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What a sad state of industry we are in if such headlines make it to front page? Imagine someone from 15 years ago reading such news?

• asdff 5y ago
  15 years ago you can replace the macbook battery with one finger and maybe ten whole seconds of your time.
  • Andrew_nenakhov 5y ago
    That's the point.
  • Oddskar 5y ago
    I actually read this as sarcasm and then I depressingly remembered this was actually the case. What on earth happened to computers.
    • ApolloRising 5y ago
      People wanted them ultra slim, the old one was great because it was a pure rectangle, even had a charge indicator on it.
      • tim333 5y ago
        My 2013 macbook air is plenty slim and light but changing the battery is just a matter of undoing a bunch of screws and clipping it in. Takes <5 min. I'm not sure there are any real world advantages from glueing the thing in?
    • pas 5y ago
      Most people don't change it, plus Apple went ahead and got drunk on control (UX consistency!) and on the idea that hardware is just the physical part of a service (experience!) that they provide.
  • clydethefrog 5y ago
    Reminded me of this fun video in the reddit thinkpad community of someone "reloading" their R500 swappable bay. https://old.reddit.com/r/thinkpad/comments/lygrl9/tactical_reload_thinkpad_edition/ https://old.reddit.com/r/thinkpad/comments/lygrl9/tactical_r...