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Last week I replaced the battery in my 6S. Today I replaced the battery in my 2011 MacBook Air 13”. In both cases it was a breeze and both devices seem to have

by zaroth 9y ago

Last week I replaced the battery in my 6S. Today I replaced the battery in my 2011 MacBook Air 13”. In both cases it was a breeze and both devices seem to have a new lease on life with fresh batteries and being freshly wiped. I’ve had the 6S in airplane mode on the counter for 7 days now and it’s at 47% charge since the first time I charged it. Obviously it’s just sitting in ultra/standby super low power system constantly but I’m still impressed. $100k equipment is absolutely not needed. $10 screwdrivers and maybe some experience with anything electrical but it’s certainly not advanced! The MacBook Air battery in particular was super easy to swap out. About 10 screws which all came out easily and the metal back pops off incredibly cleanly fully exposing the battery. It’s a beautiful design and case was a pleasure to work with. Putting it back together took 2 minutes and everything lined up perfectly. The only mistake was slightly over-torquing one of the screws holding in the battery, with no ill effect.

w-ll 9y ago
2011 was the last good year for Apple products that are repair/upgradeable, atleast for computers. When people ask if they should buy a new iMac to build games with Unity I always tell them to get a cheap 2011-2012 MacMini and upgrade the ram and disk. But thats a 7 year old device, you're stuck with a dataed CPU (which can get the job done,) but def not my every day.
- charlesdm 9y ago
  If you want to get a desktop device and save on hardware, the best option these days is probably to go Hackintosh (though I've read it can sometimes be a bit annoying to upgrade the OS). iMacs generally are surprisingly good value though.
  - mantas 9y ago
    Hackintosh user for 4? years there. Stick to verified specs and you'll be fine. Haven't had any problems since setting everything up. Although I do keep hot backups just-in-case... But I'd do that using OEM iMac too, so not much of a disadvantage.

by zaroth 9y ago

w-ll 9y ago

2011 was the last good year for Apple products that are repair/upgradeable, atleast for computers. When people ask if they should buy a new iMac to build games with Unity I always tell them to get a cheap 2011-2012 MacMini and upgrade the ram and disk. But thats a 7 year old device, you're stuck with a dataed CPU (which can get the job done,) but def not my every day.

charlesdm 9y ago
If you want to get a desktop device and save on hardware, the best option these days is probably to go Hackintosh (though I've read it can sometimes be a bit annoying to upgrade the OS). iMacs generally are surprisingly good value though.
- mantas 9y ago
  Hackintosh user for 4? years there. Stick to verified specs and you'll be fine. Haven't had any problems since setting everything up. Although I do keep hot backups just-in-case... But I'd do that using OEM iMac too, so not much of a disadvantage.