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Re:Apple Halted M2 Chip Production in January Amid 'Plummeti... by JALTU on Monday April 03, 2023 @12:19PM (#35426494)
Yup - I was happily doing everything I always do (as above) on my 15" 2012 MBP w/ 16GB memory up until some power chip on the mobo died. It was only lagging a bit w/ certain websites in Chrome. I still have three other Macs from around 2012 working just fine, one being my music server.

So I was asking myself if I "need" the fancy laptop screen and excellent audio of a 14" MBP for $2K (no video production, no graphic design, no VR/AR, but hey, Electron apps all day long!).

Answer is no, clearly. But any Apple Silicon at this point is (hopefully) another ten year machine.

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Re:Apple Halted M2 Chip Production in January Amid 'Plummeti... by eastbound on Monday April 03, 2023 @02:36PM (#35429085)
Except each macOS upgrade slows down the machine to a crawl. I still remember when I got my 2013 MBP 15”, you opened the screen and the login appeared smoothly. Now it struggles at each step of the fade in, and lags a few seconds before showing the password box.
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