My grandson is using my old MacBook Pro 15 inch mid 2009. In fact he was born in 2009 so they are the same age 😃.
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What is your longest lasting Apple product?
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My 2009 3rd gen Time Capsule is still going strong. Changed its power supply 3 years ago. And swapped out its failing HD a few days ago after exactly 15 years. The new HD is another Samsung drive but 7200 RPM instead of 5000 from 13 years ago from a pc build which was sitting idle for like 10 years. Let’s see if anything would break
Those still can browse the modern web? they should suffocate on 720P. I am willing most apps do not work and the OS should be outdated security mess.
It's now semi-regular only, but being used by my kids.
Also in the house is my old iPod Nano 2nd Gen, which I got in 2007 and my son now uses regularly.
Not meeting criteria... my 2000 Pismo. I dragged it out of the cupboard a few months ago, and used it regularly for a few weeks playing Escape Velocity.But it's idle again now.
And also 2000 - Mac G4 Cube, which I really am going to get going as a sound machine... one day...
Boy you sure did get your money's worth from that 2009 MBP
And here I am thinking my 2015 MBP (bought late 2016) is outdated and probably needs replacement. Honestly, works like new even speed wise. Speakers are pretty much blown out though need replacement.
You are very brave to use a 10 year old HDD on a backup machine. Love your profile pic btw!
Oh I have never not got my money's worth with a Mac
Well - my Q840av was a bust cos it died after a couple months due to lightning strike... luckily I "only" paid $800 for it, and it was covered by insurance, however by the time I resolved the claim, I'd already moved on to my TAM.
Historically I've had more problems from drive enclosures than the actual drives. Not that they don't fail... but - I'd trust a 10 yo drive.
Then I don't have a single long-lasting Apple product - essentially I have all of them with me daily on my commute, iPod, iPad, iPhone, Watch, Macbook,... thus I broke all of these multiple times over the last decade and a half. For example: Smashed the iPod on the ground during a bike ride, then broke off the notoriously bad battery connector during the fix, so ended up just buying the same one used.
But even when I took good care of devices they still failed on me. With my 2007 and 2008 MBPs the Nvidia defect broke each Mac thrice during the warranty period and then right after again at which point I had to throw them out. Apple apparently did not have defect-free replacement parts. The next Macbook had constant Intel-display-driver caused kernel panics when video editing (and when you took it off the table it sometimes randomly lost power), and the replacement Mac after that had 3 swollen batteries each after less than 3 years where in the end Apple declared my Mac vintage and refused to replace the battery, forcing me to go through the tedious removal of the glued-in battery myself. It's still in a drawer now with no battery installed.. The 2017 Macbook I got after that I sold off immediately once the keyboard and flexgate issues came to light.
And then when I got the 2020 Intel MBP, shortly after they released the M1 series and I sold the Intel one off immediately as well since it ran hot, noisy and out of battery nonstop.
The new 2021 Macbooks are the first ones I am truly happy with, the quality is way better than any of the previous defect-ridden butterfly/flexgate/solder-comes-loose devices I had in the past decade. Part of it is that these are also the first Macbooks with a 64GiB option that are finally fast enough, with the previous ones I always ran out of memory.
Unfortunately I am not convinced that those will last me much longer since the warranty is limited to 3 years on mine, and both the display assembly and logic board are so expensive that literally any defect after the warranty period will make repairs financially unviable.
I had people say their Macs are so long-lasting, yet what I've seen anecdotally isn't great. A friend's Macbook from 2009 is still alive today and is being used, but all the USB ports are dead. That is not a working machine in my eyes - but they're happy with it. Another colleague has a 2016 one they are unhappy with because one of the two USB-C ports is dead and the last one for charging is also starting to give out (they were "lucky" they got a free display assembly replacement out of warranty when the display died previously, otherwise the Mac would have been a brick way before 2020).
And I haven't even mentioned the 12" Macbook yet, where I read many horror stories about them failing constantly, keyboards, logic boards, you name it. Thankfully I never owned any of these.
