Apple fans are coming to hate Apple software

Re:Apple fans are coming to hate Apple software by ksubedi on Monday February 08, 2016 @05:39PM (#11061429)

As much as I liked Mac OS X, I recently jumped ship from my early 2015 retina macbook pro to a dell xps 13 and i am super happy. Windows 10 is definitely not the same but it is much much better than how windows 8 used to be. The biggest factor that got me to switch was how locked down the hardware was and i couldnt even replace the battery if i wanted to. And i got the 128gig version thinking there would be aftermarket storage upgrade option down the line but it doesnt seem like that is happening.

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Re:Apple fans are coming to hate Apple software by threeseed on Monday February 08, 2016 @05:45PM (#11061488)

> couldnt even replace the battery if i wanted to

Just take it into an Apple Store and pay the $129 to replace it. I've replaced a battery once on my 2012 MacBook Pro so would not consider this to be a reason to pick one platform over another.

> aftermarket storage upgrade option

I agree this sucks. But personally I am happy for Apple to focus on I/O performance at any cost even if it means no aftermarket upgrades. I just find that with so much being in the cloud and the size of USB drives increasing there hasn't been a need for a large internal storage drive.

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Re:Apple fans are coming to hate Apple software by slantyyz on Tuesday February 09, 2016 @01:43AM (#11063569)

>> I've replaced a battery once on my 2012 MacBook Pro

If you've got the unibody (2012 was the last year), it's got an end-user replaceable battery. You can buy a third party battery from Amazon, MacSales etc and swap it pretty easily.

The experience is not quite so convenient with newer models.

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Re:Apple fans are coming to hate Apple software by ksubedi on Monday February 08, 2016 @06:25PM (#11061771)

Yeah saw that you could do it at the apple store, but it is $200 to replace. And if your computer has other damage like a bit of dent or if you replaced the display etc with aftermarket one, or if there are even tiny signs of liquid damage, they straight up refuse service.

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Re:Apple fans are coming to hate Apple software by to3m on Monday February 08, 2016 @06:05PM (#11061622)

The retina ones are $199 in the USA: https://support.apple.com/kb/index?page=servicefaq&geo=Unite...

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