[dillutedfixer]

I've had my 16" MBP since early April and I only have 30 cycles on the battery. At my usage rate, I charge this thing about once or twice a week on average. At this rate, the battery is going to last longer than any laptop battery I've ever owned. And then when it finally degrades to the point that I need to replace it, I would happily pay $199 to Apple for a new one rather than save a few dollars and do it myself. Plus I'd rather have someone to blame other than myself if it f's up.

[memco]

I have a disassembled laptop in my garage after a failed attempt to replace the battery on my 8 year old MacBook. Apple no longer offers repairs nor is there anyone else in the area I could find to do it. I replaced my wife’s (10 year old) battery a few months prior to attempting mine: hers required a few screws and was done in about 5 minutes. Mine required disassembling the whole computer dissolving the adhesive on the old battery and replacing then reassembling. If you’re going to plan on having apple fix your battery do it 5 or 6 years from now regardless of the condition and then pray you have some repair option when Apple stops providing support.

[dillutedfixer]

Good advice, thanks. I've replaced the battery on my wifes 2013 MBA and it was incredibly easy.

My MBP is maxed out and was quite an investment so I want to keep it around for as long as possible. I'll probably just be safe and have Apple replace the battery around 5 years assuming it stays usable for that long.

[vonseel]

My 2020 (purchased Sept. 2021) M1 MBA is at 100% health with 61 cycles. Rated for 1000 cycles.

  Health Information:
  Cycle Count: 61
  Condition: Normal
  Maximum Capacity: 100%

I use it pretty regularly several hours per day in 2022, maybe didn't use it as much in 2021. But still, seems to be holding up very well.

[rahkiin]

My battery severely degraded without the cycles. I had 150 cycles after 4 years with 78% capacity. I am now at 239 cycles at 64% capacity.

[alphabettsy]

The older batteries were rated for 500 cycles so that doesn’t seem unusual.

[rahkiin]

Except 80% is regarded as pretty much EOL, and this is a 2017 model.

[fomine3]

Apple is too late to implement battery protection feature (limit max charging%) for always AC connected machine. It's implemented in 2019 meanwhile 2000s ThinkPads supported that.