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Maybe you can shed some light on this: I recently took my older (7 years) MacBook Air in to Apple to get a new battery. They charged me $129. It’s a great lapto
by jasonv 6y ago
Maybe you can shed some light on this: I recently took my older (7 years) MacBook Air in to Apple to get a new battery. They charged me $129. It’s a great laptop, was happy to do it.
When they returned it, the had also replaced the main board too for free.
So, aside from the SSD, a new machine.
What would be a typical reason for this?
(I can’t imagine any Dell or Lenovo feeling so solid after 7 years... have had both at various jobs in times past.)
- tinus_hn 6y agoPerhaps they damaged it while replacing the battery? Tested it afterwards and it failed?
- Yetanfou 6y ago> I can’t imagine any Dell or Lenovo feeling so solid after 7 years... I'm using a ~14yo Thinkpad T42p as one of my daily machines (using it to write this post), it feels as solid as when it was new. The battery still holds enough power for about 1.5-2 hours, the (1600x1200) screen still outperforms most newer models due to its relatively high resolution and 4:3 ratio, the keyboard is far better than that on most other machines (especially compared to Macbooks). The only substantial upgrade I made to this machine is that I put in a(n) SSD (through a PATA-SATA adapter since this machine is from before the shift to SATA).