My previous Macbook (early 2008 white, plastic one) lasted for 5 years, no issue. Battery was fine (slowly dying as all batteries, but no big deal, it just woul

My previous Macbook (early 2008 white, plastic one) lasted for 5 years, no issue. Battery was fine (slowly dying as all batteries, but no big deal, it just wouldn't last as long as it used to.) Then I got a message about the battery actually dying (get to service, the white early 2008 has user-replaceable battery, though.) But it was already the time I needed a more powerful computer, and I just got a new one and removed the battery of the old one (it still works perfectly fine, no longer as a portable though.) I don't expect a computer (i.e. all pieces together) to serve me for more than 4-5 years, so this battery life is more than I can expect. Of course, if it was a system I could tinker and slowly replace piece by piece, it could but I no longer feel the tradeoff of money/abilities/time is worth it.