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I think most people buying a $2000+ laptop keep it for more than 18 months. I know I would.

For personal machines, I agree. I had a 12" MacBook from 2004 until 2010 until it was stolen, though it was my secondary machine from about 2007 forward.

This is about a 3 year upgrade cycle. Since 2010, it seems to have accelerated, but mainly due to work (I've bought only one MacBook for personal use since 2010 - all others were company computers).

I tend to aim for a minimum of 3 years.

Yeah. My $1400 laptop, and 3 years officially up next month. Funny thing is, because of the GPU (GTX260M) I'm pretty confident that I can easily pull another year out of this. Unless they launch a new console.

It's strange that not just games, but even software requirements are indirectly influenced by consoles.

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