fleurya, you reiterated the main point of D3v1L80Y. "planned obsolescence"
That really wasn't my point at all. It isn't a case of "planned obsolescence" at all. If anything it is the exact opposite. Historically, Apple plans have been focused keeping the older machines active by creating a new OS that will run on today's computers as well as the older ones.
Macs have tremendous longevity. In order to keep your machine current, you don't really need a hardware upgrade, all you really need to do is upgrade the OS. This is why 8-year-old Macs can still function rather well today. By today's standards for hardware, yes they are far from cutting edge, but I would hardly call them obsolete, so long as they can use the latest OS and they do what you need them to.
Technology is ever changing and updating, so if you wanted to go by the ideal of things being made to become obsolete on purpose... then ALL technology would fall under the definition of "planned obsolescence" since it is always being one-upped by new technology.
The Mac is not obsolete because it can still function using software of today. The same cannot be said for a factory-stock computer of the same era that ran Windows.
Still, no matter how you look at it, a computer that is 8+ years old is just that...OLD. A G3 system from almost a decade ago will not likely be supported by the next incarnation of OS X. This is hardly a result of planning, but simply one of age. Computers that are close to 10 years old will eventually become unsupported no matter what the manufacturer is, even Apple.
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