I bought my MacBook 5 years ago today! Best computer ive ever owned. I hope she has a few good years left in her.
Hope you backup the HDD and or have changed it in that time frame. Depending on your usage the life of the HDD is likely coming to its end. Also, I'd imagine the battery probably doesn't last too long. Make sure you are not bottlenecking your machine with low RAM. Check the number of pageouts and find out.
Either way, my Aluminum MB Unibody Late 2008 is still going strong. I recently changed the HDD though. My battery is definitely not like it used to be though.
statistically speaking, 90% of all computers fail within their first year of use. So if you're computer is good to go 4 years, it'll probably last u another 4 years.
Source? This sounds like BS to me.
No source exists. It's complete crap, as is the logic that it will fail in the first year or not at all. He's either trolling or ignorant.
I bought my MacBook 5 years ago today! Best computer ive ever owned. I hope she has a few good years left in her.
My 2008 black Macbook is still running strong. Just needs a new battery but I've been running it without a battery for at least a year so it's not really an issue.
My 2010 white MacBooks battery swelled forcing the trackpad to break through the case. There were two tabs that pushed through the plastic breaking it. I use it in closed mode connected to a 24" Samsung monitor. I bought the MB used almost two years ago. I poked through the pouch wrapping the battery with a pin to release the gas and it'e been running fine ever since. Others who have had the same problem did the same thing and reported no further problems with the battery for years.
I'll continue using both till they quit and then I'll buy a few more used Macs. Been thinking of buying a Mac Mini.