Personal computing discussed
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just brew it! wrote:It pisses me off enough that I'm reliant on Sprint to get Android updates for my phone, and that its useful life will be determined not by the lifetime of the hardware itself, but by an arbitrary decision made by some combination of Google, LG, and Sprint.
I hope I never have to deal with that sort of issue for my laptop or desktop.
just brew it! wrote:I also imagine a sufficiently determined DIYer can replace the battery in that old MacBook; it's not like you're going to void the warranty at this point!
derFunkenstein wrote:just brew it! wrote:I also imagine a sufficiently determined DIYer can replace the battery in that old MacBook; it's not like you're going to void the warranty at this point!
Doesn't look all that bad, honestly.
https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/MacBook+Un ... ement/1667
Assuming the "last MacBook" means the white unibody anyway.
A hundred bucks is a lot for a battery though. https://www.ifixit.com/Store/Mac/MacBoo ... F160-065-1
just brew it! wrote:@Topinio - Yeah, at least with Linux the hardware typically becomes obsolete long before the OS stops supporting it. I also imagine a sufficiently determined DIYer can replace the battery in that old MacBook; it's not like you're going to void the warranty at this point!