Boils down to your definition of the words "enough" and "flawlessly" - and that is quite subjective from person to person.
Flawless isn't really a subjective term. It means without any flaws - and thus the answer to the OPs question is no.
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Boils down to your definition of the words "enough" and "flawlessly" - and that is quite subjective from person to person.
Flawless isn't really a subjective term. It means without any flaws - and thus the answer to the OPs question is no.
Hi,
I need your opinions please.
I'm about to purchase a Haswell based 13' rMBP and I want to keep it an absolute minimum of 8 years.
Do you guys think getting the i7 and 16gb of ram will be enough to keep this machine running flawlessly for 8 years time?
Thank you for any opinions and advice![]()
The longevity of SSDs over that timeframe is an unknown at present.
Theoretically, you could write a few dozen gigabytes of data per day to a modern SSD and still get a decade or more out of it.
Yeah... theoretically.
I've had too many flash-based thumb drives die without warning to trust that entirely, though. I do trust Apple to have chosen their SSDs carefully and tested them extensively, though. But eight years... that's a long time for anything electronic.
Hi,
I need your opinions please.
I'm about to purchase a Haswell based 13' rMBP and I want to keep it an absolute minimum of 8 years.
Do you guys think getting the i7 and 16gb of ram will be enough to keep this machine running flawlessly for 8 years time?
Thank you for any opinions and advice![]()
Hi,
I need your opinions please.
I'm about to purchase a Haswell based 13' rMBP and I want to keep it an absolute minimum of 8 years.
Do you guys think getting the i7 and 16gb of ram will be enough to keep this machine running flawlessly for 8 years time?
Thank you for any opinions and advice![]()
Again, OP may want to consider a refurbished (and likely upgraded) cMBP. Throw in a SSD if you want and 8gb RAM for now (maybe do 16 later). Depending in your uses, the benefits of being able to replace failed parts later may outweigh the retina display and slimmer body. Battery life is probably negligible with Mavericks. The processor speed differences between Ivy Bridge and Haswell also aren't that much. You lose out on ports, but those change quickly anyway.
This would be a good idea if the OP was trying to last 4-5 years on the cheap, but 8 years "flawlessly" (not really possible anyway) is even harder with a cMBP.
My thought was the ability to change out parts on a cMBP. That's a lot easier to do than on a rMBP. Refurbished because OP might find one with higher specs than the new ones you can buy right now. Even if he/she buys a new base model, they can upgrade the RAM and hard drive. Stores like Micro Center and probably some others will install the new hardware for a small fee if OP doesn't want to do it themselves. My greater concern was the battery though. A cMBP can definitely be replaced in 4-5 years quite easily while the rMBP will probably only be able to be done by Apple or an AASP for a chunk of change. In terms of build quality, if you put a SSD in the cMBP, there probably isn't a whole lot of difference. My mid-2009 MBP just got a new battery and a Mavericks upgrade, and it's doing pretty well.
You can't buy a cMBP that is faster then the new rMBPs. That's why they're new.Refurbished because OP might find one with higher specs than the new ones you can buy right now.
Here is the baseline MacBook Pro in 2006. It's around 7 years old and would be skimpy today, but operable for browsing and whatnot.
[long spec list]
This makes sense except for this which was my whole point:
You can't buy a cMBP that is faster then the new rMBPs. That's why they're new.
Hi,
I need your opinions please.
I'm about to purchase a Haswell based 13' rMBP and I want to keep it an absolute minimum of 8 years.
Do you guys think getting the i7 and 16gb of ram will be enough to keep this machine running flawlessly for 8 years time?
Thank you for any opinions and advice![]()
Hi,
I need your opinions please.
I'm about to purchase a Haswell based 13' rMBP and I want to keep it an absolute minimum of 8 years.
Do you guys think getting the i7 and 16gb of ram will be enough to keep this machine running flawlessly for 8 years time?
Thank you for any opinions and advice![]()