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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (3 children)

no other manufacturer is supplying spare parts for 8 year old models, regardless when purchased.

Cheap laptops from other manufacturers don't cost as much as a MacBook Pro. And I'm sure some do.

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

Just because Apple gets its batteries from suppliers in China doesn't make every Chinese knock-off battery sold in China of the same quality. That's seriously flawed logic.

I think you overestimate the amount of battery manufacturers in the world.

I think you overestimate your understanding of Chinese battery manufacturers. As in, you don't speak Mandarin, and probably have zero knowledge of it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (4 children)

You seem to be the one who is confused, and as if you didn't read the OP at all.

My issue is that third-party knock-off batteries are usually garbage. Even the iFixit one you suggest. https://www.reddit.com/r/macbook/comments/1237kwd/anyone_ever_had_issues_with_ifixit_macbook/

Plus, that you suggest getting a laptop battery from some mystery store on eBay is just plain bad advice. Even more garbage than the knock-off ones on Amazon.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Minus the battery, laptop works perfectly fine.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (5 children)

I bought it in the middle of 2016, so yes, it's a 7.5 year-old laptop. One which works perfectly fine and definitely is not "obsolete." Apple does this mainly because it forces customers to buy a new device. Simple as that.

 

I have a still perfectly useable early-2015 MacBook Pro that I purchased from Apple 6 years ago. The battery needs to be changed, especially since it has visibly started bulging the keyboard. I went to two Apple Authorized Service Providers. Each time, someone at the counter just checked the laptop model, then saying that it's classified as a "vintage product" and that the battery can't be changed. Yeah, "vintage product." Apple is great with naming things.

Okay, so Apple is hellbent on not allowing other stores to fix or replace parts, but at the same time they leave customers in the dark with perfectly decent laptops.

I've always purchased official Apple batteries, because Chinese knock-offs usually don't last very long, and they can be a fire hazard. I tried finding a way to get an OWC battery, which apparently is a good brand, but there aren't any places selling them where I live. All the non-official Apple repair stores sell knock-off batteries.

Any suggestions of what I should do?