If I buy a new MacBook Air 2020 (i5-512gb), how long (years) can I use it or should I wait for the new MacBook Pro 2020?
How about:
If I buy a new Mini, how long can I use it, or should I wait to buy a new transit van?
or perhaps:
If I buy a new single oven, how long can I cook with it, or should I wait to buy a new double oven?
How would you answer those questions?
Here’s a 3 step process I use for choosing:
Step 1:
- Am I being held back by what I have currently?
- No
- Continue using what I have
- Go to End
- Yes
- Make a record of how I am being held back
- Proceed to Step 2.
- No
Step 2:
- Is a suitable replacement available now that will address the ways I am being held back (refer to notes from Step 1)
- Yes
- Buy replacement
- Go to End
- No
- Make a record of any issues a replacement doesn't address
- Go to Step 3
- Yes
Step 3:
- Can I adapt around what is holding me back
- Yes
- Adapt
- Return to Step 1
- No
- Sulk for a while
- Return to Step 1
- Yes
End:
- Congratulations! You made a decision.
In the specific case of a MacBook Air here's what happened with my 2010 MacBook Air
- 2010 - Purchased
- 2010 - 2014 - Perfect choice
- 2014 - Needed additional power sometimes, for software development
- Purchased most powerful MacBook Pro available
- Used macBook Pro at base
- Continued to use MacBook Air for travelling - still worked great, just a bit slower for some things.
- 2016 - Spilled red wine on MacBook Pro, Oops.
- Used MacBook Air as backup while deciding whether to repair or replace the Pro. Air still worked great for most things, just a bit slower for more demanding work.
- Bought replacement for the Pro
- 2018 - Took a break from travelling
- Used MacBook Air as media player.
- Drowned MacBook Pro sprang back to life. But screen has a 15% vertical strip at the right edge that is not working and thunderbolt ports not working.
- Started using resurrected MBP as a development server and media processor/streamer.
- 2019
- MacBook Air not getting used much.
- Sold Air to someone who now uses it as a media player for his kids, but, to his surprise, has also found he can still use it for many other tasks such as Keynote, Pages, Numbers and non-demanding photo editing.
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