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Apple discontinues Mac Pro after 20 years — system had been in stuck in stasis with M2 Ultra since 2023 (www.tomshardware.com)
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Apple's iconic tower is gone, succeeded by the Mac Studio.

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[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

It would cut down on ewaste and planned obsolescence. I remember upgrading ram, video cards, and processors on many a Mac before they started soldering everything down. Got a lot of life out of my PowerPC and Intel Macs.

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 0 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I guess? I don’t know. Seems like everything is advancing rapidly, hardware-wise. So when something is long in the tooth, replacing one component doesn’t get you very far. And sockets and slots have performance and cost and space compromises I don’t want to make.

And old systems are still useful.

I tend to own things until they’re completely unusable as intended (5-10 years), then find a second-tier use for them (eg linux server). Then recycle them when even that is untenable.