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A lot also has to do with the Hardware Support as well. I know our company just buys Applecare for the Laptop, and if something goes wrong with it, employee ju

A lot also has to do with the Hardware Support as well. I know our company just buys Applecare for the Laptop, and if something goes wrong with it, employee just brings it in to the Apple Store and gets it fixed, so 3 years is pretty much the outside limit. If your company has internal support mechanisms, they might be able to stretch it out further. Personally, I consider myself showing self restraint if I don't upgrade my phone on an annual basis, and don't think I've ever gone more than 2 years - but I realize I probably fall into a niche.

syshum 10y ago
>>If your company has internal support mechanisms, they might be able to stretch it out further. We do, I have probably ~2,000 systems under management, not a single one of the Apple. We always buy the 3 year extended warranty from the manufactures, and most of the Major Vendors will also sell a 3 year extended hardware support after the extended warrany, giving us 6 years of full hardware support on the systems, after 6 years most of them have been full deprecated by accounting anyway so for year 7 and 8 (desktops only, laptops would have been replaced at that point) we likely just keep a few spares and replace as they fail.
- ghshephard 10y ago
  Did you mean to say that none of the 2000 systems you have under management is an Apple System? That would be very unusual for a technology company, where being able to use Apple gear to get work done is a pre-requisite for a lot of engineers considering applying for a job. The nice thing about Applecare, is pretty much any major city in the world there is an Apple authorized reseller that I can bring the gear in to be replaced. Downside, is there isn't the same type of "Onsite, 4 hour repair service" that companies like Dell offer. I've got a laptop (2013 Macbook Air) that's up for renewal, but, honestly, it's fast enough that I don't really feel the desire to get a new one until Apple comes out with their new MacBook Pros. For the first time in a long time, I don't feel any urgency to upgrade...
  - syshum 10y ago
    >>Did you mean to say that none of the 2000 systems you have under management is an Apple System? Yes >>That would be very unusual for a technology company, where being able to use Apple gear to get work done is a pre-requisite for a lot of engineers considering applying for a job. Where did I say I work for a technology company? We do have alot of Engineers however, Mechanical and Electrical. None of them use Apple. Further I assume by "engineer" you mean software developers, I know a TON of devs that will not touch apple with a 10 foot pole. They us Linux or nothing. Of course I also avoid silicon valley like the black death so.... >Downside, is there isn't the same type of "Onsite, 4 hour repair service" that companies like Dell offer. This is what we have. We use Dell and Lenovo Mainly
    - ghshephard 10y ago
      Sorry, I didn't mean to imply that you worked for a technology company, let alone one in the valley. And, agreed, most of our mechanical or electrical engineers use Windows systems - but pretty much all of our software, firmware, design teams use Macs of one form or another. I don't think there is anyone using Linux as a desktop, (outside of a virtual machine) though we are pretty much 100% linux on the server side (outside of IT) - where we have several hundred servers, and about 800 employees.

syshum 10y ago

>>If your company has internal support mechanisms, they might be able to stretch it out further. We do, I have probably ~2,000 systems under management, not a single one of the Apple. We always buy the 3 year extended warranty from the manufactures, and most of the Major Vendors will also sell a 3 year extended hardware support after the extended warrany, giving us 6 years of full hardware support on the systems, after 6 years most of them have been full deprecated by accounting anyway so for year 7 and 8 (desktops only, laptops would have been replaced at that point) we likely just keep a few spares and replace as they fail.

ghshephard 10y ago
Did you mean to say that none of the 2000 systems you have under management is an Apple System? That would be very unusual for a technology company, where being able to use Apple gear to get work done is a pre-requisite for a lot of engineers considering applying for a job. The nice thing about Applecare, is pretty much any major city in the world there is an Apple authorized reseller that I can bring the gear in to be replaced. Downside, is there isn't the same type of "Onsite, 4 hour repair service" that companies like Dell offer. I've got a laptop (2013 Macbook Air) that's up for renewal, but, honestly, it's fast enough that I don't really feel the desire to get a new one until Apple comes out with their new MacBook Pros. For the first time in a long time, I don't feel any urgency to upgrade...
- syshum 10y ago
  >>Did you mean to say that none of the 2000 systems you have under management is an Apple System? Yes >>That would be very unusual for a technology company, where being able to use Apple gear to get work done is a pre-requisite for a lot of engineers considering applying for a job. Where did I say I work for a technology company? We do have alot of Engineers however, Mechanical and Electrical. None of them use Apple. Further I assume by "engineer" you mean software developers, I know a TON of devs that will not touch apple with a 10 foot pole. They us Linux or nothing. Of course I also avoid silicon valley like the black death so.... >Downside, is there isn't the same type of "Onsite, 4 hour repair service" that companies like Dell offer. This is what we have. We use Dell and Lenovo Mainly
  - ghshephard 10y ago
    Sorry, I didn't mean to imply that you worked for a technology company, let alone one in the valley. And, agreed, most of our mechanical or electrical engineers use Windows systems - but pretty much all of our software, firmware, design teams use Macs of one form or another. I don't think there is anyone using Linux as a desktop, (outside of a virtual machine) though we are pretty much 100% linux on the server side (outside of IT) - where we have several hundred servers, and about 800 employees.