Apple to Obsolete iPhone 4 and Late 2010 MacBook Air on October 31

[andy42]

I will never understand ppl complaining about Apples hardware policy cuz you can actually use it for ca. 5-6 years and you can still use it if it works. No one is forcing you to get a new device. If you have a look at Win-world you can actually call you f* lucky ppl. If its not a business device many of notebooks getting support for 2-3 years and then you can just change to Linux if your device works cuz new windows version will suck on your resources and the other thing, if its not a business notebook good luck to find some broken parts.
The reason why I actually use Apple and Thinkpads cuz I can get most of the parts even over 5 years pretty easy, especially for Thinkpads you can get almost all the parts you can imagine. I use my laptops around 5-6 years, the oldest one is R500 and it will turn 9y next year (but something is broken there and I hadn't enough time to check it, before I left my country 2.5 years ago). I'm going back around X-Mas and will check what is the matter, but I still can get most of the parts for this device, even some new parts. No one is forcing me to change it even Lenovo's support actually ended.

 

[dogslobber]

Can you install Sierra on it or not?

This is the last MBA I'll ever buy. It's outrageous to force me to bin it.
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I will never understand ppl complaining about Apples hardware policy cuz you can actually use it for ca. 5-6 years and you can still use it if it works.

5-6? I got my MBA in 2012 now Apple wants me to junk it 3-4 years later. Why does Apple hate veteran Mac users so much?

 

[Bunyak]

My mom's iPhone 4 died on her yesterday coincidently. Wow.

My iPhone 4 also died this year. I found a 4S for $75. In terms of value for money, the 4S is a great option.

 

[Jessica Lares]

My iPhone 4 also died this year. I found a 4S for $75. In terms of value for money, the 4S is a great option.

My dad had his 4 sitting around, so we just stuck her SIM in and did a restore to iOS 7. Went to the store earlier this evening and bought her a new 30-pin cable. I only found ONE of those out of the 500 branded lightning cables they now carry. Amazing how times have changed.

 

[charlituna]

Ugh. Late 2010 air. That means I got s year or so left on a 2011 mbp?

Its based on the date the item was no longer sold outside of clearance and refurb. So depending the exact model you have
Early 2011 -- October 2016 Vintage
Late 2011 -- June 2017 Vintage

If you are in the US after these dates you can't receive service unless it was bought and is serviced in California there the state law is 7 years for purchases there.
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Not sure I get it. The iPhone 4 was cut out of the loop ages ago. It's stuck on iOS 7.1.2, released in June 2014. It was already obsoleted in all the ways that matter. So what's with the future tense? It's like issuing a death certificate 2+ years after the funeral.

because this is talking about legal not usage. I know several folks that are rocking the iPhone 4 just fine. so as users, to them its not obsolete. But legally it will be. It takes a **** and Apple won't do anything about it. They have fulfilled their legal obligation under warranty and consumer laws

 

[RobNYC]

Sure you can! I picked up a 240GB SSD at Best Buy for $65 a few months back and threw that into my late 2008 MBP (9600 GPU) and it's been great!

My son has been playing Paladins on it lately (Overwatch clone currently in beta on Steam). MBP is set to run 100% on dGPU and has been for years without a hitch.

I'm not sure I'd be able to install it myself is the problem.

 

[Room7609]

584 days huh?

Not sure whether you are referring to my comment or not, but according to the MacRumors Airport Roundup, the Airport Extreme was last updated over 3 years ago (June 2013). More than 4 years ago for the Airport Express. If Time Machine was updated more recently, I assume it was just a bump to the hard drive space, not any improvement to the wifi hardware itself.