Re:Apple should stop selling four-year-old computers
by exadeci on Sunday August 07, 2016 @10:01PM
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It's not about the need of new hardware, it's about a company selling you 4 years old computer for the price of a 2016 device.
The Iphone 5 is good enough for the job but you wouldn't you buy an Iphone 5 for $800, would you?
The thing is that if you take today a 2012 MBP the last ones that were upgradables you can, for a few hundred buck make it much more powerful than and 2016 MBP
I have an iMac from 2009 which is totally fine for day to day basic stuff, the kind of usage your average person requires.
I have a 2014 rMBP which is far more than enough for an average user. I use it as my primary development machine and push it pretty hard. Would I like something faster? Sure. But it's not too bad in that capacity.
I also have a 2016 rMB which is more than enough for basic usage and it's not too bad as a development machine. I prefer coding on my MBP but the difference is small enough that I've stopped bringing my work computer home with me.
Long story short: Except for a relatively small group of people with niche needs, people don't need new hardware anymore.