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Not sure why people are so negative about this, macbooks only really last a few years under heavy use anyway and most small businesses would love to pay $100/em
by sixhobbits 2mo ago
Not sure why people are so negative about this, macbooks only really last a few years under heavy use anyway and most small businesses would love to pay $100/employee/month to make sure they all have hardware they need rather than trying to manage depreciation accounting and cash flow.
Eg often hardware over $1000 gets depreciated over 5 years but employee laptops get replaced every 3 years so subscribing can have a huge positive effect on cashflow
- harladsinsteden 2mo agoWhat exactly does "heavy use" mean? My MacBook Pro is now in its fourth year of daily development work. It doesn't show any kind of wear. So far I don't see any reason to replace it in the years to come. If nothing major changes I think I'll get another four years out of it.
- quietsegfault 2mo agoI’ve never replaced a MacBook because it was worn out, but because I wanted a newer, higher performance version. I have a 2018 MacBook Pro that I just can’t get rid of because it still works great.
- malshe 2mo agoSame here. I have my 2013 MacBook Pro still going strong. My father uses it when he visits me.
- redsocksfan45 2mo ago[dead]
- jb1991 2mo agoI have a seven-year-old MacBook Air that is like new and runs just as fast today as it did the day I bought it. Battery lasts acceptably and it’s a joy to use.
- RunSet 2mo agoIt occurs to me that none of those metrics include numbers.
- harladsinsteden 2mo agoWhat kind of numbers would be acceptable to you?
- quietsegfault 2mo agoMany people don’t use numbers when evaluating whether their laptop is still capable. Does it last long enough? Does it lag or freeze? Can I still do my job? Then I don’t need to upgrade.
- addaon 2mo agoSeven might disagree.
- rjrjrjrj 2mo agoWhile I agree with the general sentiment, if you're not using an Apple Silicon MacBook you're missing out. (Sent from M1 MBA)
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- robotswantdata 2mo agoUntrue to say they don’t last, our M1 macs 6 years later are still very usable. However your point is very true for corporates, staff always want a refresh regardless if the laptop is good enough or not. These personal plans make sense for people who want the latest and don’t like the hassle of reselling
- harladsinsteden 2mo ago> staff always want a refresh regardless if the laptop is good enough or not My personal experience disagrees. A lot of colleagues are absolutely happy with keeping their machines for quite some time. A lot of it - believe it or not - is simply inertia. Apple has made switching MacBooks super easy but still the process of going through the migration process from one machine to the next simply isn't worth the trouble for a lot of them (and I include myself in that group as well). If all your people are looking for is the latest and greatest gadget then you may simply have the wrong people in your team.
- ta8903 2mo agoMostly because IT insists that you need to start over with a fresh install. When I last switched laptops, I just did `dd if=/dev/nvmeOldLaptop of=/dev/nvmeNewLaptop` and was good to go with the entire laptop state being replicated, compared to my colleagues who spent a week gradually copying all their stuff over, and still missing a ton. Some time later IT figured out my windows installation ID was wrong and just assumed they messed up during setup and updated their database.
- harladsinsteden 2mo agoNo, absolutely not. There is no "IT insists" in our company. Believe it or not we trust our people to do the right thing and to handle their equipment accordingly. There are a couple of applications that are forced by the device management system but other than that: Do what _you_ think works for _you_.
- sunaookami 2mo ago>macbooks only really last a few years under heavy use anyway What?
- tonyedgecombe 2mo agoSmall businesses won't go for this program because it isn't a true lease, it's a loan.