Just 20 steps and 18 screws to replace a battery, easy!

The guy in the linked video up thread tore the whole computer down in 6 minutes. I'm pretty sure most people can manage to find 12 minutes out of their life every 5 years to replace the battery if they want. But if that is too arduous, you can pay Apple to do it for you for a mere $149, with the battery included in that price. Given that a comparable battery from iFixit will cost you $80-$100, that's just ~$50 to have someone save you the hassle of having to remove 18 screws from your laptop every 5 years.

	▲	cromka an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Bingo. People will go lengths to find a reason to complain about things they would otherwise never be actually bothered by in their lives.

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SoKamil 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

But no adhesive under the battery. That’s huge.

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butILoveLife 2 hours ago | parent [-]

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ryandrake 2 hours ago | parent [-]

I'll take it over the plastic pieces of garbage that flex and bend and creek, and feel like they were taped together by a 6 year old, which is most other PC laptops in this price range.

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butILoveLife 2 hours ago | parent [-]

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	▲	ryandrake an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		This is part of what's plagued the PC laptop industry for decades: Obsession with specs and measurements and geekbenches and similar things, over "does this feel like a cracker jack toy?" and "will the hinge break if I open the lid?"
	▲	rogerrogerr 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		It's functional to have a laptop you can pick up from a corner without waking anyone sleeping in the same building.

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wvenable an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Probably could get the battery directly without all the other disassembly steps...

	▲	kotaKat 17 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Apple’s official illustrated guide shows you only need to pop the 8 case screws, 2 screws holding down the battery connector, then route the cables away and remove the 18 battery screws. Not bad, not terrible? https://support.apple.com/en-us/126157

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charcircuit 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The MacBook Neo has a rechargeable battery. By the time the battery goes bad from too many charge cycles people will want to upgrade to a newer one.

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alwillis 2 hours ago | parent [-]

The Neo’s battery is rated for 1,000 charge cycles, same as the MBP.

	▲	SirMaster 20 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Right, but his point is the battery last like 2-3x longer than most other similar laptops, so the charge cycles wear out 2-3x slower.

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Clamchop 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I mean, yes, it is easy. No adhesive and just a couple of clips on the case. You could replace the battery in 20 minutes with little anxiety that you're going to cause damage getting to it.

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crooked-v 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

As it turns out, once battery life hits a certain baseline, people prefer devices where the battery is harder to replace but larger over devices where the battery is hot-swappable but smaller.

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throw737458t8t8 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

And xray, microscope and soldering station to replace ssd.