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How long do you stick with your main computer?

  • Just until the next model comes out.

    Votes: 6 2.6%
  • One year.

    Votes: 21 9.3%
  • Two to three years.

    Votes: 95 41.9%
  • Four to five years.

    Votes: 72 31.7%
  • Until it dies.

    Votes: 33 14.5%

  • Total voters
    227
I ditto this. I still have a 400 mhz G4 PM that I use regularly. It's seven years old and still going strong (even running Tiger quite well!). It stays till it dies.
Cool! 😎

Surprising how useful old Macs can be! 😀
 
3 Years or so...

I keep them for 3 years or so. I finally switched back to mac after having a Gateway and Dell. Dell just died, the hard drive started clicking.

I really don't know why I moved away from mac. That was all I used in college. I can't remember the model but between the screen and tower weighed like 50 lbs.

Never again will I move away from mac...never again.
 
I hope to have my 1 month old MBP for several years. I had my iBook for one year, and my PC before that for almost six.

Oddly, the processors have all been .33: 733, 1.33 and 2.33.
 
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