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You keep describing them as a salesperson, that's the answer to your question: > why would they advise about general longevity for a use case context most like

You keep describing them as a salesperson, that's the answer to your question: > why would they advise about general longevity for a use case context most likely to consist of banking/email chores? Because their job is the upsell. They're trying to sell your mother on an M3 because it is the most recent one, and they (Apple, not the individual, but they incentivize the individual) want the sales numbers to reflect a high degree of uptake in the market for the newer devices. Don't trust sales people. Just examine the devices yourself, their prices, their suitability for your uses, and their capabilities. Or not, and do trust salespeople but then you're going to spend most of your life being upsold and scammed.

calf 3y ago
Except I'm not interested in ad homineming the incentives of the salesperson, of which I am well aware. I am interested in if there is a valid argument, which entails the last bit of what you yourself said: > Just examine the devices yourself, their prices, their suitability for your uses, and their capabilities Their "capabilities" include the capability to be future-proof. To the extent that a salespersons asserted the future-proofing issue, even though they did not explain their assertion, is what begs me to ask the very reasonable question as to how to critically analyze this particular capability. You can help the other commenters dodge this question or not, I don't care if the salesperson is trustworthy or not, because that was not the question I care about.