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> FWIW, macs are high quality and last a long time.

No. The spare parts are available 5 years since the end of sale of the product; may be longer, if they are available, but max for 7 years. Batteries for 10.

See here: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201624

I also have 2015 13" MBP. It is perfectly fine hardware-wise, but it is not supported by the current OS already. (It is supported by Monterey, which still receives security updates). I also have 2012 Thinkpad (T430s). It is also perfectly fine hardware-wise, and it is supported by current OS (both Windows and Linux), and neither of them even plans to obsolete them. (Heck, Linux distributions are just starting carefully considering x86-64 microarchitectures).

> the anti-apple bias is strong enough

You should consider whether you are not having apple-bias. The Job's RDF joke existed not without a reason.



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