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Re:Retina Macbook 2015 Teardown by collyw on Friday April 17, 2015 @06:09AM (#9393273)
Apple were the first mainstream manufacturer to introduce laptops without a replaceable battery as far as I can remember.
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Re:Retina Macbook 2015 Teardown by jakobegger on Friday April 17, 2015 @07:55AM (#9393692)
I have one of the early Macbooks with a non-user replaceable battery, and I'm using it today, 6 years after I bought it, and the battery is still fine. Sure, the capacity is a bit lower (maybe 50%), or I could get it replaced for around 150€.

Apple introduced non user replaceable batteries because it made sense: capacity and longevity was at a point where the average customer never replaced their battery.

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Re:Retina Macbook 2015 Teardown by TazeTSchnitzel on Friday April 17, 2015 @12:49PM (#9395537)
The batteries are replaceable, but it's not easy (or valid in warranty) for a user to do it. Apple can replace them, however.
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