If you have a 2012 you can easily replace the battery yourself, just check the relevant ifixit guide for the screw bits you need, IIRC from my 2010's replacement the battery has a pair of screws (one of which I think is behind the HDD bracket, though I may be misremembering) and an adhesive strip on the back which can easily be overpowered (though it's probably a better idea to soften it using heat from the trackpad side).
According to coconut I replaced my battery back in 2017~2018 or so (battery was manufactured in October 2017) and it was a breeze. "New" battery is at 6934/7000mAh (99% capacitity).
I have this computer too and I recommend the replacement sold on BH photo video. I just put it in and I can somehow get like 7 hours plus of use from this computer doing very light stuff (like reading hn). Impressive for a computer so old. Still very performant for me imo with 16gb of ram and an SSD upgrade under the hood. I was looking at the m1 but I'll hold off, nothing pushing me away from this device currently and it seems like I will have software compatibility issues on ARM until they refine rosetta or offer bootcamp again.
masklinn|4 years ago
According to coconut I replaced my battery back in 2017~2018 or so (battery was manufactured in October 2017) and it was a breeze. "New" battery is at 6934/7000mAh (99% capacitity).
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