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uf, this page definitly says that I'm not the target audience anymore. the 2019 16" model was probably my last one (the build quality, etc. is so much worse),

by merb 5y ago

uf, this page definitly says that I'm not the target audience anymore. the 2019 16" model was probably my last one (the build quality, etc. is so much worse), besides that i loved the 2013 15" late model.

vladvasiliu 5y ago
I have a late 2013 15" that's still going strong. This machine is plenty powerful for my needs, I'm pretty disappointed that it won't support the latest OS version, especially since, from what I read, Linux support is sketchy on this model...
- merb 5y ago
  yeah on my machine the battery blew up, we fixed it in the end, but we still ordered the 2019, because if a self repair would've gone wrong, I could've gone into holidays ;-) (another factor was, that I was running out of storage) we actually lent it (to another company) during covid for home office purposes and it still works fine.
  - vladvasiliu 5y ago
    I changed the battery in mine around april 2018 with a kit from iFixit. The procedure was surprisingly easy, given the horror stories I had heard about having to fully take everything apart and use solvents. I just opened up the case, unplugged the battery and went at it with one of the tools. It came off in like 10 minutes. Sure, it would've been better for it to not be glued, but oh well... In my case it started swelling, so I figured I'd better change it before it burns down my house or something. I rarely use it on battery, so the battery life itself wasn't an issue. It was still able to run some 2-3 hours. The replaced one gets me around 4-5 hours, similar to my work provided 2018 HP ProBook 13" with an 8th gen i5u, which is also noticeably slower.
    - merb 5y ago
      > In my case it started swelling, so I figured I'd better change it before it burns down my house or something. > I rarely use it on battery my problem aswell, sadly we didn't fix it and let it swell, so it killed the touchpad, but I did not use that as much anyways.

by merb 5y ago

vladvasiliu 5y ago

I have a late 2013 15" that's still going strong. This machine is plenty powerful for my needs, I'm pretty disappointed that it won't support the latest OS version, especially since, from what I read, Linux support is sketchy on this model...

merb 5y ago
yeah on my machine the battery blew up, we fixed it in the end, but we still ordered the 2019, because if a self repair would've gone wrong, I could've gone into holidays ;-) (another factor was, that I was running out of storage) we actually lent it (to another company) during covid for home office purposes and it still works fine.
- vladvasiliu 5y ago
  I changed the battery in mine around april 2018 with a kit from iFixit. The procedure was surprisingly easy, given the horror stories I had heard about having to fully take everything apart and use solvents. I just opened up the case, unplugged the battery and went at it with one of the tools. It came off in like 10 minutes. Sure, it would've been better for it to not be glued, but oh well... In my case it started swelling, so I figured I'd better change it before it burns down my house or something. I rarely use it on battery, so the battery life itself wasn't an issue. It was still able to run some 2-3 hours. The replaced one gets me around 4-5 hours, similar to my work provided 2018 HP ProBook 13" with an 8th gen i5u, which is also noticeably slower.
  - merb 5y ago
    > In my case it started swelling, so I figured I'd better change it before it burns down my house or something. > I rarely use it on battery my problem aswell, sadly we didn't fix it and let it swell, so it killed the touchpad, but I did not use that as much anyways.