I think that the Air is not as expensive, because unlike the stupidity of the Retina Pro, it isn’t glued to the top case. Not sure of the price though.
You’ll get the warning once your health drops below 80 percent iirc. Probably nothing wrong with the battery, just holding less than it used to.
It’s $189 for the MBA. Spoke to Apple chat support and they gave the price.
Detailed here: https://support.apple.com/en-au/mac-notebooks/repair/service/pricing
Yeah as I thought, the MacBook Air battery can be replaced without replacing the whole top case.
It was at 501 yesterday when I dropped it off at the Apple Store. I was getting service battery, they’ve agreed to replace it for free. Also replaced my THIRD snapped MagSafe brick. AppleCare has definitely paid for itself.
My battery has gone well out of the range where apple would replace it for free, but since my battery life hovers from 93-96 kinda negates the need anyway.
iPhone 5S
1509 days old
497 cycles
76% of design capacity at full charge.
It still gets me through a “normal” day, though if for instance I go to Melbourne for the day, using maps a bit, looking stuff up in Safari whilst walking round, snapping pics… it wont make it home.
Mine is doing OK too, with its new(ish) battery
I guess mine is going OK for its age…
That battery is doing very well! I guess it’s very low on cycles, but very good for the age.
The MacBook stays plugged in on my desk most of the time, hence the low cycle count.
A bump of an old thread I know, but my battery is still doing remarkably well.
94 percent health with 1627 cycles. Last month it did drop down to the 80s for a while, but has bounced back.
Can’t believe that my MacBook Pro was introduced 6 years ago, and the design is now nearly 10 years old. Still my favourite design.
My 2009’s got low cycles and is yet not doing well because a decade old, I guess? Unless it is misreading. I couldn’t check my 2006 or 2008 MacBooks due to Linux not having a cycle counter, so says my google-fu.
