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If you buy something new, isn't it reasonable to expect something is new? Not four years old and soon to be antiquated?

Have you ever bought a TI calculator?

Yes my 20 year old TI84 still works fine.

Do you really think a new Mac is like a 20 year old graphing calculator? How about an iPhone or iPad? Nokia phone? Am radio? Is a Tesla different from a Ford model T?

No, it isn't reasonable. You can buy a "741" op-amp IC, and it's the same circuit on the silicon as it was in 1968. It's just "newly made".

A new pair of jeans isn't going to have some amazing new development compared to the pair you had 25 years ago. Same YKK zipper, etc.

Are the jeans going to be antiquated and unsupported soon after purchase?

Obviously yes. Trick question?

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