Old stuff. I have a 1996 Toyota T100 and a 2001 Honda CRV to accompany my 2014 Prius. I'm still using a 2010 Macbook Pro as an audio tool running Linux. That's a companion to my 2021 Macbook Pro M1Pro, which I expect to use for many more years.
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Why are so many people using out of date Macbooks?
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Ran into another friend who said they have abandoned Apple Macs because of the 'throw away' architecture Apple has adopted.
I may join them soon. Not sure yet.
I may join them soon. Not sure yet.
Very accurate assessment imo. Compounded by soldering all the components, making repairing extremely difficult if not outright impossible to do.
I have to wonder why coffee shop dudes even care? Too noisy?
Fear-mongering of course. The more afraid general public is, the higher chance uninitiated will eager to upgrade without second thought. Let’s also conveniently ignore the weakest link of any online security defence: the user themselves.
I've watched in shock and awe as some have carted an iMac with full size keyboard, mouse and big powerstrip into a coffee shop on occasion.
Agreed, the only real way to by a new M series Mac is to keep Apple Care on it, My M2 Pro Mini is $37.00 a year, I let my M1 Mini coverage expire. If anythig happens it's Apples problem.
I just replaced (had to replace, for reasons other than "it stopped working") a late 2013 rMBP with a 15" M2 Macbook Air. The Air is definitely a nice machine, but I honestly don't see that it's any faster for the office-y tasks I need it for. And the old machine was just as secure as this one is.
That's why. The old machine is doing the job just fine, no need to replace it.
That interesting. I’m not doubting it is true, I’m just curious: How do you determine it’s secure?
Yeah, I replaced my old 2014 macbook air 11” despite I loved it so much during my uni days. Why? too slow.
Now, with M1 MacBook Pro 13“ 2020, is it fast? Yeah if we talk about Benchmarks. no if we talk about feelings. In fact, the M1 has already shown the sign of struggling to cope with my daily use, such as more frequent beach balls, more stutter, more often application crashes and so on.
While personal experience cannot be used to dictate other people‘s experience, I staunchly against the definition of 8GB base model M1 MacBook Air works for vast majority Of folks. 8GB base model is all Apple’s making, not by customer demand. Those Apple defenders conveniently ignore the fact that base model goes onto sales far more often than any other BTO models, meaning they are not selling as well as slightly better ones (Such as more RAM).
But no. People love base model machines. People want newest and greatest Asap.
Surge protection and extra connections for other crap I guess? (Didn't ask!
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Yeah. I guess they don't want the expensive protection circuit inside iMac to be destroyed by a surge or brownout. Worse, dirty power overloading the protection circuit and fry the board.
Computers have plateaued a long time ago. If you don't do heavy tasks, with enough RAM and an SSD, even a 10-year's old machine is just fine today.
I completely agree with this. I replaced a 2011 MBP with my current M1 MBA. I previously used the MBP only occasionally and for web browsing and word it was totally fine. It booted up quite quickly on High Sierra as I specced with an SSD from new. I only replaced it when I inadvertently broke it re-doing the thermal paste.
I'll be keeping this M1 MBA for at least the same length of time without replacing it.
Tim Crook is probably rolling over in his lavish bed
On "out of date" MacBook user usually can:
* replace HDDs /SSDs
* expand/replace RAM
* replace battery
And, they are absolutely OK for everyday use.
* replace HDDs /SSDs
* expand/replace RAM
* replace battery
And, they are absolutely OK for everyday use.
Because they work. 2012 is fine for:
- writing papers
- checking email
- streaming music
- web browsing
- video conferencing
That’s all that half of the people in the coffee shop are doing anyway.
Of course it also depends what people can / are willing to spend on a laptop in that particular area. You won’t see as many outdated machines where there is more disposable income. I’d even say the average financial situation of students at a college can be inferred by observing the type and age of laptops used on campus.
- writing papers
- checking email
- streaming music
- web browsing
- video conferencing
That’s all that half of the people in the coffee shop are doing anyway.
Of course it also depends what people can / are willing to spend on a laptop in that particular area. You won’t see as many outdated machines where there is more disposable income. I’d even say the average financial situation of students at a college can be inferred by observing the type and age of laptops used on campus.
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No need to upgrade to a newer Mac book. Just install Opencore Legacy Patcher to your old Mac Book (2008+) and you can run Sonoma on it!
I have a better question. Why are so many people bothering to reply to such a juvenile question?
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