Re:How and why I stopped buying new laptops
by taylodl on Friday February 19, 2021 @11:33AM
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Exactly. I'm running a 2012 MacBook Pro with all the latest patches and I'll continue getting patched for another year - then I can decide whether I want to upgrade to Catalina. I'm running Mojave by choice - I could have upgraded to Catalina but chose not to.
So, if I do nothing then I'll have had the machine for ten years before no longer receiving patches. If I upgrade to Catalina, which I probably won't, then I'll get 11. I don't think getting 10 years out of a laptop that's been my daily driver is a bad deal.
Yeah, I can't upgrade to Big Sur. So what? I'm still running on an OS that's supported and getting patched.
So, if I do nothing then I'll have had the machine for ten years before no longer receiving patches. If I upgrade to Catalina, which I probably won't, then I'll get 11. I don't think getting 10 years out of a laptop that's been my daily driver is a bad deal.
Yeah, I can't upgrade to Big Sur. So what? I'm still running on an OS that's supported and getting patched.