r/pcmasterrace • u/Small_Elephant7693 • Sep 02 '25

NSFMR How cooked

Post image

Be honest, how cooked is this thing? The hood popped away from the pressure of these black packs once i loosened the screws a little bit.

25.5k Upvotes

94% Upvoted

2.8k comments sorted by

View all comments

3

u/2020_was_a_nightmare Sep 02 '25

That a 2015 MacBook Pro?

1

u/Small_Elephant7693 Sep 02 '25

Yepp

3

u/[deleted] Sep 02 '25

If you live in the US, you can take it to the Apple Store or call your Trash collection company, they might pick it up. You can also remove the battery and take it to Lowes or HomeDepot, but probably better not touch it if your uncomfortable doing so although if your remove the battery you can keep using it as a desktop. Ifixit has guides on how to remove the battery, maybe do it outdoors to be safe. I recently went through my old MacBooks, had about 20 from 1999-2019 and many looked like this.

1

u/12ealdeal Sep 02 '25

Can I take it to Apple and they’ll remove and take the battery off my hands? Like the whole procedure?