Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!
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Unfortunately 1993 was the best year for me so I've been stuck using a powerbook 160 for 22 years 
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Buying Old Apple Products and Why I Do It
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Beerman462
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Yeah it was a "gift" from my wife. She bought it in June 2009 as a Christmas present. In Sept 2009 I decided to buy myself an iPod or Zune HD. When I finally decided on the iPod my wife revealed her "gift". I was pretty pissed because not only was I getting an inferior iPod than the one I had planned, but it cost $100 more.
Still works though.
Unfortunately 1993 was the best year for me so I've been stuck using a powerbook 160 for 22 years
Lol
Unfortunately 1993 was the best year for me so I've been stuck using a powerbook 160 for 22 years
I just stick with my birth year. I'm still on a IBM Personal Computer XT.
brochiller
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For a 1440x900 display? Best trackpad in the world? Best keyboard? Thin and light? Yeah, it's worth it to me for the brand alone.
When you want to go Apple.. this is the way to do it cheaply.
Are you just repeating what the seller told you? Once you've had time with these products I want to hear your impressions of them. Then you can decide whether or not it was worth saving a couple hundred dollars on a laptop for 5 year old tech.
Think about it this way. Say you wait until these products are 8 years old like your last laptop. That will put us at 2018. By that time the Air you got will actually be 8 years old. Last years model would have only been 4 years old thoughand you could still keep it for another 4 to get to that 8 year mark for only a couple hundred more. I think an extra $300 for 4 more years would have been a better investment considering you just paid $500 for only 3 years newer than what you had.
PrivateWHudson
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Just for clarification, GAF... I am the kind of person who still drives this:
Hot damn! I was about to ask what year it was, but saw that it's in the .jpg name. That's what I drive...55k miles.
I'm looking to upgrade to a 4x4 with an extended cab, but hope to stay in the 90's.
I like how you changed your avatar to Jobs, please honor his memory and stop buying products that were made when he was alive.
Chittagong
Gold Member
I bought some Italian dinner: Apple version
I just remembered I have these:
Just needs to be quoted for the new page, stop feeding the troll.
Skel1ingt0n
I can't *believe* these lazy developers keep making file sizes so damn large. Btw, how does technology work?
I have computers that age collecting dust in my closet, OP.
You can *easily* find a 2013 MBA, gently used, for $700 or less.
You can *easily* find a 2013 MBA, gently used, for $700 or less.
Iacobellis
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So, how long did it take you to find an iPhone running iOS 4?
Not long. eBay is good about that. Seriously though, any reccomendations for RAM and SSD upgrades for a 2010 MBP?
half a moon
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Your title makes it sound like you have experience and things turned out well. Buying used apple products had always been a smart idea, but I don't think your choices are good. You already canceled the air. I'm sure you could have found a 4s for the same price. Bestbuy sells open boxed ones. I use use iOS 7.1.2 and haven't found an app I can't use. It runs well. I would never use a 4 on old software and they run like crap on 6/7.
ClayKavalier
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If someone gave it to you that's different, but I didn't understand the reasoning behind limiting yourself to products launch in 2010 just because you felt that was some banner year for Apple.
If you want to save money with expensive electronics, especially Apple stuff, you should buy something used but in good quality that's a year or two old, sell it a year or two later, and repeat. Apple products hold their value up to a point, but even that MacBook is going to be next to worthless another few years from now.
But you absolutely need to buy based on brand.
Hey now, I wisened up a bit of the course of a few hours. I now have a 2010 MacBook Pro that a friend of mine offered. I'll be picking that up tomorrow. I'll be doing a few upgrades to it though, like adding a 250 GB SSD (500MB/S R/W), and 8 GB of DDR3 memory, both from crucial.com. That will breathe new life into this tech for all under 200 dollars. The microphone doesn't work apparently so I'll have to take it apart and see if the connector is loose or if I need to replace it. If I need to replace it, the cord goes for around $15. A good deal all and all wouldn't you say considering it was free?
ZackieChan
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This is what I'm anticipating. Or he will delude himself into thinking that they're great.
There's a reason people upgrade these devices regularly...
OP, I have a 2012 Nexus 7
That runs like absolute shit with Lollipop installed
This is what I'm anticipating. Or he will delude himself into thinking that they're great.
There's a reason people upgrade these devices regularly...
OP, I have a 2012 Nexus 7to sell you for just $100! It "runs" the Kindle app!That runs like absolute shit with Lollipop installed
I have made less of a mistake now. Read the post above yours.
Technosteve
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I see macs horse, does Mac have a dog? Can he get the dog to ride the horse?
Where the hell can you get an unlocked 6 without a contract for $200?
Favourite year for electronics? Lulz. This isn't fine wine you are consuming, you know?
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
He who controls the future controls the present. He who controls the past, controls the present.
SneakyStephan
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For a 1440x900 display? Best trackpad in the world? Best keyboard? Thin and light? Yeah, it's worth it to me for the brand alone.
When you want to go Apple.. this is the way to do it cheaply.
First quote to second quote, boy that escalated quickly
You certainly bought 600 bucks worth of kool aid and brand worshipping.
Ah yes, 2010, a fine vintage indeed
Laptops don't age like fine wine OP, they age like bread.
At least you changed your mind. It's almost a shame after all that pre buyer's remorse justification effort.
Did you at least buy a 2010 ssd OP? Please tell me you did
No you haven't. You're still buying outdated tech for the same amount of money you could get newer tech.
Tech isn't cars. It's not wine. It's not even the last line of products from Jobs. The tech doesn't care if that was a good year for you.
Unknown Soldier
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I've always wanted a 20th Anniversary Macintosh for the sheer novelty value.
freenudemacusers
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Watching bms2993 with the 2010 MacBook Air, it was suddenly so clear. The MacBook Air, would never stop. It would never leave him, and it would never hurt him, never open windows too quickly for him, or get the latest OS updates and restart on him, or say it was too busy connected to the cloud to spend time with him. It would always be there. And it would open websites slowly, or not at all, to protect him. Of all the would-be laptops who came and went over the years, this thing, this machine, was the only one who measured up. In an insane world, it was the sanest choice.
Just for clarification, GAF... I am the kind of person who still drives this:
There's nothing wrong with that.
ZackieChan
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I think your odd 2010 mindset is the real mistake here.
[actual footage of OP's recent purchase]
Necromanti
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I could have sworn that OP mentioned that he had stopped using Apple products several years ago in another thread, but...maybe I'm thinking of someone else since OP says he's never owned an Apple product in his life.
Dude, you're on fire. This thread was a PR goldmine for you!
Tech products aren't cars. They don't stay usable. They are pershiable goods closer to food or dairy. Just they last a few years rather than a few days/weeks.
Buying a product from 5 years ago and expecting it to last you for long at all is a complete mistake. Those products are on their last legs in usability. Or in the case of the iPhone 4 way past that point.
Buying a product from 5 years ago and expecting it to last you for long at all is a complete mistake. Those products are on their last legs in usability. Or in the case of the iPhone 4 way past that point.
Bravo, sir. Bra-fucking-vo.
In what way does this "set you up for the future"? Your iPhone 4 will be running iOS 7.1 and will be running it poorly. A lot of games won't run on it, apps will be incompatible, especially in the future. As a developer that just now stopped supporting the original iPad and iPhone 3gs, I kind of understand you but do not fool yourself, this is not "setting up for the future".
dude, he changed that Avatar for comedic purposes. It was a still a piece of meatloaf yesterday. - you're late to the party
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