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If my 2013 MacBook Pro 13's battery wasn't bloated to dangerous levels, and if battery replacements weren't prohibitively expensive compared to buying a new set when discounted, I might still have been using my old one instead of upgrading to a M2 MacBook Pro.

I was on Mojave for the longest time before my upgrade forced me onto Ventura, and it was rock stable except that plenty of software no longer offered updates while on it, since the newer versions would be compiled with newer Xcode versions.

I have the 2013 MBP and still use it—it’s the 2017 MacBook which is painful to use.

I use a 2012 Toshiba Satellite daily and it’s fine. My wife’s 2018 MBP is a rocket ship by comparison

The MacBook, specifically, is not a rocket ship.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12-inch_MacBook

The Kaby Lake m3 with 8 GB is the version I have. It is utterly and completely schooled by my 2013 MBP. The MacBook runs the latest version of macOS, unlike the MBP.

I also have some PowerMacs that “run just fine”, but it’s been a while since they’ve gotten a software update.

I have a late 2015 i7 with 16gb RAM, 512 SSD, brand new battery. Works great, despite Apple trying to push me to buy new stuff.