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Apple stops giving you software updates after seven years which makes such a device unusable for normal use (browsing, banking, coding etc). Also the ssd will fail sooner or later.

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at the 7 year mark you should probably get a new laptop... really at the 5 year mark unless you got a top of the line machine.

Can’t confirm - my parents still use one of my first work laptops which is over 12 years old and is powered by Linux. It’s enough for all their casual use cases.

Edit: throwing away laptops after 5 years won’t help us to live more in a more environment friendly way don’t u think?

But at that point, you can install Linux on the 12 year old Mac too.

As I wrote, the ssd will die at some point and can’t be replaced

Why after 5 years if it's still working fine?

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