"So he should use that computer for the rest of his life? He had to upgrade sometime." My desktop system is the early-2009 mac pro. It still only has the orig

"So he should use that computer for the rest of his life? He had to upgrade sometime." My desktop system is the early-2009 mac pro. It still only has the original 6 GB of ram. 20+ chrome tabs at all times and at least two vmware fusion guests running ... and I have never once though the machine was lagging or was slow. My laptop is a 11" macbook air and I fully expect to run it as my daily driver for 6-7 years when all is said and done.