Comment on Apple Accidentally Leaks 'MacBook Neo'

• blitzen@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  That discussion is nothing more than a forum post, as much anecdotal as something posted to reddit. Whoever told him the top case had to be replaced is in error; the battery is glued to the top case, but with special adhesive that releases when pulled (like a strip of tape). iFixit calls this a “moderate” on it’s scale of difficulty.

  It is glued, but designed to be replaced.

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  • HyperfocusSurfer@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Depends on the device, I suppose, but incorrect for the m2 version at least, where you have to use adhecive remover: www.ifixit.com/Guide/…/156551. I wouldn’t go as far as to call this “difficult” as they did, but def. time-consuming.

    Also, you can’t source just the battery from apple.

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    • blitzen@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      That chassis hasn’t been for sale for 4 years, so judge repairability on what they sell now. And regardless of sourcing it from Apple or not, you can easily source the battery.

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      • HyperfocusSurfer@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Yap, newer models use those strips, my bad. Although, I disagree the inability to source stuff from the manufacturer isn’t a big deal: batteries made of chinesium tend to fail really quickly, up to the point I started replacing just the cells myself with known good quality ones after a couple of batteries failing in like half a year. However, I suspect apple should sell batteries for said newer models, since they’ve made 'em replaceable.

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