I'm waiting for my 2009 MacBook Pro to die, or at least refuse to update to the latest OS. So far no luck. I can't even get a key to fall off. This thing is a tank.
Dammit, mines a 2014. I’m gonna have to wait at least 5 more years to get a new one?
Mid-2009 is the cut off point at which the newest OS will not work. That’s what mine is and it runs like a tank as well. But looks like an upgrade to a newer model will be in the offing for me. I may opt for a MacBook Air this time around.
This is NOT an accident. One way to get more reliable chips is to PAY for extended Burn-In, which is expensive but screens infant mortality in ICs. There is a reason why most laptops fail in 2-3 years; but Macs tend to last well beyond this time. Apple is not a cheap commodity product, they seem to do a very good job screening their chips, because these machines last.
“I’m waiting for my 2009 MacBook Pro to die, or at least refuse to update to the latest OS. So far no luck. I can’t even get a key to fall off. This thing is a tank. “
Yeah, we’re a Mac household too. We have an old Dell PC that we got before Parallels because Nolo Press refuses to put some of it’s legal packages in the Mac environment. The damned thing is like a British car. If we really needed it, we’d have to buy another one just to be sure one of them would answer the call. Every time we use it we wonder if it’s really going to start up.