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To Steve Jobs: why is your new online movie rental service locking up iTunes?

You are now entering Betaville.

Enough people are questioning your other announcement (the MacBook Air's battery can't be replaced by the user, single USB port, no RAM upgrade, etc.), now I'm caught in a troubleshooting mess trying to play a movie rented via your iTunes.

It seemed like the file was downloaded--it took about twenty minutes for the 2-hour movie, but every time I tried to play the movie, iTunes locked up. I had to use Windows Task Manager to close iTunes.

Yes, I had upgraded to the latest version of iTunes, and I did reboot the PC more than once.

I did contact support about this problem, so now I have to wait for some explanation and resolution.

Losing some luv for the MacBook Air: user can't replace battery

By way of Engadget, the bad news for potential MBA buyers is that the battery is sealed within the case. There's no idea yet how much this will cost to have a shop replace it when it dies.

As they're saying on Engadget, it doesn't bode well for the road person who might need to replace an old battery in a pinch. I guess that's when you have to rely on your iPhone, which also has a non-removable battery.