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How old is your mac?

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Bankaimadness

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The mac I am using is about four years. old. (mid 2010 version)


I am expecting another four to five years and I think that is realistic. I hope it will last that long.


I just switched the HDD with a SSD on it.
 
For the category of this sub-forum, my two MacBook Pros are 9 and 7 years old.
An 'ordered-the-day-the-Intel-releases-were-announced' first-gen early 2006 MacBook Pro (ordered the highest-spec model the ordering system would let me order - they later bumped the CPU speeds before shipping, and added an even faster CTO option, I got the auto-bumped CPU speed, but didn't add-on the CTO faster model.) It's the 32-bit-only Core Duo, so it's stuck on OS X 10.6.

A little over a year ago, I traded my also-ordered-the-day-it-was-announced original MacBook for a 2008 MacBook Pro, so I'd have a portable that could run the latest OS. Still my newest laptop. (My wife has a 2014 MacBook Air.)

Wandering out of the category of this sub-forum; My primary day-to-day machine is a 2007 (first-generation Aluminum) iMac, with quite a few upgrades.

Going way outside the category of this sub-forum, my oldest Mac is an original 128k Macintosh, with a serial number indicating it was manufactured the last week of 1983.


davistld01 said:
Just bought a minty Late-2014 rMBP...and I'm keeping it until "the wheels fall off"!!
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Obviously, that's my philosophy as well. I use a system until it can no longer meet my needs - usually due to the hardware no longer supporting the current OS.
 
Nearly four, early 2011 mbp bought in July 2011.

I have just ordered a 2tb hd, and i'm thinking of upgrading the stock 4gb ram. Mine is a 15" 2.0GHz i7, and i'm wondering if 16gb will work. I think it would but if anyone knows for sure I'd appreciate the advice.
 
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2007 15" MBP-purchased myself, still working like molasses
2009 Mac Mini-got free from work
2009 13" MBP-got free from work
2011 13" Air-got free from work
2015 13" rMBP-purchased myself
 
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Well, as a software engineer and cinematographer, my list is pretty long.

Portables:
Early-2011 15" cMBP (2.3 i7/16/512GB 840 Pro/1GB 6750M/AG screen)
Early-2013 15" rMBP (2.4 i7/8/256/1GB 650M) - work supplied
Late-2013 13" rMBP (2.4/4/128) - won from a raffle
Late-2013 13" rMBP (2.8 i7/16/512)
Late-2013 15" rMBP (2.6/16/1TB/750M)
Early-2015 13" rMBP (3.1 i7/16/512)
Early-2015 12" rMB (1.3/8/512 - shipping soon)

Desktops:
Late-2012 Mac Mini (2.6 i7/16/512GB 840 Pro)
Late-2013 iMac 21.5" (3.1 i7/16/256)
Late-2013 iMac 27" (3.5 i7/32/512/4GB 780M)
Late-2014 retina iMac 27" (4.0 i7/32/512/4GB M295X)
Late-2014 Mac Mini (3.0 i7/16/512)
Two late-2013 nMPs (12-core/64/1TB/D700 for both)

I bought all of them at around the same time when my mostly-2009 Macs (several portables and desktops as well, along with two cMPs) started to show their age, and started replacing them over a 2-year period starting from 2013. I don't intend to replace any of them until around 5-6 years down the road.

For just regular purposes (and even some medium-serious work), the 2009 Macs (which I donated to an orphanage) would still do, and in fact, the last time I popped by there to provide software and hardware upgrades for my previous Macs, they were all still running well.
 
I believe I win the prize for the oldest here (although mine is a desktop).....2003 imac G4. Before I got that I still used a 1995 Mac Performa 5200 with 500 MB hard drive....oh yeah!
 
I recently upgraded from a Early 2011 13" MBP (base CPU, upgraded to 16GB RAM, 120GB SSD, 750GB HDD) to a Late 2013 15" MBP (16GB RAM, 256GB SSD). I upgraded solely for the larger screen.
 
doboy said:
2007 15" MBP-purchased myself, still working like molasses
2009 Mac Mini-got free from work
2009 13" MBP-got free from work
2011 13" Air-got free from work
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No more free rMBP from your work? Or they found out you got free and fired you after 2011? :apple:

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won ebay bid for 2007 15" MBP used for a year or two then got 2012 15" rMBP - almost 2 years old. :apple:
 
2007 15" MBP looking to sell it soon
2010 13" MBP looking to sell that one too
2110 15" MBP Might sell it for a newer i7 15"

Been happy with my MBP still have my PC tho
 
sonspot said:
2007 15" MBP looking to sell it soon
2010 13" MBP looking to sell that one too
2110 15" MBP Might sell it for a newer i7 15"

Been happy with my MBP still have my PC tho
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Who's going to buy 2007 15" MBP? Wow, 2110 future model 😉
 
First-generation MBA (2008) still running just fine!

Late-2009 Mac Mini (also still running just fine!)

2012 iMac

Late 2013 rMBP (the one I'm typing on right now)

Shiny new early 2015 rMBP purchased a few weeks ago
 
2 months and 2 weeks old. Not my first Mac, i did sample a used 2011 Pro 'classic' and a 2011 13" Air maybe a year ago. I wasn't ready to hop from Windows and gaming.

I still have a HP Windows laptop for gaming... a slave for downloading etc.

I do love the Mac experience and will always have one.

Didn't get it at first but now i do.
 
I have the mid 2012 one .. coconut battery says 32 months .. and I couldn't be happier .. never ever an issue ..
 
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