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North Central Oregon | I have a couple older macs that are still in daily service. I have never had a problem that couldn't be solved with them running slower. They are now old enough that they cannot be updated to newer OS's. My 2012 27" i7 iMac is still a fast machine, it has ran basically 24/7 since 2012. I now use it for running my weather station and for legacy software that will not run on the newer operating systems. I did purchase a M1 mac mini for running new software.
I find most times when a Mac seems slow it usually means your storage is getting close to full, you have too many applications running concurrently, a bad ram stick (in the older non-integrated macs), As previously stated the cooling system is being blocked/inefficient and the computer is thermally throttled, or PRAM needs reset.
I have ran macs since the late 1980s. In that time I have had a Mac SE, Mac IIsi, G3 Powermac, Powermac G5, 2012 i7 iMac, M1 Mini.
My upgrades came mainly when I was needing more horsepower for graphics or Video Editing. 6 Desktops over 33 years isn't too bad. I know people running Windows PC's that do that in 10 years.
I have also had 3 Mac Laptops (145b, 15" MacBook Pro Core2Duo, and a 2015 15" i7 MacBook Pro) over that time period that I ran concurrently with the desktops. The 2 MacBook pros are still in use. I use the 2015 MacBook pro to broadcast live our Church services as well as project slides, run powerpoint, etc. during our services. | |
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Apple computers?
