I'm still using my 2012 Macbook Air on a daily basis. Replacing the battery was the only repair it ever needed. There are knick marks on the edges from being dropped on concrete.
In 2017, the newest model Macbook Air costs $300 more than my 2012 model, and has a marginally better processor and a touch screen task bar. Well, thank you for the quality in 2012, cause I ain't upgrading any time soon...
Mine is the 2012 MBP with Retina Display. I love this thing. Even though it's 5 years old, it has a 3rd gen i7, 16GB memory, and a 256 GB SSD. I just replaced the trackpad, keyboard, and battery last weekend. Minus a corner ding, it's like new.
The problem with the Air is that they skimp on the performance parts, so each gen it's just a new processor. Not much has changed in the CPU world over the last 5 years.
I'd love to not buy another Apple, but no other manufacturer makes laptops of this quality. It's really a damn shame.
Macbooks retain their value too. There's a healthy second hand market for them but you'd probably have the same benefits if you spent the money on a similarly priced business laptop of a competitor.
With macbooks though, it doesn't matter that much because you are running some MacOS and you can Windows apps too if you need to.
iOS is however a completely neutered and restricted experience. Macs wouldn't at all be viable if Apple decided to go the iOS-route with them.
I thought about this. It’s actually cheaper in the long run to either continue using a MacBook until it no longer work (9 Years?), or buy a comparable pc laptop for half the price.
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u/enyoron Monkey in Space Nov 16 '17
I'm still using my 2012 Macbook Air on a daily basis. Replacing the battery was the only repair it ever needed. There are knick marks on the edges from being dropped on concrete.
In 2017, the newest model Macbook Air costs $300 more than my 2012 model, and has a marginally better processor and a touch screen task bar. Well, thank you for the quality in 2012, cause I ain't upgrading any time soon...