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I sold my old first gen Toyota MR2 for peanuts as it was old, had a ton of miles. Now, I can't even find these old cars, and when I do, they're pricey AF.
I can see disposing of production samples and engineering samples and so on for security and not letting it get to competitors who can reverse engineer it. As sad as it is its about keeping the upper hand. Apple is notorious for this and it sucks. But yeah, I am glad Apple is taking steps towards being better, but lets see if they actually start reusing old iPhones in making new ones? take the old good parts melt them down and reuse instead of waste it.
I was the senior (and only full-time) editor at a production company and facility. Over the years, my edit system went from a PowerMac G5, to a Mac Pro 1,1, to a Mac Pro 4,1, to a trashcan Mac Pro. These were mirrored in our two edit rooms. Each time we got new machines, workflow got faster. But the spaghetti monster that stuck out of the back of the machine was not pretty. And we only upgraded one edit room to have a 5-drive DroBo for my editing. At home, I still use a Pixlas-modded, OCLP-patched, Vega56, beefed up monster. Eventually, it will have to be retired for a new Mac Studio. No complaints either way. It's an enjoyable ride.
Hey Luke! Can you talk about how Activation Lock creates eWaste? A year ago, I bought a 2019 16” MBP from fB Marketplace. The seller ensured me that the AppleID was logged out. I was able to log in with my own AppleID without any issue. A week ago, I got a 15” MBAir (which as you already reviewed, is absolutely amazeballz!). So, after ensuring I had a good Time Machine backup, I logged out of the 2019 and proceeded to perform an Internet Recovery to prepare it for its next owner. To my surprise, I immediately discovered that it was Activation Locked to an e-mail address ending in a .gov domain. I’m at the mercy of the seller, and as time goes by, it seems apparent that a perfectly pristine 16” i9 with 16GB RAM and 1TB storage will only live on to be a freakin’ paperweight.
Still using a 17” 2011 MBP as my iTunes machine. I also have a 2007 Black MacBook (needs a battery) with Lion in the collection too. A 2019 MBP 15” is my main. I have a collection of iPods I’ve restored and cleaned up.
The iMac Pro aged very quickly for something that was incredibly expensive at the time… Unfortunately for the iMac Pro, a maxxed out 2020 27” iMac eclipsed it, it was cheaper, faster and sported newer internals…
I would love if Apple added way to unock/open software/hardware access for devices that don't get supported by Apple anymore. So it would be possible to activate original iPhone even if certs are old and old activation server is not running anymore. We can put Linux on old Macs extending it's lifespan, but there's nothing that we can do to old iPhone 6S even if it's processing power would allow it to be mini server for HomeKit or alternative for streaming puck (with lightning-to-HDMI adapter).
It’s not getting slower. As the new updates come out older phones processors are still running at their speed but new phones have a faster processor so they can operate it faster giving the illusion that your old phone is slower
"growing problem" nothing in the video is a problem to our bottom line. did OP not realize Apple is a for-profit company? 😂 OP tell us you are against capitalism, or stop being a hypocrite. our industry is privately owned, you commoners have no say in it.... your regulations and fines are easily circumvented and reversed, by design. did you not take any course in law or western style of government?
Some days ago I was thinking like were does really old hardware goes! Well, now I know the answer! I truly agree and support about three things discussed in videos and in the comments: 1) Make the recyclable products as much as possible. 2) Have great conditions to repair the products. 3) In case of software-firmware-hardware (like BIOS/UEFI chips), make it open source and publish possible documentation once the machine is not supported any more! Thanks for the video!
I believe that Iphones slow down because of the ios update BECAUSE when they make a new phone they release the new ios already with it so it would be more optimised for that specific Iphone and when more ios updates come along they slow down a bit because it wasn't made for that specific Iphone and it wont be as optimised as much So it aint really APPLE's fault
I either use my MacBook Pro from 2021 or also my 2010 Mac Mini. The Mac mini is upgraded to 4 tb of Storage, it's got 16 gigs of ram and I mostly use it as a data storage, but it is still useable as a computer, just slow.
I think I got a screamer deal on a 2017 MBP with Touchbar/Retina - the butterfly keyboard is hated, but it's under 100 battery cycles - for $300 including a bunch of accessories/extras. But I'm pretty sure it's because it's right barely in that range of "No longer useful for corporations". My opinion: that's the best way to buy if you don't need up-to-the-minute tech.
It's 2023, I have just watched this video giggling, having just seen it on the exact Macbook you've just unboxed. I bought mine brand new, back in 2010 for £750 ($950), and the machine is still going strong. However, it is not the original. It has had a new white shell, new motherboard, new screen, new trackpad, new harddrive, a least 3 batteries, and as for the bottom, the rubber came off completely and I now have just the metal plate there, with some black foam feet. It's had been used everyday of it's life. Nowadays, it lives on my desk and stays there, too fragile to really be moved. However, as a amateur author, it is a fantastic writing laptop. For my out and about laptop, I bought and refurbished, a 2010 macbook pro that was sold as the same time as this for about £70 or $100, and I like these old machines, because they are before the time before Apple glued everything in and could be entirely dismantled with a screwdriver. Parts are easy to come by, making them easy to repair. And yes, they are very shiny when new, but as my white mac proved, never give up on a machine.
as long a a tech company doesnt recycle its own product, then its just a big lie. yes recycling infrastructures are a pain in the ass to put in place. but once its there it can only get better. but just like every opinion based customer thing: when the trend of recycling old tech to give them new life will start. every company will do it. watch with the plastic and paper overusage: one company started shipping less of it. everybody started doing it slowly until now its kinda mendatory
I'm using an HP probook 4530s from 2011 and it cost me $600 at the time. I want to say that the macbook pro from 2015 is great, all you have to do is replace the storage with a faster storage, and I would easily cut videos in 1080p resolution on it, definitely not 4K videos. i would trade macbook pro 2015 for a new one in 2025. 😁
