My MacBook Air (mid 2012) is still running strong, only had to do a battery replacement from macsales.com. I have a macmini for plex use, a first edition iPad P

My MacBook Air (mid 2012) is still running strong, only had to do a battery replacement from macsales.com. I have a macmini for plex use, a first edition iPad Pro 12.9 and an iPhone X. And a powered off 2007 MacPro. I skipped the upgrade to 2018 iPhone as the X was fast enough and did not see a difference in the new model. The new macbook Air finally gives Retina, but I'm leary of the keyboard. I truly dislike the gluing of batteries in the laptops and the soldering of ram and ssd's in their laptops as well. And Apple's ram pricing is highway robbery. I'm not sure what I will due when the Macbook Air ssd dies and I have to decide what personal laptop to buy. The 2015 iPad Pro is a beast and was a great investment. After all this time, I have zero usage of the original Apple Pencil, which surprised me. The only disappointment is the failure around the keyboard/cover and the side connector which now complains about it, even if I switch one out. Beyond that, I think the Pro will maintain value for a long time from a performance standpoint. Windows 10 (which I use at work) has, at a general level achieved parity with the Finder and window management. Browsers/Office 365/apps are much the same. Trackpads on windows machines suck (both Dell and HP Zbook). I dislike the plastic feel of the windows laptops and their trackpads, but their cost for RAM and drive space is much cheaper than Apple. The cost differential for macos machines is out of alignment with the market. For now I don't have to worry, but when I do have to replace it is the purchase cost and hard lock-in on RAM and SSD size that are concerning.