Hi, Here in Canada, the battery is covered under Apple Care for defects and such. I don't believe it would be covered for normal life deterioration. I would expect it to be similar in the US.
Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Jul 7, 2014, at 3:13 AM, venky...@gmail.com wrote: > Hi > As of my knowledge, the battery in the new mbp is not replaceable. Is the > battery covered in apple care in the US? > Thanks. > Venkatesh > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On 07-Jul-2014, at 10:26 am, Tim Kilburn <kilbu...@me.com> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> The refurbished ones when purchased through Apple are simply a slightly >> older than new model but have been tested and likely have new batteries >> installed. You can often save a couple hundred dollars over the purchase of >> a new machine, but you are getting older technology. Sometimes that's OK, >> sometimes not. I found my late 2011 MacBook Pro to be seeming slow for my >> liking, so swapped out the HD for an SSD, moved the HD over where the >> optical drive was and bumped it up to 16 GB of RAM for less than $500. I'm >> hoping I've gained a couple more years out of this machine for much less >> than purchasing a brand new one. Worked for me but it depends on your needs >> for what suits you the best. >> >> Later... >> >> Tim Kilburn >> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >> >>> On Jul 6, 2014, at 10:11 PM, venky...@gmail.com wrote: >>> >>> Hi. >>> Whats the difference between buying a new MacBook and a refurbished one? >>> I'm more interested to know the differences with regards to battery life >>> and performance. >>> Thanks >>> Venkatesh >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On 07-Jul-2014, at 7:36 am, Sarai Bucciarelli >>>> <sarai.bucciare...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> You can also check out the refurbished mac store on the Apple site. All >>>> come with 1 year warranty, and you can buy Apple care to extend the >>>> warranty to 3 years. Buy the max of what you can afoard. I have a 2010 >>>> MacbookPro wtih 8GB RAM, & 500GB hard drive. It is 4 years old, and still >>>> going strong. >>>>> On Jul 6, 2014, at 7:40 PM, Sabahattin Gucukoglu <listse...@me.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I have the following policy regarding buying stuff from Apple: >>>>> 1. Buy it only if it was just announced. >>>>> 2. Buy the highest amount of every upgradable resource. >>>>> >>>>> In this way, your investment is maximised. >>>>> >>>>> You will find this a difficult policy to enforce. You will probably also >>>>> be glad to hear that I sometimes break my own rules. :) >>>>> >>>>> Your usage profile doesn't sound all that different from mine. >>>>> Nevertheless, I intend my MacBook Pro to last as long as I can make it, >>>>> so I bumped everything up, including the SSD to 1TB. This turns out to >>>>> have been a good move, because it means all my data is now on the boot >>>>> drive, increasing portability and performance (I still don't forgive >>>>> Apple for making my first MacBook Air a maximum of 256 GB simply because >>>>> of my choice of screen size). >>>>> >>>>> Good luck with your purchase. >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> Sabahattin >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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