&gt; couldnt even replace the battery if i wanted to<p>Just take it into an Apple Store and pay the $129 to replace it. I&#x27;ve replaced a battery once on my 2012 MacBook Pro so would not consider this to be a reason to pick one platform over another.<p>&gt; aftermarket storage upgrade option<p>I agree this sucks. But personally I am happy for Apple to focus on I&#x2F;O performance at any cost even if it means no aftermarket upgrades. I just find that with so much being in the cloud and the size of USB drives increasing there hasn&#x27;t been a need for a large internal storage drive.