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   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Mon, 25 Aug 2025 13:13:07 -0400, -hh wrote:   
      
   > Case in point, I traded-in a 2017 Mac laptop last year for a $150   
   > credit...that's a 7 year useful life.  In contrast, I also had a 2016   
   > Dell laptop that went tits-up in 2019 with a swollen battery, and its   
   > replacement died in 2021 with a failed USB-C port ...   
      
   I have had a range of laptops, both new and second-hand. I think there was   
   Dell and Compaq among them. None of them suffered the kind of faults you   
   mention.   
      
   Speaking of batteries, Apple is gluing them in now, isn’t it? So you   
   couldn’t even replace them if you wanted to.   
      
   > Because in case you hadn't noticed, laptops passed the point of being   
   > the "good enough" for general office productivity a good decade ago, and   
   > the Enterprise IT support strategy was that instead of trying to do any   
   > upgrades to them, to just image & replace entire machines.   
      
   What happened to the market addressed by the old Mac Pro? Seems Apple has   
   given up on that altogether.   
      
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