Also using the 2020 M1 as a work laptop. If you stuck the internals in to the new case and told me its the 2023 model, I wouldn't notice it wasn't brand new.

I'm on an Acer 16GB/1TB laptop from 2015 that runs as smooth as day one (Ubuntu). I think the workload just hasn't increased much except for gaming and some niches like GPU workloads.

Same, bought an M1 16" MBP w/the Max chip, basically all the best specs. Unless there's a titanic shift in performance I probably won't be buying any new laptops for a while.

My M1 Macbook pro is exactly the same, it's probably the best computer I have ever had (but younger me that tinkered more probably hates me for it)

The only downside for me with the original M1 was the lack of external monitor support like the previous Pro had. That’s been fixed with the M1 Max.

Can you be more specific? I dock my M1 Air to a 4k display all the time.

Dock it to two - the M1 can only handle one external display; the previous Intel MacBook Pros could do four; and the M1 Max brings this back. I have four external monitors + the internal and the M1 couldn't do it; the M1 Max can so I held out.

(You can do a hacky thing with DisplayLink adapters that emulate a virtual screen somehow but it IS hacky - https://support.displaylink.com/knowledgebase/articles/19166... )

Uh, but it should be or is the norm?

Which laptop or pc is dying after 3 years?