My regular non pro original MacBook still works like a champ since 2008

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Nov 24, 2019
11:37:43am

ByuImaginesDragons All-American

My regular non pro original MacBook still works like a champ since 2008

Maybe the pro isn’t as well made....or you just got the bad luck getting ones that have problems.

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ByuImaginesDragons

Previous username: Byu Badger
Bio page: ByuImaginesDragons
Joined: Sep 18, 2001
Last login: Jun 8, 2022
Total posts: 35,487 (181 FO)

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Just got a MacBook for the first time... it's so much better than a PC.

dchandle15

11/24/19 1:08am

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MatthiasPhunkHausen

11/24/19 1:16am

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MatthiasPhunkHausen

11/24/19 2:51am

Some specific pro fields do better w/ PC but for every day household stuff

Soupie

11/24/19 1:19am

Absolutely. I use an HP Elitebook for my work. But for personal use...

dchandle15

11/24/19 1:25am

Lol, plastic? That Elitebook is built with 10x the quality of a Mac

whiteninja

11/24/19 5:30am

I’m not talking about the elitebook. I’m reference the base model

dchandle15

11/24/19 5:55am

fair point...I think the biggest issues facing PC's today

whiteninja

11/24/19 6:24am

I agree about the commercial products. The elitebook gets gets me exactly what I

dchandle15

11/24/19 7:01am

Define everyday household stuff?

whiteninja

11/24/19 5:29am

On a Mac, what’s the best word processing option? I hate their Pages app. I’ve

Jay Rick

11/24/19 9:20am

MS Office is exactly the same on both Mac/PC.

TheLost

11/24/19 9:29am

Yep. Get Office suite either way.

Soupie

11/24/19 10:42am

I just use google docs. You can save your documents as word docs if you need

OlanchoCoug

11/24/19 12:28pm

Mac is used professionally a lot by music artists

ByuImaginesDragons

11/24/19 11:34am

I’m no tech nerd. But I got an iMac about 5 years ago. So much better than PC.

Mr. Belding

11/24/19 1:24am

Not to rain on everyone's parade, but I'm on my third Macbook Pro. The other

RebelScum

11/24/19 2:02am

Wait you are complaining that your Mac laptops ONLY lasted you 4 and 6.5 years?

akmewg

11/24/19 2:10am

No complaining at all. At the time I posted, there were already multiple

RebelScum

11/24/19 7:00pm

Your parade-raining skills need some work.

garyfan

11/24/19 4:54am

Do I need to be more pessimistic?

RebelScum

11/24/19 7:00pm

My regular non pro original MacBook still works like a champ since 2008

ByuImaginesDragons

11/24/19 11:37am

Could be developers just wear out their machines quicker. Although, when I had

RebelScum

11/24/19 7:03pm

Yeah if you’re using it heavy duty it prob wears out faster

ByuImaginesDragons

11/24/19 11:27pm

You do realize that most PC’s would be obsolete after about 2 years.

11/24/19 1:06pm

Unless you buy a budget machine from Walmart, the obsolescence comment isn’t tru

Breaded Hamster

11/24/19 1:26pm

I've worked in IT all my career. Never knew that about obsolescence.

RebelScum

11/24/19 5:40pm

#fakenews

whiteninja

11/24/19 5:43pm

Living the simple life. Nice

Pro Logic

11/24/19 3:59am

Real tech people use Linux or variants of Unix

ral1988

11/24/19 4:45am

I can’t believe my 6 year old MacBook still works so well

11/24/19 7:06am

Welcome to the club! Mac computers are great and they LAST.

ByuImaginesDragons

11/24/19 11:33am

Plenty of good reasons Windows is better..

Kuzco

11/24/19 2:00pm

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