You can go here...
http://www.batterygeek.net/Batterygeek_net_MacBook_MacBook_Pro_Battery_Packs_s/78.htm
The rest of us customers, will glorify in our new found battery life. As a matter of fact, there is a likely huge net gain of customers to longer and more sufficient battery life, than those that will juggle batteries in and out of the machine, (because there is no external charger), rather than use this, which is what they should have been using in the first place, if this was a problem for you, replaceable battery or not.
Simply, for people that replaced their battery ONCE during a session, they won't have two, if they did it twice, they can get the above device, and it will provide enough battery life as if they had to do replace the battery 4 times in a session before.
Simply you are complaining to complain. Your complaint really makes no sense, and no I really do not want a lesser computer to solve your truly non-existent problem.
They do and have existed...
http://www.batterygeek.net/Batterygeek_net_MacBook_MacBook_Pro_Battery_Packs_s/78.htm
And if you previously had to change your battery once per session, you don't anymore. If you had to replace it twice, it would have been cheaper to buy this thing than 2 extra MB batteries, and it will work as if you have to change your battery 4 times before.
It's cheaper, its better...
And you are really just making up problems to hear yourself post.
I do not want a lesser machine for your non-problem. Seriously.
Maybe monetarily.
I think users like how simple it is to buy a new battery and pop it in themselves, as opposed to handing it over to a sales person for....and this is the other issue...does anyone know how long it takes to replace these? I had one rep tell me 'a few days' and another one at a different store say 'a few minutes'.
If you have to give up your computer for a few days to replace a battery that in the past has been a 2 minute ordeal on your desk, that isn't the same price, and it's ridiculous. However if it is true that they can be replaced in a matter of minutes at the store it seems reasonable, especially since they need to be replaced MUCH less often.
Once every 5 years, and when they have been done a couple of times, I am pretty sure this will be an as you wait kinda thing, and then you have another 5 years. TEN FREAKING YEARS, with one stop at the store.
No I do not want a lesser machine to solve your non-existent problem.
Hmm Don't see my powerbook g4 with 9 minutes battery life on that list!
There is no point buying a new battery for me as a new one is half the value of the machine!
I am sure that you can buy a new battery for cheaper than that. And it is either a portable laptop or it isn't. Either you need a battery or you don't. If you don't why don't you complain about your wall color. If you do, then buy the battery.