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How's a "2-3 year cycle" sensible or sustainable? Who's forcing you to get every upgrade every year? The yearly releases make a lot of sense for everybody, b
by cnst 1y ago
How's a "2-3 year cycle" sensible or sustainable?
Who's forcing you to get every upgrade every year?
The yearly releases make a lot of sense for everybody, because then you can upgrade on your own schedule, instead of delaying the upgrade because the product was released a full 2 years ago, at a time your older one is on its last breath.
In fact, yearly releases are then also more sustainable, too, since the purchasing would be spread out to each year (on an as-needed basis), instead of having a month-long cycle every 3 years, necessitating the extra infrastructure all along the way (from the stores to manufacturing to shipping).
- rbanffy 1y ago> your older one is on its last breath. For Apple computers, the last breath comes almost a decade after they were built. If you wait until it dies, then you will want to get what's available at that time, but, if you plan from the start, you'll have a lot of flexibility with these machines. My MBP is the same age as my Thinkpad, and looks much nicer.
- nosioptar 1y agoYeah, Apple's products are pretty long lived in my experience. My '07 macbook lasted till 2020. It was almost as tough as any thinkpad I've had. My x220t, 2008ish, is still going. Both did damage to the hoods of a few cars. Last I heard, my iPod nano from 20+ years ago is still being used daily. Only other portable music player I've had last that long was a Walkman. I've got friends with old ass powerBooks that still get used frequently.