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So it's a temporary situation to do it this way until they can get enough stock and work their supply chain to provide additional batteries? What a non-story.

smoldesu 4y ago
What's your source for Apple planning to provide individual batteries?
- dkonofalski 4y ago
  I know that you're a weird anti-Apple contrarian but it literally says this in the article that we're discussing here.
wlesieutre 4y ago
I don't see anything to suggest that this policy will change in the future, they probably don't want to risk someone burning their house down while trying to remove a glued in pouch battery and then blaming Apple for it. Incidentally on the flip side of this, I got a free new battery out of the keyboard replacement program because they replace this whole top case assembly for keyboard replacements as well. I hoped that whole keyboard warranty extension fiasco would encourage Apple to stop gluing everything together so much and design for individual components to be replaced again, but I guess not.
- ezfe 4y ago
  They do say on the website they're planning on selling the batteries individually in the future.
  - wlesieutre 4y ago
    Whoops, so they do. That's a repair I wouldn't want to touch by myself but good luck to anybody who does! The last Mac laptop I did repairs on was a snapped hinge and man that a painful process. Similar boat with having to take the entire computer apart (including the screen assembly). These days I'd be much happier to pay someone to deal with that, but doing it yourself is certainly the affordable solution and I'm glad that self repair continues to be an option.
    - tomxor 4y ago
      It doesn't have to be hard if they design it reasonably. XPS is similarly "thin" and you only have to undo 4 screws to replace the battery.
- robmccoll 4y ago
  I replaced the glued-down baggie-cell batteries in the laptop I'm currently using. It was a giant PITA, and I was very wary of burning my house down the entire time. It would absolutely be worth the cost difference to secure and protect the batteries in any other way.
mdoms 4y ago
chris_wot 4y ago
They sell the top case and battery already. What supply chain issues are you referring to?

smoldesu 4y ago

What's your source for Apple planning to provide individual batteries?

dkonofalski 4y ago
I know that you're a weird anti-Apple contrarian but it literally says this in the article that we're discussing here.

wlesieutre 4y ago

I don't see anything to suggest that this policy will change in the future, they probably don't want to risk someone burning their house down while trying to remove a glued in pouch battery and then blaming Apple for it. Incidentally on the flip side of this, I got a free new battery out of the keyboard replacement program because they replace this whole top case assembly for keyboard replacements as well. I hoped that whole keyboard warranty extension fiasco would encourage Apple to stop gluing everything together so much and design for individual components to be replaced again, but I guess not.

ezfe 4y ago
They do say on the website they're planning on selling the batteries individually in the future.
- wlesieutre 4y ago
  Whoops, so they do. That's a repair I wouldn't want to touch by myself but good luck to anybody who does! The last Mac laptop I did repairs on was a snapped hinge and man that a painful process. Similar boat with having to take the entire computer apart (including the screen assembly). These days I'd be much happier to pay someone to deal with that, but doing it yourself is certainly the affordable solution and I'm glad that self repair continues to be an option.
  - tomxor 4y ago
    It doesn't have to be hard if they design it reasonably. XPS is similarly "thin" and you only have to undo 4 screws to replace the battery.
robmccoll 4y ago
I replaced the glued-down baggie-cell batteries in the laptop I'm currently using. It was a giant PITA, and I was very wary of burning my house down the entire time. It would absolutely be worth the cost difference to secure and protect the batteries in any other way.

mdoms 4y ago

chris_wot 4y ago

They sell the top case and battery already. What supply chain issues are you referring to?