[quote author=“babahi”]No, the batteries aren’t removed to be sneaky or anything. It’s usually to prevent theft of the batteries themselves. Seeing how much a Vaio replacement battery goes for, it’s a smart precaution! Isn’t that the case in most laptop shop displays?

Most laptop display’s that i’ve seen are locked down completely…i can’t even tell if there is a battery or not. Just think about it though, plugged in 24x7, the battery would be dead rather quickly anyway…this way they can sell the ‘display’ machine with a new battery.

Erik

[quote author=“tifosiv122”]Most laptop display’s that i’ve seen are locked down completely…i can’t even tell if there is a battery or not. Just think about it though, plugged in 24x7, the battery would be dead rather quickly anyway…this way they can sell the ‘display’ machine with a new battery.

Erik

That depends on the store itself. The ones I saw at circuitcity were locked down (as u call it) while at Microcenter they have some sensor connected to the machine, so if someone tried to remove it, the alarm would sound. That way atleast a person can lift the machine and get a rough (because there’s no battery in it) estimate of it’s weight.

I saw the TR and S placed side by side at microcenter this time…The S is good, but I still would never trade it for my TR

[quote author=“Rahul”][quote author=“tifosiv122”]Most laptop display’s that i’ve seen are locked down completely…i can’t even tell if there is a battery or not. Just think about it though, plugged in 24x7, the battery would be dead rather quickly anyway…this way they can sell the ‘display’ machine with a new battery.

Erik

That depends on the store itself. The ones I saw at circuitcity were locked down (as u call it) while at Microcenter they have some sensor connected to the machine, so if someone tried to remove it, the alarm would sound. That way atleast a person can lift the machine and get a rough (because there’s no battery in it) estimate of it’s weight.

I saw the TR and S placed side by side at microcenter this time…The S is good, but I still would never trade it for my TR

What/Where is Microcenter?

Erik

As you can see they have very few stores in USA but the one I goto is in Westbury (Long Island).

They have one in MI also.

http://www.microcenter.com/at_the_stores/madison_heights.html