Re:New MacBook Pro has first ‘DIY-friendly’ battery replacem...
by colechristensen on Wednesday October 27, 2021 @01:15PM
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I replaced one of the (honestly I don't know what to call them... gumstick sized ssd?) in a MacBook that had it as a separate component and it was a bad idea. It required an adapter board, some large proportion of available products on the market weren't compatible, and even with one that was there was still occasional strange behavior. Soldering in was the least of the problems.
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Re:New MacBook Pro has first ‘DIY-friendly’ battery replacem...
by peterburkimsher on Wednesday October 27, 2021 @02:09PM
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"blade style drive" -> M.2
I also replaced the SSD in my 15" MacBook Pro 2014, and currently use a 4 TB M.2 drive.
When a replacement battery fried my logic board, I didn't lose my data. It didn't take multiple hours to re-clone from backup; I just used a screwdriver to move the SSD over to my spare laptop (13" Pro 2015).
A computer for me is primarily a data storage and retrieval device. Data loss is an existential risk to it. Data security doesn't bother me as much as it does other people; once the hardware is accessible, all bets are off anyway. I do get some strange behaviour with the new SSD (periodic weekly crash/reboot) but still accept that in order to have the larger capacity (4 TB is much more than the 512 GB when the laptop was new).
Re:New MacBook Pro has first ‘DIY-friendly’ battery replacem...
by fouc on Wednesday October 27, 2021 @02:32PM
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I did a similar replacement and it was a great idea! But you had to pick the right adapter, also the 2015 MBP had the least compatibility issues.
Re:New MacBook Pro has first ‘DIY-friendly’ battery replacem...
by rootusrootus on Wednesday October 27, 2021 @07:59PM
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Wasn't 2015 still in the days of SATA? I put an SSD in mine and it was trivial. It's not at all what the 2016+ models are like.