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2021 MacBook Pro has a replaceable battery

353 points by NotPractical 5y ago

hoppyhoppy2 5y ago
See also https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29014649 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29014649
- dang 5y ago
  Comments moved thither. Thanks!
  - fragmede 5y ago
    Why is the ifixit.com post not considered canonical? 9to5mac.com refers to ifixit.com as their source.
    - dang 5y ago
      Ah yes, you're right. I've changed the URL on https://9to5mac.com/2021/10/27/new-macbook-pro-battery-replacement/ https://9to5mac.com/2021/10/27/new-macbook-pro-battery-repla... now. I just didn't see that earlier!
    - deleted 5y ago
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      - dang 5y ago
        From a moderation point of view the logic was: both threads were active (and even on the front page IIRC), and they were about the same story, so I merged the later submission into the earlier one. Generally speaking, giving priority to the first submitter seems fairest. One twist is that the later submission had the original source while the earlier one didn't. When there are competing concerns like that (one post earlier, one with the better source), we have to decide which takes precedence. Usually I go with the earlier submission and change the URL, but I don't know if we're that consistent about it. In this case it ended up working out that way, but only because I didn't realize until later that the one article was just reporting on the other. Users sometimes find it annoying when their submission is the one that 'loses' in a merge or whatever, but (a) it evens out in the long run if you keep posting interesting stories, because the dominant variable here is randomness; and (b) your submission still got hundreds of upvotes.
Andrew_nenakhov 5y ago
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.
  - 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.
    - 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.
    - 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?
  - 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...

353 points by NotPractical 5y ago

hoppyhoppy2 5y ago

See also https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29014649 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29014649

dang 5y ago
Comments moved thither. Thanks!
- fragmede 5y ago
  Why is the ifixit.com post not considered canonical? 9to5mac.com refers to ifixit.com as their source.
  - dang 5y ago
    Ah yes, you're right. I've changed the URL on https://9to5mac.com/2021/10/27/new-macbook-pro-battery-replacement/ https://9to5mac.com/2021/10/27/new-macbook-pro-battery-repla... now. I just didn't see that earlier!
  - deleted 5y ago
    [deleted]
    - dang 5y ago
      From a moderation point of view the logic was: both threads were active (and even on the front page IIRC), and they were about the same story, so I merged the later submission into the earlier one. Generally speaking, giving priority to the first submitter seems fairest. One twist is that the later submission had the original source while the earlier one didn't. When there are competing concerns like that (one post earlier, one with the better source), we have to decide which takes precedence. Usually I go with the earlier submission and change the URL, but I don't know if we're that consistent about it. In this case it ended up working out that way, but only because I didn't realize until later that the one article was just reporting on the other. Users sometimes find it annoying when their submission is the one that 'loses' in a merge or whatever, but (a) it evens out in the long run if you keep posting interesting stories, because the dominant variable here is randomness; and (b) your submission still got hundreds of upvotes.

Andrew_nenakhov 5y ago

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.
- 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.
  - 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.
  - 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?
- 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...