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0 pointsveidr12y ago0 comments

Right, I think this is where the OP's hackintosh is meaningfully similar to a Mac Pro, regardless of its specs.

The Mac Pros are the only Macs in recent memory that I've kept in service for 5+ years, with multiple rounds of disk upgrades (boot SSD + 3TB, then 6TB, currently 12TB), and graphics card and RAM upgrades as well.

If that's important to you, you currently either need a Mac Pro or a hackintosh.

Of course, once the new trash-can Mac Pro ships, there won't be any Macs from Apple like that anymore...

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X-Istence12y ago

I am still using a MacBook Pro from 2007... still runs the latest version of OS X (although I wonder if it is going to get dropped this next round).

Yes, it is slow compared to the newer machines, but it has lasted a hell of a long time!

hcarvalhoalves12y ago

I'm working fine on a late-2009 MacBook Pro, still pristine with <50 battery cycles, just lacking some RAM upgrade (still on 4gb). If I replace the HDD for SSD down the line, it will last even longer.

mitchty12y ago

50 in four years? Wow, I have a new retina that I bought first day and its at 75. I thought I was not all that big on cycle counting my laptops.

You sir, win that award.

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