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> my personal workstation remains a 2021 M1 Max MacBook Pro

I was surprised that a guy who shills Apple for a living still uses a 5 year old MacBook. It goes to show how the longevity of laptops has increased over time. I'm also on a M1 Macbook and find it hard to justify an upgrade.

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I used both my thinkpads for 8+ years, generating $$$ for me. Build quality matters a lot when it comes to longevity, thinkpads were great at it decades ago. I would expect the same from MacBooks nowadays (I also had an M1 Pro Max from a former employer).

More of a testament to Apple device longevity.

I don't know... I used to upgrade MacBooks more frequently in the past even when they were functioning perfectly fine. There was usually a compelling reason like a markedly better screen, a big jump in performance, or noticeably improved battery life. Nowadays I have a hard time finding a compelling reason. Maybe I'm just getting old.

Someone didn’t read the “There is something rotten in Cupertino” article that caused Apple not only to not make an executive available for his post WWDC podcast for the first time in a decade or how he continuously criticizes Tim Cook kissing Trump’s ass.

He has also been a continuous critic of Apple’s App Store policies and its handling of regulators

Well "shilling" is a bit strong but his livelihood is tethered to Apple.

Yes, because if Gruber doesn’t say nice things about Apple, they may go out of business and he won’t have anything to write about…

Is he your uncle or something? I was just saying that it's surprising someone whose livelihood revolves around Apple uses a 5 year old MacBook. And yeah, if he was not an Apple enthusiast, Apple wouldn't suffer but his blog would.

No I am saying it’s dumb to call someone a shill when he has a very public spat with Apple, he constantly criticizes its CEO, its App Store policies, the latest OS, etc.

Exactly what would you like him to criticize? That the latest Apple Watch doesn’t run Linux?

Why exactly would he need to buy a new Mac just to maintain a blog? He buys a new iPhone every year and he gets review units of everything.

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