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Re:SEC Sues Musk and Seeks Ban for His Tweets on Go-Private ... by snowwrestler on Thursday September 27, 2018 @10:57PM (#18090642)
I'm posting this from a Macbook Pro I bought in November 2008. My family uses it daily.

My daily work computer is a 2012 Macbook Air which I dropped from a standing height 4 years ago. It has one bent corner but still runs great.

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Re:SEC Sues Musk and Seeks Ban for His Tweets on Go-Private ... by visarga on Friday September 28, 2018 @02:16AM (#18091401)
I still have iMacs from 2007 that are being used by my kids. I only upgraded the HDD to SSD a couple of years ago and they work flawlessly. No viruses, no tech support needed for 10 years.

That is just amazing hardware, but on the other hand, I have a pair of AirPods that just can't autoconnect to my MacBook unless I fiddle with the Bluetooth and speaker icons in the toolbar every time. And AirPods were fucking expensive and both are produced by Apple. What gives? How can they be so incompetent in making a wireless device connect to another wireless device?

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Re:SEC Sues Musk and Seeks Ban for His Tweets on Go-Private ... by chrisweekly on Friday September 28, 2018 @07:33AM (#18092545)
Yeah Bluetooth sucks, and this is compounded by Apple's subpar BT handling in macOS.

That said, my Sennheiser HD1 headphones are absolutely amazing, and I don't miss being physically tethered to my laptop.

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Re:SEC Sues Musk and Seeks Ban for His Tweets on Go-Private ... by prewett on Friday September 28, 2018 @03:06AM (#18091546)
I think the problem with the AirPods is Bluetooth. I refuse to use any Bluetooth device because I've never had a pleasant experience with it.
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Re:SEC Sues Musk and Seeks Ban for His Tweets on Go-Private ... by gambiting on Friday September 28, 2018 @04:51AM (#18091899)
Yep, I'm still using a 2008 MacBook Pro daily - I only replaced the HDD with an SSD and it runs great.
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Re:SEC Sues Musk and Seeks Ban for His Tweets on Go-Private ... by econ_th0 on Friday September 28, 2018 @06:09AM (#18092193)
i am still using my t420 think pad from 2008

runs perfect

just saying...

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