I'm still rocking my MacBook Unibody (Late 2008). Coming up to 7 years old and the only issue is the battery is down to an hour and half, which sucks.
Other than that, 8GB RAM and a 120GB SSD gave it the much needed boost (5 years ago...).
Re:Retina Macbook 2015 Teardown
by gregschlom on Friday April 17, 2015 @10:36AM
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> Other than that, 8GB RAM and a 120GB SSD gave it the much needed boost (5 years ago...).
Which actually proves the GP point that making devices not easily repairable and upgradable does generate more e-waste
Re:Retina Macbook 2015 Teardown
by on_and_off on Friday April 17, 2015 @12:10PM
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I still heavily use my high end MBP early 2011.
I switched to an SSD and 16 go of ram when it became unuseable last year, adding 1 or 2 years of use.
I don't see how I could do something similar with Apple's curent product line.
I've had my current Apple laptop for three years, and see no need to replace it any time soon. The Apple laptop I had before that lasted me five years, and a relative is still using it (so, eight years). The HP laptop I had before that lasted about a year and a half before literally beginning to fall apart.
If anything, I would have said that Apple, along with Lenovo, are about the _best_ for longevity in this space.