[Citizen Zed]

California and Turkey. How progressive.

[RIghtwardHo]

I update my phone yearly and my Mac about every 3 years so ...

And never, ever had a problem with any Apple product, unlike Windows, etc.

[Gaffer]

It typically begins the process for models 5-7 years after manufacturing has been discontinued and maintains a list on its website here.

This is why I stopped buying anything from SONY 20 years ago. They have great support/service up to that one point and then they shift everything off to third party thieves. Haven't bought and won't ever again buy ANYTHING from them.

[Boogieman]

See Win XP junkies? Microsoft is not the only company that does this, it is standard industry practice.

[Zathras]

This most likely has to do with vendors like Intel who “End Of Life” a processor family.
This happens all the time...nothing sinister or evil.

[relictele]

When your laws are as bizarre and restrictive as Islamic states, you’re doing it wrong.

[bigbob]

toss it in the crapper and buy a new one. The China economy doesn’t run on vapor you know...

[Swordmaker]

To all good things Apple, an end-of-support-life must come and the following Apple Products will hit that event on June 15, 2015.



If your venerable Apple computer, iPhone, or Airport Router, it may be time to consider by a new one. Or on the other hand, if it is still serving you well, just keep trucking along. Note that you can still get service at an Apple Store on all these products. — PING!

Apple End-of Life for phone service on older Apple Products
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[CarmichaelPatriot]

Meanwhile, most Windows PC’s are replaced every two to three years and most Windows laptops have a life expectancy of about 18 months.

I’m currently using a 2009 Mac Pro, which I’ve upgraded to 12 cores (2 x Xeon X5675 processors), 24GB RAM, 1.5TB SSD and 3x1TB & 1x3TB HDD, and I upgraded the wifi card in it to 802.11a/b/g/n/ac and the Bluetooth to BT4.0LE so it supports the latest Handoff and Continuity features of Yosemite.

I also have 2 MacBook Pro’s. One is a 2011 17” that I use as a second desktop. It’s been upgraded to 16GB RAM, 500GB SSD and the latest WiFi/BT card like the Mac Pro. The other is a 2012 13”, which already has the latest WiFi and BT.

I also use a 2012 Mac Mini as my home server. I have 24GB of storage connected, via USB3.0 and Thunderbolt.

I don’t see having to upgrade or replace any of these for years to come, although I may sell the 17” MacBook Pro and use the Mac Mini as my second desktop.

What’s nice is there’s no license fees, license keys, or malware threats to speak of.

Confession : I do have Windoze 7 installed on the Mac Pro and both MacBook Pros, but only so I can run an Access 2010 application that I need for a car show I manage. I might port that application to Open Office Base and eliminate that need.

[showme_the_Glory]

I still have my Sanyo beta vcr. Someday I’ll move those old home videos to a DVD. /procrastinator