The day has already come and gone. Macbooks up to 2012 had serviceable batteries. Technically not user-servicable, because you have to undo a lot of screws and

The day has already come and gone. Macbooks up to 2012 had serviceable batteries. Technically not user-servicable, because you have to undo a lot of screws and expose the guts of the machine, but quite easy in practice. 20 minute job, tops. Batteries available for $90 OEM or cheaper if you want to risk a knockoff. Or you can run it with no battery at all and use mains power if you want. Since 2013, batteries are unservicable and as a result I will not be buying any more new Macbooks. As long as 2012 models are available and continue to be solid, usable machines, that's what I'm going with, in fact, I bought one last week. $800 was a lot of money for a 5 year old computer, but well worth it for me. An unservicable battery, (and, btw, unservicable RAM, it's soldered to the motherboard), will never be worth one dime to me.