Standard Upgrade Cycle

[rhyndu]

I'm just curious: what is the standard update cycle for you (on your portable?)

This does NOT include issues/unnormal problems!

For me, it depends but generally I try to get a new mid-high range MB every two-three years.

 

[blahbrah]

pretty much until the thing is dead. I've never bought a computer within 5 years of each other.

 

[thejadedmonkey]

I try for every 3 years, because after that the warranty is out, I start to get nervous... Plus every 3 years, there's been enough advances in computing that I can justify the new machine🙂

 

[JNB]

Three years is the depreciation schedule allowed by the IRS. It's written off by then, so I sell it & get a new one, and start over.

 

[Cliff3]

A very similar question has already been asked recently: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/420605/

 

[Hawkeye411]

Hard to say

 

[tip]

Every four years for me. After the support runs out, it's just one year more.

 

[rhyndu]

Three years is the depreciation schedule allowed by the IRS. It's written off by then, so I sell it & get a new one, and start over.

Sorry? Deprecation schedual from the IRS (ya, I know who the tax guys for you yankees are, but didn't know they cared about technology in any way!)

A very similar question has already been asked recently: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/420605/

Not so. Similar, yes. But that question asks about your current machine.

For instance, I voted two years on this, but because my machine is 1.5 years old now, I voted less than 1 year on the other 😛

 

[letswastetime]

before my macbook i had a desktop for about 2.5 years but usually about 3

 

[JNB]

Sorry? Deprecation schedual from the IRS (ya, I know who the tax guys for you yankees are, but didn't know they cared about technology in any way!)

Appy polly loggies for my continent-centricity! 😱

The tax folks allow a business deduction on equipment & machinery, depreciating its value over time. Computers (like desktop & notebook) are a three-year schedule.

 

[/dev/toaster]

Every 2 - 3 years and about every 5 - 6 years on my personal home server.

 

[mrtune]

The last laptop I bought before buying my macbook for christmas was a used dell laptop back in the fall of 2004. I think it was 1-2 years old when I got it. A latitude C400 with a PIII 866MHZ lol. That sucker has had the battery changed and the screen change one time each since I've owned it and is still kicking strong today. I have since given it to my brother to use. This was probably the most reliable computer I have ever used and it has been abused like no other.

If my macbook is anywhere near as reliable as that thing, I should easily be able to hold on to this one for at least 4 years. Hopefully more.