It's true! My last mac cost me nothing because it was provided by my job. And the case popped open after the battery swelled within a year of me getting it, something my personal laptops have never done before.

[–] KellysNokia@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That tends to happen when the laptop battery is kept at a high temperature for long intervals.

My work laptop security doesn't play nice with Windows Update, so "update and shut down" actually does "update and restart" and proceeds to incinerate the laptop in my bag until the battery is exhausted.

Took me a while to figure out why my batteries would turn pillow so frequently.

[–] GooberEar@lemmy.wtf 3 points 2 months ago

I don't really ever travel with my laptops, at least not to put them in bags. I think the Mac laptops had a known issue with defective batteries, though.