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Message: <blockquote data-quote="chas_m" data-source="post: 1469555">As I said above, quite a number of people can coax more than five years out of a Mac without too much difficulty, but it is an unavoidable fact that you will work harder and have to be more select in what you want to do as time goes on. The lighter your use and needs, the easier it will probably be ... but beyond five years you're also likely out of the loop on security updates as well.I'm writing this on a 2009 MBP that I fully expect will continue to do what I want it to for another couple of years (which is not to say that I actually plan on keeping it that long), but my demands are not much more advanced than the average user (apart from some Photoshop and some video editing).If someone said "I want to buy a used Mac for budget reasons, which one should I get?" I certainly wouldn't recommend anything older than 2009 at this point.</blockquote>