I am sure we will - just as soon as we see industry standard batteries in laptops!
I wish that were true. But frankly, I refuse to buy Duracells. I will go out of my way to buy Energizer, Rayovac or even off-brand generic before buying Duracells - at least when it comes to AA, AAA, C and D cells. Way more than any other brand, I have had bad experiences, going back many years up to recently, with their batteries leaking.
When I have mentioned this to other tech friends, I would hear of similar experiences with Duracells.
I'll stick with the magenta wabbit.
Nah! While that may be a true generalized fact, no way is it a valid fact in this scenario. Just look again at the laptop battery industry. No way can the laptop industry, or even the Li-Ion laptop battery industry, be considered to be in its infancy. Manufacturers will fight tooth and nail to prevent industry standards. Proprietary = higher profits for them.
Same with cell phone batteries. Same with printer inks and cartridges.
The best thing that ever happened for the PC consumer is the ATX Form Factor standard.
The worst thing that ever happened for the PC manufacturer is the ATX Form Factor standard.
I hear you there. I mean the "U" in USB stands for "universal". Yet there are no less than
30 different USB connectors.