Users Can’t Replace MacBook Air Battery
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Like the Apple iPhone, the MacBook Air has a battery that can’t be changed by the user. You need to either send your MacBook Air back to Apple or take the laptop to an Apple store. What I don’t understand is why Apple is producing products in which the battery cannot be changed by the user?
Using electronic devices of any type, we have all run into the problem of having a unit go dead on us while we are using it. Some of us carry additional batteries to extend the life of using the unit when it is not practical to recharge the unit, like at an airport, on an airplane, or other location. It seems somewhat impractical that Apple has chosen not to allow users this luxury.
Which makes one wonder. Is the purpose of what Apple is doing to make its batteries proprietary so that users must use genuine Apple parts only?
What do you think? Does the lack of a user replaceable battery limit Apple units and their functionality?
Comments are welcome.
4 Comments
denis bernicky
February 22nd, 2008
at 3:35pm
Doesn’t seem that hard to do when you visit http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/First-Look/Mac/MacBook-Air
Maybe I’m just more of a hardware guy but I wouldn’t hesitate to change it myself.
Scott King
February 22nd, 2008
at 6:50pm
As long as they don’t flare up like a Roman Candle……………..
GOOSE
February 22nd, 2008
at 7:03pm
Geez….the answer so simple. Don’t buy it!
Todd B
February 26th, 2008
at 8:59am
They can always justify it by claiming this gives a user no choice but to “responsibly recycle” the battery. It’s good to be green but why is this technology going in reverse? I don’t think the Air is smelling so sweet. It doesn’t even have an internal optical drive - even Dell gave up on this idea years ago. The laptop is thin and light by why bother if you have to tote extra pounds worth of gear to make it fully functional?