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dzhiurgis · 2026-10-28T20:12:20.000Z

Everyone who still holds on their M1's are now permanent underclass. You will never be able to afford new MacBook.

rconti · 2026-10-28T20:58:53.000Z

This makes no sense. What makes the owner of a 6 year old laptop less able to afford a new MacBook than the owner of a 2 or 3 or 4 year old laptop?

If anything, the longer you hold your laptop, the more you amortize the cost, and can more easily afford the next one.

dzhiurgis · 2026-10-28T21:35:52.000Z

Everyone who profited from AI boom has upgraded their macbooks already. The rest can go back to putting fries in the bag.

rconti · 2026-10-28T22:38:07.000Z

Man, I wouldn't upgrade my M1 Air to the latest Air for free, it feels as fast as the day I got it, and upgrading's a huge chore.

My work machine went from an M1 with 32GB to an M4 with 24GB and it definitely wasn't worth the time to upgrade.

mjcohen · 2026-10-28T20:55:34.000Z

I have an M1 Max MBP (16", 64GB, 4TB) and I see no need to upgrade. I got it when the M3 came out so I saved about $2,000.

whycome · 2026-10-28T20:22:35.000Z

I'm in that class. My iPhone has more power than my MacBook it seems. But I do love the m1 still for what it can do.

aenis · 2026-10-28T20:55:49.000Z

I just bought a portable keyboard for my iPhone - coupled with a SSH client, its quite a useful combo these days.

I had to prove the OP wrong though; my M1 Max's keyboard died this year, and I had to upgrade to the M5 max this season, after the hikes. I kissed 9k EUR goodbye for something not much better functionally than the M1 Max it replaced, bought for 3.4k Canadian dollars in the wonderful 2021 (that was barely over 3200 EUR back then).