The Longevity of Macs: One thing that persuaded me to get a Mac for my wife a few years ago, and then buy one for myself was the great longevity that Mac owners here reported. Having a...

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

One thing that persuaded me to get a Mac for my wife a few years ago, and then buy one for myself was the great longevity that Mac owners here reported. Having a machine run reliably year after year sounded like a good feature.

http://9to5mac.com/2015/07/27/opinion-a-macs-longevity-is-its-biggest-unsung-selling-point/

Dngallagher Loc: Wilmington De.

jerryc41 wrote:

One thing that persuaded me to get a Mac for my wife a few years ago, and then buy one for myself was the great longevity that Mac owners here reported. Having a machine run reliably year after year sounded like a good feature.

http://9to5mac.com/2015/07/27/opinion-a-macs-longevity-is-its-biggest-unsung-selling-point/

Good article!

:thumbup:

YoungEsqr Loc: Minnesota

I bought my first Mac 9 years ago and it is still going strong. I encouraged my wife to get hers and she's had it for 5 years and thoroughly enjoys it.

JohnSwanda Loc: San Francisco

jerryc41 wrote:

One thing that persuaded me to get a Mac for my wife a few years ago, and then buy one for myself was the great longevity that Mac owners here reported. Having a machine run reliably year after year sounded like a good feature.

http://9to5mac.com/2015/07/27/opinion-a-macs-longevity-is-its-biggest-unsung-selling-point/

I have an old G5 which works just fine. The problem is that it won't take any OS past 10.5, and the browser is out of date so a lot of web sites won't work. Also, I had an external hard drive for backup with time machine, and it quit working. I had a very hard time finding a replacement that will work with the old operating system. The people at the Apple store were amazed that anyone would be using a Mac that old.

steve Loc: Iowa

I work for an education agency for schools. We have always used Macs since their conception. My buddy has an old Mac signed by Wozniak (sp). i have an 6 yr old Mac book pro. luv it.

John_F Loc: Minneapolis, MN

JohnSwanda wrote:

I have an old G5 which works just fine. The problem is that it won't take any OS past 10.5, and the browser is out of date so a lot of web sites won't work. Also, I had an external hard drive for backup with time machine, and it quit working. I had a very hard time finding a replacement that will work with the old operating system. The people at the Apple store were amazed that anyone would be using a Mac that old.

I have a G5 sitting on a shelf awaiting a rescuerer. I once inquired whether Apple would upgrade to mother board to the best Intel i- CPU of the time. They were strictly hands off and I didn't know anyone I would trust for that job. Mine had the 15-inch screen that fit my real estate perfectly. Finally went with an Apple refurbished MacBookPro that had the optical drive.