My old MacBook was first too shiny and new to put stickers on, then it lived so long that I didn’t want to waste stickers on a machine that I’d need to retire. It made it ten years before having weird bootloop issues.
To try to counteract my own neuroses I went sticker mad on its replacement immediately. It also helps with easily telling which way is up at a glance (I don’t know how many times I had to rotate the old one when I went to open it).
You know, aside from the i9 MacBook pros, these are really resilient machines that will last quite a while. They don’t deserve the hate they get. They easily outlast gamer laptops that bake themselves to death.
The butterfly keyboard models are definitely not included in that statement, but all other models yes they’ll live forever. BUT i also have a bunch of old laptops from other companies that live forever running linux
That’s why I buy 'em. All other personal laptops I’ve had over the years don’t make it past the two year mark but I’ve been really impressed by Macbooks. I expect there’s probably some amazing Linux machines with similar hardiness but I’ve not had reason to roll the dice on that front.
My old MacBook was first too shiny and new to put stickers on, then it lived so long that I didn’t want to waste stickers on a machine that I’d need to retire. It made it ten years before having weird bootloop issues.
To try to counteract my own neuroses I went sticker mad on its replacement immediately. It also helps with easily telling which way is up at a glance (I don’t know how many times I had to rotate the old one when I went to open it).
You know, aside from the i9 MacBook pros, these are really resilient machines that will last quite a while. They don’t deserve the hate they get. They easily outlast gamer laptops that bake themselves to death.
The butterfly keyboard models are definitely not included in that statement, but all other models yes they’ll live forever. BUT i also have a bunch of old laptops from other companies that live forever running linux
Oof, I forgot about the damn butterfly keyboards. Apple really shit the bed with those.
i recently bought a used macbook from 2015 and immediately installed archlinux on it. Now, free from macOS, it can really “live forever” :)
I still use my 2011 MacBook Pro hahaha. I’ve added a SSD and maxed out the RAM, but it runs amazingly.
That’s why I buy 'em. All other personal laptops I’ve had over the years don’t make it past the two year mark but I’ve been really impressed by Macbooks. I expect there’s probably some amazing Linux machines with similar hardiness but I’ve not had reason to roll the dice on that front.
It will be interesting to see the long term of the asahi linux project. They are doing some absolutely incredible work without apple’s help.