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Re:Show HN: Apple no longer repairing older MacBook Pros by stu2b50 on Monday March 15, 2021 @07:37PM (#26470819)
You can still buy the Magsafe Macbook charger from Apple's website to this day. Like, Google it and it'll come up.

A charger is completely different from a lithium-ion battery, which degrades over time.

Re:Show HN: Apple no longer repairing older MacBook Pros by jkaplowitz on Monday March 15, 2021 @07:45PM (#26470903)
They still sell a battery for this model too:

https://www.dell.com/en-ca/shop/dell-45-whr-4-cell-primary-b...

I focused more on the fact that they were still willing to provide this level of support for the repairs that such an old machine might need than on the particular part I chose to buy. My battery could use a replacement too, but I use it plugged in too much for me to want to spend on that. In a different lifestyle I'd buy that as well.