Please explain. Are you suggesting there will be an aftermarket company that will buy this 2 year old useless laptop for scrap? How much will they pay for this once $3000 laptop? $50? $100 tops?
To those that have this disposable mentality, it is no wonder you support and rally around Apple's marketing strategy. They have trained you well.
I am from the opposite spectrum. I expect something to last forever as long as it has not become technologically obsolete.
My sister has a 7 year old Compaq laptop she originally bought for $700 and it's still running strong. I have a 2-3 year old Compaq laptop still running strong except for the non charging battery.
If you guys have no problem with "chucking" a 2 year old computer then you should probably ask yourself, "How green or environmentally conscious and responsible AM I really?"
Blah, blah, blah blah freaking blah.
Boring.
In other words, by your own standards, you have a boat anchor.
And you blue, have a vivid imagination. PC Labs, computer that are actually used rarely have more than a three year life span, even then then, only with considerable maintenance.
There will be an aftermarket company making replacement batteries. Assuming Apple stops making them, which is unlikely for at least 5 years.
I have a 2-3 year old Compaq laptop still running strong except for the non charging battery.
So your Compaq with a non-charging battery is "still running strong" after two years, but a Mac with a non-charging battery is "useless" and a "boat anchor"? WHY does your Compaq have a non-charging battery? Wasn't it covered by warranty? Aren't they incredibly cheap and easy to replace?
Wow, you’re hostile toward Apple. Have to be to come to that conclusion.
He meant that you’ll be able to buy an aftermarket battery by the time you need one.
And as you yourself have a “laptop still running strong except for the non charging battery” you understand that even if MacBook’s battery dies you can still just plug it in and run it that way.
Gack, amazing how much hate one good company can inspire...
You said — Please explain. Are you suggesting there will be an aftermarket company that will buy this 2 year old useless laptop for scrap? How much will they pay for this once $3000 laptop? $50? $100 tops?
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It’s much, much simpler than that.
It’s not a boat anchor, because you simply replace the battery... LOL... (after five years, if you still have it, and/or the 1,000 full recharge cycles). As I said, there is a vibrant after-market network of suppliers out there.
Oh...., and one more thing you may not be aware of, the Apple computers last a lot longer than what one would normally think of, for the life of a product such as a computer (desktop or laptop). And because of that, you’ll find that people who do decide to sell theirs, get a lot higher price than one might think was possible on the “other side of the fence”... :-)
Let me give you a clue as to how some people sell their laptops, and for some real premium prices, too. They will get a two year extension on a warranty on their computer. And, of course, they care for their computer as one should (i.e., don’t beat it up, considering the resale value). And then, when they do sell it, after two years, they command some premium prices and that computer comes with a *full warranty* still intact, so that the buyer can be assured that he (or she) will have coverage for quite a while afterwards.
Now, you can keep trading up and trading up, barely losing any money on your laptop and do *quite well* getting a new product every two years. It’s a *fantastic way to go* actually...
Of course, this same technique would be *absolutely impossible* for the PC-type computers, because they are trash after a couple of years... (and so, according to your own experience you’re *perfectly right*).