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I think Apple is aiming for a cycle of computer, phone, tablet where you get a new one in the sequence every 1-2 years.

Tablet -> never got used to them (iPad). Maybe with the new iPad OS Computer -> once every 5/6 years Phone -> every 2.5/3 years

I know that tablets last a long time for most people I know.

And that’s all fine. Why do we need to buy new hardware? No need. At least not for now.

I’d like to buy a new MacBook. One with more disk space than 512gb. Hopefully more than 16gb, but 16 works. Maybe a faster cpu, because things are bloating. But I will wait.. wait until I’m able to get a proper keyboard.

I'm using a 2011 MacBook Air right now for dev, and the only roadblock is that I can't upgrade the OS past 10.10.5.

You sure can: http://dosdude1.com/mojave/

Also: https://github.com/rmc-team/macos-patcher

Ooh, thanks :) Just after I built a new version of Ruby and everything ...

Hmm, now that you bring it up...here I thought I was sticking it to the Apple Man by hanging on to my phone, not buying a new watch every year, let that iPad get a few generations behind; don't have to buy every new thing that comes out.

But as you point out, I'm going to be buying something new from Apple every year or so regardless. BTW, isn't AppleTV about due for a refresh?

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