[taligent]

What are you talking about ? The battery IS replaceable just not by you.

And I hardly think saving an hour at an Apple Store once every 3 years is worth having a substantially thicker device.

[ken]

You'll probably get one use of that, then. I doubt they'll still have 2012 Macbook Pro batteries sitting around in 2018, much less a person who knows how to install them.

I took my 2006 Macbook in to an Apple retail store to get a new battery, and they don't stock them any more. They said they could special order one, but actually suggested I try Amazon.

[evan_]

> I took my 2006 Macbook in to an Apple retail store to get a new battery, and they don't stock them any more.

You'd have the same problem in 2018 even if you had a replaceable battery.

[dman]

How long before we hit the - The device is programmable, just not by you.

[__float]

Developers that write apps to fill the App Store give people a reason to buy their products in the first place. This is paranoid nonsense.

[Ralith]

We're already most of the way there with iOS. The Windows 8 ARM UEFI stuff is pretty foreboding too.