The typical Mac owner was not buying a new machine every year or 2 before this either. I'd bet most people were using them for 5+ years for quite a while before

The typical Mac owner was not buying a new machine every year or 2 before this either. I'd bet most people were using them for 5+ years for quite a while before this. I bought a late-2013 13" MBP when starting university in 2014, used it all the way through to graduation, and didn't upgrade from it until the 14-inch Pro came out in 2021. Even then, it was still a passable machine for a lot of non-demanding workloads, but it no longer had software support and I'm a nerd that wanted to try the fancy new Apple Silicon for myself. I think my sister got like 8 or so years out of her 2010 MBP as well. Macs have had good, long lifespans before this too (with exceptions for some budget configurations that were questionable value at the time of purchase)