I'm still using my 2006 MacPro and don't feel the need to upgrade yet a while.
I don't have USB.3 or Thunderbolt or even Firewire 800 but I can survive
without them for a while yet. In my experience, Macs do have a longer working
life, though your point is fair. The generations are quite well spread.
When the teacher's leased laptops I mentioned before come up for replacement
after three years, the user is offered the chance to buy them out. People do it
as they often want one for a child or partner. The MacBooks are significantly
more expensive but represent better value and are taken up in greater numbers
proportionately. In comparison, a three year old Acer or whatever doesn't look
like such a good deal against an inexpensive new one.
That's the word, hey - 'inexpensive'. No negative connotation there - though if
I get something 'cheap' I don't feel bad about it! :-)
Andrew Fildes
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On 19/06/2014, at 2:53 AM, Ken Norton wrote:
> At issue with most Apple products is the lack of options as well as
> the occasional lack of compatible ports or external interface options.
> That has certainly been an issue in regards to external drives. With a
> Windows platform, your external drive enclosures will work across
> multiple generations of the computers. With Apple, entire generations
> of interfaces are either not supported or supported on only select
> models. Abandonment has been another issue with Apple. The computers
> are outliving their useful lives because the OS/Software is abandoned.
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