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But how does that $900 PC hold up over time compared to a Mac? In my personal experience, I get about 2-3 years out of a PC, and about 5 out of a Mac, which jus
by thr0wawayf00 4y ago
But how does that $900 PC hold up over time compared to a Mac? In my personal experience, I get about 2-3 years out of a PC, and about 5 out of a Mac, which justifies the price tag for me.
- arvinsim 4y agoThat is only if you are ok sticking with the same specs on your machine for 5 years and risk using a machine outside of its warranty period. Personally, I would rather sell my machine just before the warranty runs out(about 3 years) and buy a new one.
- thr0wawayf00 4y ago> risk using a machine outside of its warranty period. For a Mac, I'm pretty comfortable using the machine outside of its warranty period compared to a PC.
- labster 4y agoI’m still using an original, generation 1 iPhone as a music player. Not only does it still work, but it has a better UI and the icons look different from each other. Apple stuff in my experience breaks either in the first few months, or at least 5 years out of warranty (except for the thin keyboards, but I avoided those defective designs).
- vmladenov 4y agoI just recycled a 2010 MacBook Pro whose only sin was that I dropped it so a significant portion of the screen was toast. Still ran decently
- danaris 4y agoHell, we've just ordered an M2 MBA to replace my wife's 2015 13" MBP—which is, for the most part, still running fine; we just want to make sure we're getting her a new one while that's still the case. Don't want to have it suddenly up and die one day. And I've got her father's 2011 Mac Mini sitting in our TV cabinet running a Plex instance (plus a few other things, like a local internal-only web server). It needs a little fan sitting on top of it to keep it cool enough, but those cost about $10.
- smoldesu 4y agoProbably just fine. It will be supported on Linux longer than a new Mac will be supported on MacOS.