hi i was hoping you buy a macbook can someone please tell me about the battery health of this mac? is 86% battery health with 126 cycle count good investment?

  • Numerous_Bill_5325@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Naw man. Go on eBay right now looking for sealed unused new… there’s one for the same specs for $950 plus tax… free shipping.

  • WonderfulShelter@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I just bought one of those same ones with a new battery for 1080$ after tax a month ago. So I would imagine you should be getting a better deal since it’s black friday and cyber monday and there’s all the deals.

    I’d expect you could get it for like 950$ with the deals, but 1100$ is fair.

  • Alex20041509@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    The battery may be a problem But the price it’s fair See if the seller can sell it at 900-1000 Due to the battery

    • monti9530@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Even if it were in 50% it would still be doing great numbers compared to other laptops.

      I honestly would not replace it until it only last about 4 hours on a charge. At 86% probably still does 10 hours.

      • milquetoast_wheatley@alien.topBEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Likely true (I own an M1 Pro and Air), I’m more concerned about battery swelling. The chemical changes are accelerating, and the first casualty is the trackpad. Worth $200 to get it swapped out asap.

        • monti9530@alien.topBEnglish
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          1 year ago

          Also true! I would definitely have a repair shop have a look at it to see if the battery needs to be swapped. It could be that the OG owner was just using it constantly for heavy work.

  • monti9530@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I am near the 100 cycle count on my macbook air and the battery is at 99%. Still seems like a googl deal to me but hot damn did they make it suffer

  • cappo3@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    My M1 Max also has horrible battery health with very little cycles. It seems to be a common problem on these Pros, based on a quick online research

  • sowa_dania@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I’d add two hundred and pick it up at a discount (there are still some cool deals on Amazon)

  • 1amchris@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Looks like a fair deal to me. Depending on currency though. I’m CAD$.

    Keep in mind that the M1 (base) MacBook Pro has a tremendous battery life, so 86% shouldn’t be a big deal. I got mine at 88% (a year ago; likely was plugged in 24/7), and it hasn’t declined since.

    M1 should not dip under 10 hours I don’t think, which, imo is plenty.

  • nftw1234@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I just bought a MacBook Pro m1 512gb and 16gb ram for 1000$ CAD. Battery had like 38 cycles and 98% maximum capacity. Might be better to wait for a better deal battery replacements cost a lot and this laptop is close to the 75% max charge threshold I give myself before replacing a battery.

  • eggway_yourmom69@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Eh, my M1 Air is at 87% after 1 year and half

    Although it is important to note that it came with 92% brand new out of the box

    I contacted apple, they never did anything about it, but it never affected my usability, so I didn’t care much, though that seems extremely un-apple like lmao