MB Power Brick (was: PowerMacs EOLed (and a wee announcement)

[Jim Witte]

On Oct 18, 2006, at 2:31 PM, Roger Howard wrote:
> There's a good reason we have come to expect external power
> supplies on laptops...

   I think I remember one laptop (some PC brand - maybe Dell or  
ThinkPad) that had an AC plug on the book.  But then, this was an old  
computer, and I think the battery was in the front as I recall, not  
the back, and was surely NiMH,which might run cooler than LiIon.  I   
*have* noticed with the MB that both the battery will get quite hot  
when it's charging at the end (I keep mine at around 40-60%,  
sometimes higher), and as well the pass-through from the AC power to  
USB power gets hot when my iPod is connected..  By that I mean hot,  
not just warm, to the touch on the side with the ports.  Is this  
normal for the USB port, or should I get Apple to replace the logic  
board *again*?...  (Or just argue they've spent more money repairing  
it than the computer sold for, so I just want a re-furb - and then  
hope it fairs better..)

Jim