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Replace 2017 MacBook pro Battery or Buy New MacBook Air? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by averyfunnyword2@alien.top to c/apple@hardware.watch

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So I have an extremely important remotely proctored exam coming up in January. Macbook has been having issues with Kernel Panics, restarting not all the time but when I step away from the computer it has the folder question mark icon as well.

Reinstalled the OS, and ran in safe mode, apple diagnostics shows no hardware error. Cleaned my mac and removed any oudated files etc.

The quote i got for the battery replacement is almost $400 CAD. New MacBook Air would obviously be higher but i'm wondering what to do here, if its worth buying a new laptop or not.

Cycle Count is 1094

Condition: Service Recommended

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[–] play_hard_outside@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The M1 MBA is such a staggeringly better computer. You won’t look back. The only thing you could possibly miss would be 2” of screen size.

[–] averyfunnyword2@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Should i opt in for the M2, it's on sale right now as well

[–] play_hard_outside@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If a 2017 Intel MBP is acceptable to you CPU-wise right now, M2 vs. M1 won't make a lick of difference for you. That said, the M2 MBA case design is updated, and the screen is slightly larger. You may enjoy the newer design more.

You can get an M1 MBA on eBay for $650-750 with 16 GB RAM and 512 GB storage though, so that's INCREDIBLY hard to beat.

[–] XInceptor@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Isn’t it not the best idea to buy it on eBay?