[Rebelgecko]

When I hear "replaceable battery", it makes me think of the days when packing a spare battery was a viable alternative to bringing a laptop charger with you (I don't think any MBPs were like this, but Powerbooks were). It's funny how the Overton window has shifted.

This procedure looks doable and relatively low risk for technical people, but it's not something that my mom can do while sitting at a Starbucks

[Gigachad]

These days the battery lasts so long you don't have to bring a second battery with you and your laptop could realistically be charged by any phone charger overnight.

You also have the option of battery banks. As long as you can replace the battery when it wears out, thats all that matters to the average user.

[judge2020]

Just curious, do existing M1's accept input as low as 5 watts, given it comes with a 30W adapter?

[Gigachad]

I just tested and mine is showing the charging symbol when plugged in to the 5w iphone brick. Obviously this will be super slow to charge though.

[robocat]

Your spare battery is now a power bank: https://www.powerbankexpert.com/best-power-bank-for-macbook-...

Sure, a bit less power efficient, but surely cheaper than an Apple product, and you can choose your features e.g. AC inverter!

[smoldesu]

Great, after dongle-ing USB-A, Displayport, and M.2, now my battery can be a dongle too!

[shepherdjerred]

I'm not buying a laptop unless it includes DVI-I, DVI-D, VGA, Mini DisplayPort, Mini HDMI, and Micro HDMI.

[smoldesu]

I'm not even joking, when you dock my Thinkpad it has every single one of those ports.

[klelatti]

The first gen MBP (which was basically a PowerBook with Intel) had this. I remember pondering whether to buy one.

[stemlord]

I remember borrowing my sibling's iBook G4 battery while sitting at the airport back in the day. You'd just push the grey button on the bottom face and it popped out.