And no new Macs were announced once more

Re:And no new Macs were announced once more by glenda on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @08:35PM (#12449284)

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.

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Re:And no new Macs were announced once more by sotojuan on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @09:38PM (#12449563)

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.

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Re:And no new Macs were announced once more by toomuchtodo on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @09:43PM (#12449586)

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.

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Re:And no new Macs were announced once more by partisan on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @10:00PM (#12449658)

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.

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Re:And no new Macs were announced once more by socmag on Thursday September 08, 2016 @03:36AM (#12450999)

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.

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Re:And no new Macs were announced once more by gambiting on Thursday September 08, 2016 @06:32AM (#12451743)

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.

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Re:And no new Macs were announced once more by rangibaby on Thursday September 08, 2016 @03:13AM (#12450899)

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.

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Re:And no new Macs were announced once more by wingerlang on Thursday September 08, 2016 @05:05AM (#12451384)

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.

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