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Re:The increasingly long lives of old Macs by kedean on Monday August 17, 2015 @12:27PM (#10074142)
You can't compare a desktop with a laptop. They are completely different use cases, of course a desktop is fine years later.
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Re:The increasingly long lives of old Macs by kbenson on Monday August 17, 2015 @12:30PM (#10074170)
Why? What makes a laptop not fine after a few years that a desktop doesn't have to deal with?
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Re:The increasingly long lives of old Macs by epistasis on Monday August 17, 2015 @12:37PM (#10074217)
Being hauled around everywhere and put through all sorts of physical stress.
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Re:The increasingly long lives of old Macs by kbenson on Monday August 17, 2015 @12:43PM (#10074276)
I think plenty of people take enough care of their laptops that the impact of physical stress is reduced. As others have stated, build quality probably has a lot to do with it. I think it's less Macs vs others than high build quality vs lower build quality. The fact that macs are just one of many builders (although possibly the one with the highest build quality) can skew this.
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Re:The increasingly long lives of old Macs by epistasis on Monday August 17, 2015 @12:57PM (#10074391)
Regardless of whether some people can tiptoe around it and mitigate the consequences, a physical durability and portability is the main difference between laptops and desktops.

Sure, it's high-vs-low build quality, but MacBooks really do have something here that nobody else is doing: unibody aluminum frames, a big feature for durability, weight, and portability.

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