When you pick "the right" device then the quality of Apple products great but obviously you can't know in advance what series defects will come to light later. I just hope these new miniLED displays and M1 chips are free of manufacturing flaws as I could see myself using that for a long time.
2009 mac mini can still use browsers that support modern websites. It has nothing to do with the hardware, but the OS. 2009 mac mini natively can run OS’ from Snow Leopard to El Capitan. With patches it runs Catalina well.
I am surprised at how well it still works, still decent in speed for general applications. Arctic fox browser is still good for Snow Leopard.
Well the idea is, I already have all the data on my own macs and I don't have any critical data anyway. I also don't need any older files that reside on Time Capsule. Anyway I replaced it with a 'barely used' 10 year HDD
The pic is from an instagram video. I SSed it and set it as my profile pic here. Thank you 🐾
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You make a valid point, especially if data is important to the user....
That being said, I recently restored some data from an external HDD clone which was last used in 2009, to my PowerBook....
late 2009 iMac still on 24/7 runs great, added memory to 8 gig. only problem is it is still on high Sierra, so I'm looking for something new.
I still got a trash-picked iPhone 4 that can still power on and play the stored MP3s on one of those thrift store iHome 30-pin docks, even though the carrier decided to screw over every 3G customer this year. It's now only an iPod but it works otherwise on Wifi. Too bad it's on iOS 7 (I'd love if it could be downgraded)
lol, I guess my Mac Mini is now my oldest Apple product. The 2018 updated version. 4 yrs now. As my ipad, iphone is upgraded way too often.
Still using my 2013 MacBook Pro to run drum tracks from Logic Pro in MainStage. Works well in a live situation, using a MIDI pedal to start each song in the set.
I still use two 2010 MacBook Airs in the office.
The first no longer has a battery, so it only runs on AC power and is primarily used as a print server.
The other machine is used for whatever tasks I can throw at it, and is connected to a 2004 Cinema HD Display.
The first no longer has a battery, so it only runs on AC power and is primarily used as a print server.
The other machine is used for whatever tasks I can throw at it, and is connected to a 2004 Cinema HD Display.
My iPhone 6s is about 6 years, still rock (now is still used by my son). My MBP 13” is also still rock, it’s 2014 version and still actively use until now.
I still have iPod and iPad 2 (which I rarely use but still working).
Open Office, mail and specific Terminal-Emulator behind firewall on
2007 iMac 7,1 24" ugraded with CPU Penryn T9300, patched with MacOS 10.14, 6GB and SSD.
Fast enough for these low CPU usage applications and (hopefully) safe enough due to secure connection to intranet.
Testing it with OCLP Monterey made it slow due probably lack of RAM.
Under Mojave this is a sustainable solution and works fine and the lack of Bluetooth makes it even more sustainable using wired mouse and keyboard.
2007 iMac 7,1 24" ugraded with CPU Penryn T9300, patched with MacOS 10.14, 6GB and SSD.
Fast enough for these low CPU usage applications and (hopefully) safe enough due to secure connection to intranet.
Testing it with OCLP Monterey made it slow due probably lack of RAM.
Under Mojave this is a sustainable solution and works fine and the lack of Bluetooth makes it even more sustainable using wired mouse and keyboard.
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2008 iMac x2, one I still use pretty much every other day which for many years was left on 24/7. All original parts (apart from the keyboard which gave up the moment the warranty ran out!), screen still blemish/burn-free. Works as if it just came out the box. Also, a 2002 PowerBook G4. I don't use it, but occasionally switch it on for a bit of a play to make sure it still works. Ah, System 9!
My 2015 iMac is still seeing use, though its at a point where its going to be sent to the great white hunting grounds in the sky. Most of what I needed to use that for, can be handled with my M1 MBP
I am tempted to get a new iMAc, if they roll out a larger display model, I will consider that.
I am tempted to get a new iMAc, if they roll out a larger display model, I will consider that.