Apple expands Self Service Repair to Mac notebooks

Re:Apple expands Self Service Repair to Mac notebooks by User23 on Monday August 22, 2022 @08:36PM (#32559165)

> I didn’t expect the battery to be so remarkably difficult to replace

Having seen a MacBook air, I’d be shocked if the battery weren’t remarkably difficult to replace. What was it about the almost paper thin form factor back than that lead you to believe you could just pop the battery out?

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Re:Apple expands Self Service Repair to Mac notebooks by jfghi on Monday August 22, 2022 @10:01PM (#32559704)

Although the laptops are thin, I think it’d be possible to use less glue when setting the internal parts and to use screws that have heads that provide more grip to screwdrivers.

Apple could also provide affordable batteries for sale in the event that a person wants a 3rd party professional to replace them.

Id claim that this was somewhat of a turning point when computers started becoming more disposable and that competing companies followed suit. At the time I owned a flat phone with replaceable battery.

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Re:Apple expands Self Service Repair to Mac notebooks by theshrike79 on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @12:16AM (#32560396)

The amount of glue is a balancing act.

Too little glue and a perfectly working battery might start to jiggle around.

Too much glue and it's a bit harder to replace a non-working battery.

I'm guessing that a good 99% of laptops never have their battery replaced. Thus they've optimised for the first case.

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