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Looking to get off Apples ecosystem after their last couple years of privacy debacles etc. I'm also facing a 350eur battery replacement as my mbp trends below 7

Looking to get off Apples ecosystem after their last couple years of privacy debacles etc. I'm also facing a 350eur battery replacement as my mbp trends below 70% life and Apple requires me to replace about half of the laptop to get a new battery. This is the answer that I've been waiting for. My MBP is 15" and I prefer the bigger size / spec but this laptop is only 13" and would normally be a dealbreaker for me however, I'm going to put that to one side and jump in as soon as I have the capital. I want to be part of something that I see as good and a move in the right direction for repairability, openness and choice. I see a lot of people holding off because it needs X or they want an AMD cpu, I just want to say support this team now, they're doing great stuff and we as a community need to back them.

prawn 5y ago
I went from a 15" MBP to 13" M1 MBP. Had concerns about the screen size, but it's not been an issue. The performance upgrade has been significant, even though I went from 16GB RAM to 8GB. Main gripe is the limitation of one external display, so I'm hoping the larger MBPs about to be announced fix that. Anyway, don't let the smaller display put you off.
feteru 5y ago
I replaced my mbp battery recently, it wasn't too bad. Apple also quoted me needing to replace logic board, etc. due to some water damage indicators tripped. Just go slow and it's only ~<$200 for battery. Not to hold you back from getting a new framework, I replaced my battery but am still looking at one of these too!