Mac laptops last a long time. I have a lot of old MBPs accrued from past jobs that "just work". I can do almost everything I need to do with them, even most de

Mac laptops last a long time. I have a lot of old MBPs accrued from past jobs that "just work". I can do almost everything I need to do with them, even most development tasks. So given the choice between a new laptop and an old one, the new one is really just a luxury. If my finances are tight, I'm definitely not getting a new mac if I can make do.