>Then you wouldn't have any laptop, but also no justification to demand an immediate replacement or deem not receiving one 'unacceptable' I have one attached to the back of my screen with velcro so that when I go to meetings I can hook up to the A/V equipment without having to run back across the building to get the damn part that should just be part of the whole computer. I have had zero problems with this current one, but a 2016 model I had in 2017 had to be repaired, it just completely died. The battery thing has not happened to anyone I know personally. Have seen numerous motherboard failures, odd issues with the screens, and a couple of bricked units.

One of my colleagues is on his 3rd unit in just under a year and we quip that he should torture test these things for Apple. My company has hundreds of these in service and the failure rate of keyboards is quite high. Both Windows and the laptops from Dell and IBM weren't holding up because 'made in China.' Now Apple has chintzed out in a big way. This is why we went to Apple from the horrible PC experience. What's most unfortunate is that millions of professionals want and need solid computers to do their work on. Watch Louis Rossman on YT, he pokes his finger in Apple's eye constantly. Of course that was like a 2013 MBP, that would not happen with the 2018 one I have right now since they can't be opened with a screwdriver and the internal SSD is soldered. Never heard a word about it again, they threw my HDD in another MBP and I was off and running with almost no downtime. It got stuffed in a bag and run over to the Apple store (which is only about 200 yards away). What finally figured it out for me was the swelling started to make the keyboard stop functioning properly. I thought the little rubber feet on the bottom were worn, in actuality it was the case starting to deform. The first sign was the computer started to seem wobbly if you stuck it on the desk and typed on the internal KB. I should have figured out earlier what was going on. The whole enclosure bent like a soda can. The case could never have been closed again. As soon as it was open the battery started swelling faster. Opening the case released pressure on the swelling battery. Luckily I got it down to IT before it started on fire.

This started to happen to mine at work too.

Macbook pro early 2011 battery recall