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Who here waits 7+ years before buying a new Mac? The M1 Mac Mini is my first Mac purchase since 2013.

As I’m not a grandparent and because a computer is not an appliance like refrigerator, no, I regularly sell the used one I have after about 2 years and get the latest thing. ?
 
I tend to run as long as possible considering the cost. iMac Tangerine then emac, 2013 iMac then M1 but wonder how far each iteration of the M chips will push things meaning requiring more kit upgrades as software tries to keep up. The cost is starting to smart a lot.
 
MacRazySwe said:
I’m guessing none of you actually sell your old devices? I kept my first 15” MBP for 5+ years. From a financial standpoint it wasn’t very smart, as lost nearly its full value.

Now I try to switch whenever I can make the jump at a reasonable cost. Usually 2-3 years is a good timeframe. Black Friday is perfect for this!

Bought my M1 Air last year on Black Friday and sold my 2018 model on Craigslist. Cost to trade up was $150 or something.
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My understanding is Macs depreciate most per year in the 1st 2-3 years.
 
Many Macs, starting with the first (hand-upgraded it to 512K RAM), the first with slots (Mac II), so many of the towers I can't name them off (beige, sliver faces, blue face), a few of the metal towers (Quad G5, 2009 8-core, 2019 16-core), a couple of Mac Book Pros in between, but no new Macs from 2009 to 2020—no trash can for me—when I bought the current 16-core.

Mac mini M1 16GB/2TB arriving Friday, but I'm buying it and configuring with software for a friend, whose 2010 Pro died. I'll probably get Apple silicon when they "max" the mini, of come out with mini tower.
 
MauiPa said:
meh, slow SSD, and thermal issues
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quite the opposite
i never had a thermal issue and the experience never lagged, even in windows 11
i did install a WD blue which kept the speed the same but expanded the space big time!
 
EuroChilli said:
After 10 years, my 13" 2011 MBP with 16GB of self-upgraded RAM & 1TB SSHD running High Sierra is still usable, on the original battery for at least 4 hours.
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just wondering how this MacBook pro interacts with an iPad, as far as drop off and other continuity.

thanks in advance!
 
For someone who likes shiny new gadgets as much as I do I'm surprised I made it to 7.5 years with my last Mac. It was actually still holding up well but compiling most projects with Xcode was just so painful I discovered.
 
EuroChilli said:
After 10 years, my 13" 2011 MBP with 16GB of self-upgraded RAM & 1TB SSHD running High Sierra is still usable, on the original battery for at least 4 hours. It boots and does quite a few things, like playing iTunes music, movies, and CD's (ever heard of those shiny disc thingys?) but due to software compatibility with most of the Adobe apps among others and no further security updates for online use, I have had to relegate this die hard piece of hardware to digitising vinyl records, scanning photos, and other media jobs like streaming Netflix to a 21" monitor. It won't be for sale, I don't need the money, unless someone wants to one day pay me what a working Apple I is currently worth.

So it has been a decade since I bought my last MacBook. Now rocking a 13" M1 Air. Here's to the next 10 years!
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Your 2011 13" MacBook Pro will run Catalina amazingly well using Dosdude1's Catalina Patcher. It even runs Big Sur with very few issues. That would get you several more years of use out of it, it's still a very strong performer with 16gb and an SSD.
 
If staying strictly Apple computers, I should technically be 1/4th through the 40-year plan.

1983: Apple IIe
2011: mid-2011 13" MBA

Both are still running smoothly; I've been rock solid on Sierra for the past 4 years, and can still play a killer game of Robotron: 2084, Lemonade Stand, Zaxxon, Aztec, Oregon Trail, Pitfall 2: Lost Caverns, Choplifter, and Karateka on my IIe.

Nevertheless, I'm going to be picking up the MBP, and I'm almost sure I know which one it is I'm getting. But as far as durability goes, I'm beyond impressed with how long they last. My MBA can still hold its own compared to my wife's 2019 16" MBP, and compared to all of the PCs I've built, I've easily outlasted the 2-year urge to upgrade/rebuild like I would have done if I kept building PCs.

BL.
 
MBAir2010 said:
just wondering how this MacBook pro interacts with an iPad, as far as drop off and other continuity.

thanks in advance!
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Never used that feature. Only ever had 1 iPad from 2012, it was a gift, wife only uses it for games. I still have no use for a tablet of any kind.
 
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jowaju said:
Your 2011 13" MacBook Pro will run Catalina amazingly well using Dosdude1's Catalina Patcher. It even runs Big Sur with very few issues. That would get you several more years of use out of it, it's still a very strong performer with 16gb and an SSD.
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I am aware I can ‘hack’ it and run a later OS, but there are in fact some minor hardware issues, such as unstable BT and WiFi which I’ve decided are not worth fixing. It is a 1TB Seagate hybrid drive, so not a proper SSD. Also, now that I’ve been using an M1 Air, the old MBP feels like a cinder block, and the screen res is no match, not even close. As I say, in its current condition it works perfectly fine as a simple stay at home media server.
 
I had a Quadra 650, which I upgraded the processor on among other upgrades, for about 5 years—I even spray-painted the tan case to a matte black. I owned many Macs after that, but I kept none of them longer than 2 years until I got a MacPro (2nd revision) for just over 6 years.

I plan to replace my current rig, a 2019 16" intel MBPro with whatever iMac Pro Apple offers early next year. I suspect that Mac will carry me for 5 to 6 years minimum.
 
My signature says it all. Just waiting for the sale of my deceased parents' house to go through then I will be updating my Mac hardware for the first time in nine years.

Proves how much of a plateau we have reached. In the 1990s or even when my Macs were new in 2011 and 2012 it would have been pretty unthinkable for ten year old computer hardware to be still contemporary enough and powerful enough to run new apps.
 
I upgraded from my 2009 Core2 Duo Mac mini. Which I have been very fond of. Its now sat behind the TV waiting for me to clear out the OS and make a bit more useful for looking at online content thats not compatible with the smart TV devices. Even for my basic stuff it had just got to the point it was really starting to annoy me and slow me down on simple tasks.

Liking my M1 Mini, but Sooooo Over powered for my needs today.
Hopefully the 2030 model will also be acceptable. :D

Now pondering changing my iPad mini 2 for the mini 6. Not quite as good a lifespan.
 
I never put on a time limit when it comes to upgrading a computer. I do however do wait about 2-3 years to update my phone/iPad.
 
Wheaty said:
I upgraded from my 2009 Core2 Duo Mac mini. Which I have been very fond of. Its now sat behind the TV waiting for me to clear out the OS and make a bit more useful for looking at online content thats not compatible with the smart TV devices. Even for my basic stuff it had just got to the point it was really starting to annoy me and slow me down on simple tasks.

Liking my M1 Mini, but Sooooo Over powered for my needs today.
Hopefully the 2030 model will also be acceptable. :D

Now pondering changing my iPad mini 2 for the mini 6. Not quite as good a lifespan.
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What monitor, keyboard and mouse are you using?
I learned that Macs don't pay nice with non-Apple hardware.
 
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