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M3 battery replacement costs (alien.top)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I'm budgeting for a new laptop. I changed my current macbook battery 3x. I was able to do this myself for 30usd each time.

What should I budget for buying a new m3, and how does that compare to an m2? I'm only interested in AI performance, so I hear the m2 isn't much slower, so I could choose either.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Exactly. I was last quoted about 150, but the price has increased since.

We can only go by this trend and assume the worst.

I'm increasing my budget to 3000-5000usd for 5 years. This is an insane amount.

Is there a.more premium brand than apple to look at? For this money I expect fast video work, run most AI models etc. The inconvenience of having to replace a battery and no ability to take the SDD out for privacy is not something I want to pay m3 prices for. What competes with apple at the top end these days? I could consider a top end gaming laptop