My Intel MacBook Pro has reached 948 battery cycles, and I’m still using the original battery.

Here are the specs...

So my Intel MacBook Pro is currently at 948 battery cycles with 78% battery health(never change battery)

It’s a Quad-Core Intel Core i5 with 8GB RAM, running macOS 15.7.7.

still works fine for what I need, but lately it’s been getting really hot and laggy pretty often, so I’m thinking about replacing the battery(even jump to mbp m6?)

I know 948 cycles is already quite a lot, but I’m curious — would replacing the battery help with the heat at all? Or is the heat probably just because it’s an old Intel Mac? Maybe the storage is almost full is another problem?

Anyone else still using an Intel MacBook with a crazy high cycle count? How long did yours last?