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On the flip side, I've sold every one of my old Apple laptops, usually for a few hundred bucks at least after 4-6 years of use. After 4-6 years I can get maybe
by geerlingguy 4y ago
On the flip side, I've sold every one of my old Apple laptops, usually for a few hundred bucks at least after 4-6 years of use. After 4-6 years I can get maybe $100 or a little more for any of the Lenovo and Dell laptops I owned.
Apple laptops depreciate much slower.
- javaunsafe2019 4y agoApple stops giving you software updates after seven years which makes such a device unusable for normal use (browsing, banking, coding etc). Also the ssd will fail sooner or later.
- gt565k 4y agoat the 7 year mark you should probably get a new laptop... really at the 5 year mark unless you got a top of the line machine.
- javaunsafe2019 4y agoCan’t confirm - my parents still use one of my first work laptops which is over 12 years old and is powered by Linux. It’s enough for all their casual use cases. Edit: throwing away laptops after 5 years won’t help us to live more in a more environment friendly way don’t u think?
- actionfromafar 4y agoBut at that point, you can install Linux on the 12 year old Mac too.
- javaunsafe2019 4y agoAs I wrote, the ssd will die at some point and can’t be replaced
- mahathu 4y agoWhy after 5 years if it's still working fine?
- nehal3m 4y agoThis is true, but on the flip flip side… I’ve administered several hundred Macs for a few years, and when they do break you’re at Apple’s mercy for turnaround. The business I worked for had surplus, so not that big a deal, but it would be a bitch for my personal business and life. If all I need is parts then it’s a day max, or I can switch to whatever can run Fedora halfway decently.
- ohyoutravel 4y agoFlipping again, I just go to the Apple Store, of which there are multiple in any major city. I was on a Surface for a while but Microsoft closing all their retail stores meant my next upgrade was to a MacBook.
- actionfromafar 4y agoI just breathed new life into a 2015 MacBook Pro, OpenCore Legacy Patcher to install Ventura, 2TB NVME SSD with the help of a random Amazon adapter, and a new battery in the mail. All can be had for a couple of hundred dollars or less. I hope to delay a year or two the inevitable of having to buy a nicely specced Macbook, now that even the disk can no longer be upgraded, if I understand correctly.
- esskay 4y agoYup I sell mine after 3 years, still get at least half its value back. Zero chance of getting anything close to that with a Dell/HP/Lenovo/etc
- tlavoie 4y agoAlternatively, used Thinkpads and Dells are probably quite affordable for the capability, which includes the ability to repair and upgrade.