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I'm happy as a clam on my 16gb M1 air. One hidden nice feature is how cheap and easy DIY repairs are. To date I've replaced my battery, monitor, and speakers (m

by jakear 3y ago

I'm happy as a clam on my 16gb M1 air. One hidden nice feature is how cheap and easy DIY repairs are. To date I've replaced my battery, monitor, and speakers (my lifestyle involves very rough handling of the machine), and everything about it was downright trivial, with cheap parts readily accessible and iFixit's walkthroughs very comprehensive.

IndySun 3y ago
> I've replaced my battery, monitor, and speakers... I have many 2015 MacBook Pro's. All tour. All are almost permanently on. I replaced the battery on two machines last year. Speakers fine. Screen fine. Are you implying the relatively young M1 Air is so badly made, the speakers, monitors, AND battery have already needed to be replaced?
- swores 3y ago
  Read the sentence after the one you quoted in their comment and you'll see they clearly weren't blaming the laptop.
- piva00 3y ago
  > Are you implying the relatively young M1 Air is so badly made, the speakers, monitors, AND battery have already needed to be replaced? > my lifestyle involves very rough handling of the machine No, it's not badly made, GP seems to be a huge exception. Please, read the full comment... My M1 Air has been around since launch, have traveled with it just throwing inside bags, dropped a few times, sat on, etc., it still works 100% fine without any part swap, and looks almost pristine with just a tiny scratch on one of the edges from a drop.
- jakear 3y ago
  The speakers didn't need to be replaced, that was a misdiagnosis on my part. But the process was easy (note for the readers: take a dry toothbrush to your speaker grilles if they ever start to sound off). As for the battery, yeah ideally it'd last longer. But it's seen a lot of physical abuse, tons of full charge cycles, and generally wonked out charging setups so I can't get too upset. For the monitor I'm honestly surprised it lasted as long as it did. It had been slammed around and crushed far more than what it should be able to take.
  - IndySun 3y ago
    Interesting about the battery cycle. We have four original M1 and have the same issue. Apparently fixed on the subsequent hardware. As a matter of interest, did you also buy AppleCare, and use it? I don't know where you bought, but in the UK we get, effectively, 6 years 'fit for purpose' with such purchases. So, despite our slamming and crushing and touring, no replacements were needed until beyond 6 years of abuse.
    - jakear 3y ago
      I didn't get AppleCare. Looks like it'd be $70/yr, so I'd be $210 down (plus $100 for screen repairs). The battery was $130 [1], and the screen was $170 [2]. Comes out to a bit cheaper to DIY, and I don't have to give up access to my device to random technicians for an undisclosed period of time. And how are you saying you've had M1 devices for 6 years? I don't think thats possible. [1]: https://www.ifixit.com/products/macbook-air-13-a2337-late-2020-battery https://www.ifixit.com/products/macbook-air-13-a2337-late-20... [2]: https://www.ebay.com/itm/385103589564 https://www.ebay.com/itm/385103589564
      - IndySun 3y ago
        I could have been clearer. Such UK retail purchases are guaranteed for 6 years. So the point I'm making was that it was beyond 6 years before any of my 20 x 2015 mbp's failed in any aspect. The 4 x M1s had poor battery cycle count, very early on, and subsequently became unreliable when not powered. I use them in the office. I should add there would be a significant investment hurdle in new peripherals to move to the 'new' usb-c standard, hence holding on to the 2015 model. It's been nothing short of the most versatile laptop I've ever worked with. But it's time is almost up.

by jakear 3y ago

IndySun 3y ago

> I've replaced my battery, monitor, and speakers... I have many 2015 MacBook Pro's. All tour. All are almost permanently on. I replaced the battery on two machines last year. Speakers fine. Screen fine. Are you implying the relatively young M1 Air is so badly made, the speakers, monitors, AND battery have already needed to be replaced?

swores 3y ago
Read the sentence after the one you quoted in their comment and you'll see they clearly weren't blaming the laptop.
piva00 3y ago
> Are you implying the relatively young M1 Air is so badly made, the speakers, monitors, AND battery have already needed to be replaced? > my lifestyle involves very rough handling of the machine No, it's not badly made, GP seems to be a huge exception. Please, read the full comment... My M1 Air has been around since launch, have traveled with it just throwing inside bags, dropped a few times, sat on, etc., it still works 100% fine without any part swap, and looks almost pristine with just a tiny scratch on one of the edges from a drop.
jakear 3y ago
The speakers didn't need to be replaced, that was a misdiagnosis on my part. But the process was easy (note for the readers: take a dry toothbrush to your speaker grilles if they ever start to sound off). As for the battery, yeah ideally it'd last longer. But it's seen a lot of physical abuse, tons of full charge cycles, and generally wonked out charging setups so I can't get too upset. For the monitor I'm honestly surprised it lasted as long as it did. It had been slammed around and crushed far more than what it should be able to take.
- IndySun 3y ago
  Interesting about the battery cycle. We have four original M1 and have the same issue. Apparently fixed on the subsequent hardware. As a matter of interest, did you also buy AppleCare, and use it? I don't know where you bought, but in the UK we get, effectively, 6 years 'fit for purpose' with such purchases. So, despite our slamming and crushing and touring, no replacements were needed until beyond 6 years of abuse.
  - jakear 3y ago
    I didn't get AppleCare. Looks like it'd be $70/yr, so I'd be $210 down (plus $100 for screen repairs). The battery was $130 [1], and the screen was $170 [2]. Comes out to a bit cheaper to DIY, and I don't have to give up access to my device to random technicians for an undisclosed period of time. And how are you saying you've had M1 devices for 6 years? I don't think thats possible. [1]: https://www.ifixit.com/products/macbook-air-13-a2337-late-2020-battery https://www.ifixit.com/products/macbook-air-13-a2337-late-20... [2]: https://www.ebay.com/itm/385103589564 https://www.ebay.com/itm/385103589564
    - IndySun 3y ago
      I could have been clearer. Such UK retail purchases are guaranteed for 6 years. So the point I'm making was that it was beyond 6 years before any of my 20 x 2015 mbp's failed in any aspect. The 4 x M1s had poor battery cycle count, very early on, and subsequently became unreliable when not powered. I use them in the office. I should add there would be a significant investment hurdle in new peripherals to move to the 'new' usb-c standard, hence holding on to the 2015 model. It's been nothing short of the most versatile laptop I've ever worked with. But it's time is almost up.