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0 pointsunsupp0rted2y ago0 comments

They tend to support their old devices for 5-10 years

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Exactly. I don't know where people get this about Apple. There are so many things that one could criticize Apple about, but older hardware support is not one of them

evandale2y ago

My custom built desktop that runs Linux/Windows is going on 24 years old. I don't think 10 year old electronics are anything worth writing home about.

Apple also writes horrible software and breaks perfectly fine APIs with every OS release to eventually force you into hardware upgrades.

MikeKusold2y ago

Somehow I don’t believe your Pentium 3 (1999) or your Pentium 4 (2000) processor is still your main computer.

Windows and Ubuntu have dropped support for 32 bit processors.

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unsupp0rtedOP2y ago

Saying that it's physically possible to build and service a desktop that lasts a quarter century has no relationship to the length of support a consumer electronics company should offer.

I can still boot my white clamshell Macbook from almost 20-years ago. It didn't disintegrate at the 5-year or 10-year mark.

That doesn't mean Apple must continue to support it.

chuckhendo2y ago

Oh I don't disagree with that! I should have specified that, at least in the mobile world, Apple is much better about supporting their hardware for the average person than the alternatives

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chuckhendo2y ago

Exactly. I don't know where people get this about Apple. There are so many things that one could criticize Apple about, but older hardware support is not one of them

evandale2y ago

My custom built desktop that runs Linux/Windows is going on 24 years old. I don't think 10 year old electronics are anything worth writing home about.

Apple also writes horrible software and breaks perfectly fine APIs with every OS release to eventually force you into hardware upgrades.

MikeKusold2y ago

Somehow I don’t believe your Pentium 3 (1999) or your Pentium 4 (2000) processor is still your main computer.

Windows and Ubuntu have dropped support for 32 bit processors.

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unsupp0rtedOP2y ago

Saying that it's physically possible to build and service a desktop that lasts a quarter century has no relationship to the length of support a consumer electronics company should offer.

I can still boot my white clamshell Macbook from almost 20-years ago. It didn't disintegrate at the 5-year or 10-year mark.

That doesn't mean Apple must continue to support it.

chuckhendo2y ago

Oh I don't disagree with that! I should have specified that, at least in the mobile world, Apple is much better about supporting their hardware for the average person than the alternatives

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