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I still use my mid-2010 17" MBP, fully up-to-date on the newest OS release. It's showing its age, but still gets the job done. Complexities aside, Apple keeps

I still use my mid-2010 17" MBP, fully up-to-date on the newest OS release. It's showing its age, but still gets the job done. Complexities aside, Apple keeps things running. I have never had to worry about my MBP simply failing to work due to OS compatibility issues.

Yetanfou 9y ago
I still use my early-2004 15" Thinkpad T42p, fully up-to-date on the newest OS (Debian Sid) release. It is showing its age - mostly when browsing JS-encumbered sites - but still gets the job done. I have never had to worry about my T42p simply failing to work due to OS compatibility issues. Of course this machine was expensive when new, just like Apple-branded hardware is expensive. Sometimes all that money buys you something worthwhile like your 7 year old MBP or my 13 year old T42p. Other times it is just a lot of money down the drain like I expect the recent touch-strip-addled MBP series or any machine which has consumables glued in-place to keep pesky users from getting a few more years out of their investments.