Top Apple analyst says MacBook demand has fallen ‘significantly’::A top Apple analyst said Wednesday that shipments for MacBook computers will decline around 30% year over year.

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    1 year ago

    I replaced my surface pronwith a surface pro 9. So went from February 2013 to Nov 2022. Worked well for me sll that time.

    Surface pro 9 won’t get replaced until the 30s

    Just don’t buy cheap shit

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      Just don’t buy cheap shit

      For a lot of people that’s easier said than done, shits expensive yo

      That said, I had bought a Sony Vaio in 2012 that just crapped out last year, and I replaced it with an upper end Lenovo Thinkpad that’ll hopefully get similar mileage. Same with phones, I bought a OnePlus 8 Pro in 2020 that is still humming along seamlessly. Before that, I had a Nexus that I had had forever (and kept working thanks to CyanogenMod/LineageOS).

      There’s a huge benefit in buying high quality stuff in that they usually tend to last a lot longer than middle of the road/low end. Then again, I’m extremely thankful that I’ve worked my way into a financial position to do so. But alas, it’s Vimes Boots Theory at work.

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        I still have a 2011 MacBook Pro at home, trucking along running Monterey like a champ. Absolutely solid little machine, that, but it ought to be considering how much I paid for it back then.

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        Save up longer to buy a higher quality device or be prepared to replace the device more often

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      I’m not following — what’s the cheap shit you’re referring to here?

      It’s cool that you were able to keep your Surface for so long though. I wish more people would hang onto their tech until it actually needs replacing.

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        Cheap laptops. When you buy a quality / smilingly priced windows laptop they can last as long as a Mac book

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          Ah, gotcha. Yeah, I often find myself pushing friends and family to spend a little bit more on laptops (regardless of brand) because I know they could keep them for longer if they did. I always remind them that it’s cheaper to buy a good laptop once than it is to buy three shitty ones.

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            Yup. Buy a $500 windows laptop and kf course it would end up failing before a $2000 Mac book

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        My personal Mac laptop lost connection from video card to board. It is a well known issue in older models.

        That was the last Mac I bought. I didn’t see a reason to drop $3k when I could get something as good for half the price.

        But I risked if Linux would run on hardware…

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          Okay? I don’t get what that has to do with what I said though. I’d love to see the half-the-price-but-just-as-good options today though, I’m not aware of any.

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      I remember buying a surface pro 2 when it came out. Battery crapped after 2 years of light use. Hinges failed on keyboard. All around very cheaply built. I heard they got better after that but I never bothered going back to the surface lineup. It was a really disappointing product compared to it’s apple counterparts.

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        I had never experienced that. My pro 1 is still working but the battery life after a decade is less than an hour.

        Apple has had a slew of problem models like butterfly keyboards and other crapple issues. But of you enjoy them more power to you.

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      My Asus laptop from 2011 is still running with Linux. But, it’s time to change this one after 12 years.

      It cost me a huge amount of money at the time but worth it.