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How many years will the 2016 MB12 be good for?
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5-8 years probably
unless you are doing specialized workloads (encoding, inference, highly multithreaded sw), cpu perf won't make the biggest difference
I've been using a 2010 laptop for the past 7 years (ssd + ram upgraded at some point) and it ran everything that my current mbp runs basically the same 90% of the time. The other 10% is like running VM's, building android, or other stuff that I rarely do.
unless you are doing specialized workloads (encoding, inference, highly multithreaded sw), cpu perf won't make the biggest difference
I've been using a 2010 laptop for the past 7 years (ssd + ram upgraded at some point) and it ran everything that my current mbp runs basically the same 90% of the time. The other 10% is like running VM's, building android, or other stuff that I rarely do.
At least 5 years, and that's only due to the battery losing charge.
Is "battery losing charge" synonymous with "high battery cycles"? Or will a battery deteriorate even if it's on the charger most days?
The battery will die of old age even if you don't hit 1000 charge cycles
