I Use Cheap Notebooks

Re:I Use Cheap Notebooks by vuln on Friday March 10, 2023 @03:51PM (#35100830)

They replaced it with another defective battery that only lasted ~28 cycles before it expanded. Apple refuses to do anything about it.

Edit: Screenshot I submitted to Apple.

https://ibb.co/jwRN1MH

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Re:I Use Cheap Notebooks by deepspace on Friday March 10, 2023 @04:18PM (#35101222)

I had the exact same experience, and ended up replacing the battery myself. Not a difficult job, but extremely tedious.

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Re:I Use Cheap Notebooks by vuln on Friday March 10, 2023 @04:55PM (#35101694)

I would replace the battery if that was the only part affected. Unfortunately when it expanded just like the last time it bends the top case and keyboard, the metal around the trackpad and the bottom case. I can't just replace the battery and leave everything else bent, the laptop won't sit level, the screen will not close completely. It's really not a cheap or easy task. Not to mention the risk involved in removing a battery that is expanded and could rupture.

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Re:I Use Cheap Notebooks by randommuser on Friday March 10, 2023 @06:05PM (#35102524)

What app are you using to show cpu/mem/temp?

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Re:I Use Cheap Notebooks by vuln on Friday March 10, 2023 @06:13PM (#35102620)

istat menus.

https://bjango.com/mac/istatmenus/

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