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A comment on Apple’s new M1 Pro and M1 Max processors. Parent comment

Re:Apple’s new M1 Pro and M1 Max processors by sudhirj on Monday October 18, 2021 @02:47PM (#28909695)
All of my Apple laptops (maybe even all their products) see about 5 to 8 years of service. Sometimes with me, sometimes as hand-me-downs. So they’ve been pretty excellent at not winding up in the trash.

Even software updates often stretch as far back as 5 year old models, so they’re pretty good with this.

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Re:Apple’s new M1 Pro and M1 Max processors by dntrkv on Monday October 18, 2021 @03:13PM (#28910148)
Big Sur is officially supported by 2013 Mac models (8 years).

iOS 15 is supported by the 6s, which was 2015. So 6 years.

And I still know people using devices from these eras. Apple may not be repair friendly, but at the end of the day, their devices are the least likely to end up in the trash.

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Re:Apple’s new M1 Pro and M1 Max processors by patall on Monday October 18, 2021 @04:08PM (#28910936)
And here I am sitting at my 2011 Dell Latitude wondering what is so special about that. My sis had my 2013 Sony Duo but that's now become unusable with its broken, built-in battery. Yes, 5 to 8 years of service is nice, but not great or out of norm for a $1000+ laptop.
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Re:Apple’s new M1 Pro and M1 Max processors by murukesh_s on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @02:25AM (#28915372)
I guess 2011 Latitudes were the pro models? they were built like a tank.. not anymore i guess
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Re:Apple’s new M1 Pro and M1 Max processors by jbverschoor on Monday October 18, 2021 @04:34PM (#28911316)
Because they run windows.

If you look at android phones, you're looking at a few years only.

Because of software

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Re:Apple’s new M1 Pro and M1 Max processors by patall on Monday October 18, 2021 @04:45PM (#28911466)
Parent is talking about laptops, I am talking about laptops, why are you talking about smartphones? Though I also had my Samsung S2plus from 2013 to 2019 in use, and that was fairly cheap. I do not know any IPhone users that had theirs for longer.
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Re:Apple’s new M1 Pro and M1 Max processors by lamnk on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @05:42AM (#28916403)
My iphone 2G from 2007 still works well into 2013-2014.
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