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Re:Tell HN: I used the same computer since 2007 (with minor ... by harha on Monday June 06, 2022 @09:52PM (#31648974)
My first iPad, I believe it was the third generation: I would have never used it if it were as slow as it has become today. It also lost some synchronization options, though I don’t recall what it was.

That being said: I kept my 2013 MacBook Pro retina until a few months ago, one year after a battery replacement which ended up breaking other parts and becoming to expensive to fix. Otherwise it ran perfectly fine and the high quality screen was almost on par to current screens.

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Re:Tell HN: I used the same computer since 2007 (with minor ... by captn3m0 on Monday June 06, 2022 @11:46PM (#31649667)
I have the second gen iPad (iPad 2 3G) and I still use it for reading books and comics. The battery is still reasonable for the little usage it sees.

Unfortunately, upgrading to iOS9 makes it utterly unusable so I have it still running iOS8. The only issue is Apple doesn’t let you download older versions of apps unless you’d bought them way back.

I really wish Apple let alternate firmwares on these devices, I would love to run KOReader on my iPad over Linux.

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Re:Tell HN: I used the same computer since 2007 (with minor ... by jquery on Monday June 06, 2022 @10:21PM (#31649157)
I’m still using my 2013 MPro Retina as a nice backup computer (when I need to do MacOS things), I refuse to sell it. It had the last good keyboard before the butterfly came along.
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Re:Tell HN: I used the same computer since 2007 (with minor ... by Wowfunhappy on Monday June 06, 2022 @10:58PM (#31649375)
> It had the last good keyboard before the butterfly came along.

Wasn't the last of those the 2015 Macbook Pro?

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Re:Tell HN: I used the same computer since 2007 (with minor ... by manuelmoreale on Monday June 06, 2022 @11:49PM (#31649689)
It indeed was the 2015 model. I have an early 2015 MBP sitting in my desk as I’m typing this which I use primarily as a slack machine and it still has the old good keyboard.
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Re:Tell HN: I used the same computer since 2007 (with minor ... by jquery on Tuesday June 07, 2022 @10:37AM (#31654986)
Oh my bad then! Still. The retina screen and it still being supported natively is just chefs kiss.
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Re:Tell HN: I used the same computer since 2007 (with minor ... by clintonwoo on Tuesday June 07, 2022 @12:16AM (#31649861)
My same iPad was real slow until one day I did a system reset on it and it was good as new. It progressively has slowed down slowly since then, but I haven't installed the same amount of apps on it. It makes a big difference, maybe try it.
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