I have early 2011 15" Macbook pro, and I hope resell value cash is enough for me to buy new mac.
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I feel jealous.
Heck no!
How is it outdated? It's still 2011!! Floppy disks and Zip disks are outdated; Rotary phones and Black-and-White TVs are outdated. Polaroids (sadly) are outdated. But a MBP built this year, is far from outdated, even in the next few years.
Use your Mac as a tool to help you be more productive as a human, (and for some, this makes money), not as a missing puzzle piece. My Mac is a tool, and is an aid to help me make money, therefore, I got my money's worth out of my Mac.
Satisfy your desire to have the latest and greatest with a great girlfriend instead
....and then you will end up having to buy her a Mac as well
P.S. your computer isn't going to be that outdated anytime soon. It is not like using a bondi-blue iMac in 2011 or anything. Your Mac still has A LOT of useful life in the coming years ahead. As long as it still works for you, does it really matter?
If this still doesn't help you, think of it this way... Here in Arizona, there are the old fashioned six digit license plates (XXX-XXX), and the new seven digit license plates (XXXXXXX). People seem to desire the older six digit plates because it means they have had their PLATE longer therefore have had more experience driving/are an "established resident." (PLATE, not CAR, as here in AZ, you just move your old plates to your new car).
Where as the newer 7 digit plates are considered "newbies" to the state, and as wrong as it is, are often told to "Go back to Iowa".......No offense to any Iowans.
Some people feel the same way about Macs, they have always been Mac vs. "newbie" PC switchers
Satisfy your desire to have the latest and greatest with a great girlfriend instead
....and then you will end up having to buy her a Mac as well P.S. your computer isn't going to be that outdated anytime soon. It is not like using a bondi-blue iMac in 2011 or anything. Your Mac still has A LOT of useful life in the coming years ahead. As long as it still works for you, does it really matter?
If this still doesn't help you, think of it this way... Here in Arizona, there are the old fashioned six digit license plates (XXX-XXX), and the new seven digit license plates (XXXXXXX). People seem to desire the older six digit plates because it means they have had their PLATE longer therefore have had more experience driving/are an "established resident." (PLATE, not CAR, as here in AZ, you just move your old plates to your new car).
Where as the newer 7 digit plates are considered "newbies" to the state, and as wrong as it is, are often told to "Go back to Iowa
".......No offense to any Iowans.Some people feel the same way about Macs, they have always been Mac vs. "newbie" PC switchers
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I feel nothing. I empty my piggy bank and head to the closest Apple Store for the latest model.
Meh. I've become accustomed to having products that are well behind the cutting edge. They usually are when I buy them and the iPad 2 was an rare exception to this and even if not cutting edge per se, the MBP is at least the current and recently updated model. But usually I make do with older and/or older products, that I make last me for a few years. About the only time it bothers me though is when something starts to fall short of my needs or a new product introduces some must have new feature. If it just does the same but a bit faster, I'm not all that bothered.
I find computers to be a lot like cars. Just because the new models come out doesn't mean your car suddenly can't drive. And just because it goes 0-60mph half a second faster doesn't mean you would feel any speed effects unless you're a NASCAR driver. In the same sense, if you aren't a professional who needs every core working at 100%, are you really going to notice the .000001 speed difference when opening your Internet browser?
One of Apple's advertising strategies is to let the potential buyer know how much better the new product is as compared to the older product. For Macs, they have those graphs to show processor and graphics improvements. Anyone who looks at an item newer than theirs on Apple.com is, likely, going to feel some level of envy. This is part of the whole game Apple plays.
this. i love my 2002 car, even though it's older and slower than a lot of new ones. And i don't feel bad about my MBP being out of date (although it's an early 2011 so it's really only out of date in terms of GHz) it can still handle everything I throw at it, and it will be able to do so for years to come.
2004 here, with 175,000 Miles....still running like day 1 and 40 miles off the lot. Though the tire on the front drivers side is low, and keeps going low, so I need to get that tire repaired.
Early 2011 MacBook Pro bought at the refurb store, which replaced the 2006 Core Duo black MacBook.