Yeah until it just decides to stop working... I have a 2010/2011 MBP that is literally falling apart, the battery is dying again and I already replaced it about 3 years ago, not to mention the two additional chargers I've had to buy when they begin to fray. Also, the screen joint is getting pretty loose and the computer gets so hot it's unusable at times. Meanwhile my other computers are a ragtag group of laptops that are 5-10 years old and they're still going strong with very few serious issues.

I guess I'm in the minority, but if my Macbook started falling apart tomorrow, I'd just get a new one right now. I don't really care about any new technology or processors—2013 MBP is more than fast enough for me—enough to wait or get frustrated. Some rumored features like the OLED bar don't sound good at all.

That said, if I bought one tomorrow and a new one came out before the "no questions asked" return policy ends, I'd switch them.

Seconded. There is nothing earth shattering Apple could release that would make a Mac purchased today unusable for the next 2-3 years (at least). My wife's MBA from 2011 is still humming along! If it dies, we'll just pick up a refurbished model from Apple, same as my MBA workstation.

I have a MBP that I bought in 2014, 6 years after I bought my first MBP. I only got the new one because I messed up the main board while installing a new batter on the old one.

I am hoping that I am satisfied with my current one for the next couple of years at least, especially now that we are in the in-between. Sadly, I think that the OLED bar is going to be a deal breaker for me.

As much as I don't want to, I am also considering a Windows laptop. The Gigabyte Aero 14 looks really good due to the long battery life that I've come to expect from the MacBook Pro.

Can definitely recommend the ASUS ZenBook line as well. I got one this year, chopped the internal 512GB SSD in half and have Windows and Linux running. It's a beast of a machine with a high DPI touch screen. Real pleasure to use and very good value.

I have an early 2009 MacBook Pro which I use every day and it works perfectly fine. I had to replace the battery once, and now I get like an hour use of it, but it still works. No problems with heat, hinges work perfectly....I seriously don't know any other laptop which would be in such great shape after 7 years of use.

I sold a 2011 MBP to my friend when I upgraded. He has been very happy with it. Neither of us (as far as I know) took special precautions to take care of it.

On the other hand I use a late 2008 model and it works perfectly fine. The battery is non existent though, but I don't care to buy a new one.

>And no, my 2013 MBP still works just fine and probably will for years.

Mine does too, but the lack of hardware updates is disconcerting enough that my next hardware(laptop/desktop) purchase won't be from Apple. I really like OS X/macOS, but the overall attitude seems to be that they just don't care, so I'll look to something that does care a little more.

That's fine, it is their (or their board's?) choice on what to pursue, but I don't have to buy either. Their priorities have shifted away from macOS and the hardware that runs it. If those priorities haven't shifted, they should consider a retreat or some meeting to determine why fans like myself and many others in this thread feel that way. They should ask themselves why it is taking so long between updates to the Mac Pro, etc. They should ask themselves why they have "Pro" in the name but then leave the hardware out of date (especially since its own name kinda implies it is for power users that want powerful machines).