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Re:Why We Are No Longer Developing for the iPad by NotOscarWilde on Friday April 17, 2015 @06:22AM (#9393315)
> I have a laptop from mid-2009 that's still good ... was my portable machine until late 2013.

I don't think this should count as a counterexample. You have switched laptops in 2013, and while there could be many valid reasons for that (battery life, more power for development, your old laptop does not support a new OS) it made you old laptop inadequate -- and hence the switch.

Re:Why We Are No Longer Developing for the iPad by tjl on Friday April 17, 2015 @01:00PM (#9395620)
The only reason why I switched laptops was because I got a new one as part of my work. I'd still be using it otherwise.