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On the other hand, I bought a late-2013 MBP in 2014 when I started university and it lasted me through my whole school career and a few years after. It was no l
by hbn 2y ago
On the other hand, I bought a late-2013 MBP in 2014 when I started university and it lasted me through my whole school career and a few years after. It was no longer getting major OS updates but still ran acceptably enough when I replaced it with a 14-inch M1 Pro MBP when those went up for preorder. I don't think I knew a single one of my colleagues who was using a 6-year-old Windows laptop by the time I graduated in 2020.
I think Apple had some big reliability problems with their ultra-thin chassis design MacBooks they were selling from like 2016(?) to the design refresh that came with the M1 Pros. Thankfully they went thicker again and both my personal 14-inch and work-provided 16-inch have been fantastic so far. Best laptops I've ever used.
- intothemild 2y agoThat 2016 era macbooks with the touch bar and horrible keyboard was the reason I ditched macOS and went ThinkPad and Linux. That MacBook Pro lasted 2 months before the spacebar randomly flew off. To get any key fixed, you needed to replace the whole top deck. It was that inbuilt. So the first couple times (yes it happened more than once) I would have a key replacement, I'd lose the laptop for a couple days due to a backlog. This eventually got better. But that laptop was horrible. It also helped me realise that apple tends to be somewhat of a cult.
- upon_drumhead 2y agoI'm still rocking a 2012 MBP running Linux