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Microsoft tells Windows 10 users to just trade in their PC for a newer one, because how hard can it be?
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this post was submitted on 21 Mar 2025
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A MacBook is on the upgrade treadmill even faster than windows lol
I've never had a pc get to 10 years old before upgrading. I fully expect my MacBook to meet my needs (which don't include rending animations or editing video) for the rest of my life (I’m 65) OR at least 10 years.
MacOS has an expiration date that in average is 5-6 years since that particular model was put on sale. You can continue using MacOS without updates, but apps will start to complain when you're 2 versions behind and it will be almost unusable when you're 4 versions behind. Doesn't reach ten years.
Microsoft noticed this and saw that people still continued to give money to Apple so they introduced an artificial limitation on Windows 11, forcing everyone with a computer with a processor made before 2018 to buy a new one or switch to Linux