M5 MacBook Pro Teardown Shows Apple's $527 Battery Replacement Kit Is Bonkers

Apple continues to make strides towards making do-it-yourself (DIY) repairs less of a hassle, though there still remains plenty of room for improvement, as highlighted in iFixIt's teardown of the newly refreshed 14-inch MacBook Pro with a custom M5 chip inside. The gripe that stands above the rest is how unnecessarily expensive and convoluted it is to replace the MacBook Pro's battery.

On the surface, the M5 MacBook Pro looks pretty much the same as last year's model. However, once you crack it open, "you'll see Apple inching ever so slightly closer to a future where MacBooks might actually be repairable," iFixIt says. And key to that statement is how relatively easy it is to access and remove the laptop's battery pack.

Popping the bottom cover off involves removing several P5 screws and being mindful of the sections that are clipped into place. Once the ...