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sheer · Mar 16, 2004, 03:47 PM

...the five green lights on the battery of my PB when it's charging.

iREZ · Mar 16, 2004, 04:15 PM

HA HA (while pointing at sheer)

sheer · Mar 16, 2004, 07:25 PM

Well I did say shoot me but I guess laughter will do

brapper · Mar 17, 2004, 12:23 AM

i like pressing the button whenever i have it upside down. it's fun.

yoesh · Mar 17, 2004, 08:29 AM

or press it when it is slightly elevated above a reflective surface, and then it will look like: 1) a UFO, or 2) those funky cars with the light bars underneath

so, now if you could only put those little wheels on it, then......

southtdi · Mar 17, 2004, 12:06 PM

I showed this to a windows user and the fact that the lights are built into the battery itself. Priceless.

naderby · Mar 17, 2004, 01:14 PM

Originally posted by southtdi:
I showed this to a windows user and the fact that the lights are built into the battery itself. Priceless.

My mates Dell has exactly the same.

OB1 · Mar 17, 2004, 02:04 PM

I'm not laughing at you. I've had my 12" pb for over 8 months. A friend of mine who's only had his a few weeks pointed it out to me a couple of days ago

. I had no idea. I'd only been under there to fit some ram when I first bought the machine. Nice touch. Pointless, but nice.

EdipisReks · Mar 17, 2004, 02:06 PM

a friend of mine has had an 800 mhz tibook since they came out, and he didn't notice it until i pointed it out to him a couple weeks ago. despite never having noticed this, he was jealous that my albook displays the lights differently than his tibook.

xylon · Mar 17, 2004, 03:39 PM

Originally posted by OB1:
I'm not laughing at you. I've had my 12" pb for over 8 months. A friend of mine who's only had his a few weeks pointed it out to me a couple of days ago. I had no idea. I'd only been under there to fit some ram when I first bought the machine. Nice touch. Pointless, but nice.

Not really as pointless as it may seem. I have two batteries for when I travel. I charge dead batteries when I have layovers and I normally don't get a full charge. So I end up with batteries with various charges and it's nice to know a rough estimate of your spare battery's life without having to pop it into your PB.

sheer · Mar 17, 2004, 03:58 PM

Originally posted by OB1:
I'm not laughing at you. I've had my 12" pb for over 8 months. A friend of mine who's only had his a few weeks pointed it out to me a couple of days ago. I had no idea. I'd only been under there to fit some ram when I first bought the machine. Nice touch. Pointless, but nice.

That's about the only time I ever looked at the underside, just after buying it to open it up and put a stick of ram in. Otherwise it doesn't travel much as it's pretty much a desktop replacement.

WOPR · Mar 17, 2004, 05:01 PM

I've used Macs for over 10 years but when I got my 12" PB...

a) I didn't notice the lights and button on the battery for 3 months

b) I thought what turned out the be the microphone was a reset hole! I'm spending too much time using my Palm I guess! Thank God I didn't stick a paper clip in there.

/hangs head in shame/

Oisín · Mar 17, 2004, 05:03 PM

Originally posted by sheer:
Well shoot me for not noticing this one before...

Jeez, people! At least give the guy what he wants!

*shoots sheer*

Better now?

jasong · Mar 19, 2004, 09:13 AM

well, the whole battery light thing made more sense on the Pismo, when the lights were on the side where you could see them.

But still useful.

-- Jason