Since some of you are surely facing a similar situation and have the same questions, here is what I think:įirst, regardless of your Mac’s age, if it doesn’t already have an SSD (Solid State Drive) and you’re still booting from an archaic mechanical hard disk, you’ve got to replace that rotating anachronism with a sleek, modern SSD. Question: What is expected 'life' of these machines? I would rather go buy a new one if the one I have is at risk of dying of old age. I back it up with a separate hard drive via Time Machine. MacBook Pro that I purchased in 2009 and love it…I do consulting, and run some small business matters with this computer and depend on it heavily.
To be precise, here’s exactly what he said: A reader recently asked me how long he could expect his Mac to last.
