![]() ![]() Yet no one ever says they’re switching from an old Mac to a new PC instead, the conversation is always about figuring out which new Mac to buy, or whether to squeeze a little more life from the old machine with a hard drive to SSD swap or additional RAM. ![]() This morning, Christopher Phin’s article “ Saying goodbye to a beloved 2008 MacBook Pro” recalled the many end-of-life Mac discussions I’ve had with people over the years - specifically that their still-working-but-old Macs are so antiquated that virtually every internal component has been replaced in current models. But the average person buys a computer and keeps using it until it stops working, something I note every time a friend or family member “finally” upgrades from an old Mac to a new one. Apple can’t advertise Macs as having ten-year lifespans for legal reasons, and reviewers rarely write about their old computers ten years later - they’re typically focused on each year’s latest and greatest machine. ![]()
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