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It's good to see that the battery isn't glued to the top case. I'm not sure if the airs have ever had it glued, but the pros sure did. It was always a bummer t
by kiddico 8y ago
It's good to see that the battery isn't glued to the top case. I'm not sure if the airs have ever had it glued, but the pros sure did.
It was always a bummer to tell people that a bad battery meant replacing the entire upper case.
- jandrese 8y agoThey used epoxy? Usually when companies glue parts together inside electronics they use rubber cement, which can usually be peeled off without damaging the component or the housing. It's an inconvenience, not a roadblock to repair.
- dnhz 8y agoWhen my retina-display macbook pro battery swelled, they replaced the entire top case. It appears to be policy that the top case and battery are one piece.
- raincom 8y agoYes, they replace the battery and the top case together during the battery replacement.
- jandrese 8y agoProbably the difference between having Apple replace it and doing it yourself with a $20 battery you bought off of the Internet. Well, that and a few hundred bucks. I can see why they wouldn't want the techs doing that in the store, one of the failure modes if you screw it up is a lithium fire. Also, if the battery had started to swell up it may have bent the case. Apple doesn't leave much room for expansion with their batteries anymore.
- hectormalot 8y agoI think it’s the default policy. My rMBP from 2012 started to have battery issues and I got a $300 quote for replacement that included a new top car. Got the $80 battery from ifixit and replaced the battery relatively easily. It did have me pour generous amounts for aceton (nail polish remover) into my MacBook to unglue the battery though, was happy that everything still worked after.
- nsnick 8y agoI always like getting a new battery when something else fails in the top case.