hook up to the USB port right?<br><br>

An interesting comment on that page wondering if the owner could swap out the hard drive with a SSD drive when they become cheaper? It may become clear in a month that the MBA is a much better battery operated laptop with the SSD so it would be a nice route to take. Then you would also have an 80GB very small hard drive to stick in a tiny enclosure. Another aftermarket opportunity. A kit to make the now spare 80GB a very nice USB thumb drive.<br><br>

<blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr><p>Not bad.<p><hr></blockquote><p><br>Not bad? Why do you enjoy being a$$ raped by Apple with batteries? It's unacceptable the battery isn't replaceable. That has everything to do with greed, zero to do with being thin.<br><br><br><br>Hey I'm an F'n Jerk!®

Since you haven't seen how this battery is smooshed in there like a cancerous tumor I believe you're talking out of your as[/i]s and please stop thinking of my as[i]s thank you. <br><br>

lol... every battery is the same, it has two terminals. Those terminals don't really care if they're transferring electrons via contacts or soldered wires. Smooshing has nothing to do with it. The ipod battery is smooshed in there too. It's you who's talking from their ass, but hey I don't mind if you notice mine as it is quite nice ;)<br><br>Don't get me wrong, I think the airbook is a slick piece of ass. But the price should be $250 less because of the battery.<br><br>The only thing it has to do with is Apple making $100 pure profit off you for a battery. I replaced my iPod battery in 5 minutes for $89 less than Apple wanted me to give them to do it. <br><br>Maybe now Matt will see I'm frugal and lots of things and stop worrying so much about my computer purchases and worry more about yours ;)<br><br><br><br>Hey I'm an F'n Jerk!®

Even if you could swap it out, there are 2 questions:<br>1. How much is a 64GB SSD drive?<br>2. Are they available to the general public right now?<br><br>I found this online:<br><blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr><p>Sandisk today announced a 64 GB version of its previously introduced 1.8” solid state disk (SSD) drive.<br><br>The drive offers twice the capacity of 32 GB units, which are shipping in volume at this time and are sold through system vendors such as Dell. Scheduled for volume availability by the end of this year, the 64 GB version offers the same specifications as its smaller sister unit, which include a sustained data read rate of 67 MB/s and 7000 IOPS (inputs/outputs per second ) for a 512 byte transfer.<br><br>Sandisk claims that notebooks equipped with these NAND flash-based SSDs can boot Microsoft Windows Vista Enterprise in as little as 30 seconds and access files at an average speed of 0.11 milliseconds. A comparable notebook using a hard disk requires an average 48 seconds to boot and an average 17 milliseconds to access files, Sandisk said.<br>The reliability of the SSDs is rated at 2 million hours mean time between failures (MTBF).<br><br><br>Sandisk is currently shipping 2.5” and 1.8” versions of its 32 GB SSDs for a reported $350 to system vendors. Consumers, however, pay more to be able to enjoy these drives: Dell, for example, sells the drive as an option for some of its notebooks and charges an extra $450 for the 1.8” drive.<p><hr></blockquote><p>You could wait a little longer and get the 128GB SSD card <br><br>my photos

Every battery is not the same: this one is very wide and thin--and I suspect it also lacks a durable outer shell of its own. An interior view can be seen in the keynote, but a real takeapart gallery won't take long I'm sure.<br><br>We'll have the facts within 3 weeks, and we'll know just how rugged this thin battery is. But you already know the ONLY factor is greed? Apple must have lost their business sense: a new batt is an optional item for a specialized laptop that isn't the mainstream choice. Odd choice of scam. You'd think they'd charge something for installation, too.<br><br>If your concern is that Apple is preventing you from buying a NON-Apple version, I'm sure that will in fact be possible. Just wait for your warranty to end before you go monkeying inside.<br><br>I've never bought a second battery for a laptop. I want the battery to BE replaceable (and it is, and outside of warranty, third-party options will exist too). But I'm unlikely to do so.<br><br>nagr[color:red]o</font color=red>mme<br><br>I require stroyent!<br>TeamMacOSX.com | MacClan.net

Yes, and like the external optical drive, an external battery pack will give you added bulk only when you need it. But I bet it plugs into the power port instead <br><br>nagr[color:red]o</font color=red>mme<br><br>I require stroyent!<br>TeamMacOSX.com | MacClan.net

Doh, forgot the mag port was over there on the other side. Which brings up my last question. The mag recahrger on the MBA is sleeker. Someone tell me that a mag recharger on a MBP will work on a MBA. The connection itself is small enough. If Apple redesigned that connection I will kill myself. I'm drowning in mag charge cords already and I don't want to buy another set. (I like to sprinkle them around so I don't have to carry it.)<br><br>Ah crap,<br>mag recharger for MBP 85w<br>mag recharger for MBA 45w<br>mag recharger for MacBook 65 w.<br><br>Another opportunity for a third party. Make a universal mag charger that can flip between these three watts.<br><br>