Apple has released details and prices for the battery replacement program for its recently released MacBook Pro 17 inch Battery.
When the top-of-the-line notebooks Apple announced on Tuesday, eyebrows were raised at the Macworld Expo main presenter Phil Schiller showed that the battery was a 17-incher, as he put it, “integrated” - that is sealed inside.
Apple has trumpeted the long battery life, arguing that it could power the MacBook Pro “up to 8 hours on a single charge” and can be recharged “up to 1000 times - compared to only 200 to 300 times typical notebooks. ”
When we spoke with a representative of Apple products on the “1000 times” claim is clarified as meaning that after this many charges, the notebook battery will be around 80 per cent of the initial year of operation.
Not too shabby - if true. However, a battery, as Apple MacBook Pro 15 inch Battery puts it, a “consumable.” We exhausted. And now, the company explained that it plans to do when that day arrives fear.
The battery - will come as no surprise - is not user-replaceable. Substitutions can be made in an Apple retail store (the same day, by appointment) or through the Apple-run-mail to the service (three to four working days). Apple-authorized service provider can also perform surgery.
Apple also included the cost for the service for seven regions. The diagram below, the first two columns are from the site of Apple. The third column is the equivalent value for the battery replacement service in U.S. dollars today.
As you can see, Canadians get out of the good side of the agreement, but Japan and the European MacBook Pro owners who need replacement of the battery must carry their own when they come stateside vacation.
Assuming that the cost of the case a replacement battery contacts, latches, and other materials may cancel the labor cost of replacing the Macbook Pro Series battery, the laptop battery of Apple is not cheap compared to other batteries for laptops 17 -inch. The battery for the HP Pavilion dv7t series is $ 139, for example, and the battery for the Toshiba Satellite P300-ST3712 runs $ 136.59. From the laptop looked at, only the battery for the Dell XPS M1730 is more expensive, at $ 189.99.
Furthermore, the 17-inch MacBook Pro built-in battery makes it impossible for the simple MacBooker to get third-party replacement (or spare), as the ￡ 57.85 battery from discount-laptop-battery.co.uk for previous 17-inch MacBook Pro.
We are willing to bet, however, that during the first 17-inch MacBook Pro batteries need replacement in three to five years, business outlets such TechRestore offers less expensive alternatives.Books aging, it is one year warranty, in each case.
