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Lionel Mandrake

(4,073 posts)
Mon Jan 8, 2018, 03:12 PM Jan 2018

When Apple abandons a Mac depends on where you live.

In another thread, I was asking advice about replacing an old Mac Pro desktop. How old is old? I had a clue about Apple's policy, but I didn't know the details. Now I have found a web page where Apple lays it out (see below).

I was surprised to learn that things are different in the State of California than elsewhere. Here Apple is re required by state law to support a "vintage" Mac (i.e., a model they stopped selling 5-7 years ago). My machine is in this category, which is why an Apple rep told me to take it to an Apple service provider. In any other state, I would have been told that my machine can't be fixed.

For some of you who live in redder states, it might be worth a trip to California in order to get your vintage Macs fixed.

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

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When Apple abandons a Mac depends on where you live. (Original Post) Lionel Mandrake Jan 2018 OP
Interesting, thanks ! nt eppur_se_muova Jan 2018 #1
You're quite welcome. Lionel Mandrake Jan 2018 #3
It's apocryphal -- meaning no one really knows. eppur_se_muova Jan 2018 #5
It's something Galileo might have said when it was safe to do so. Lionel Mandrake Jan 2018 #6
i have had only 3 i-macs since 2000.i do not upgrade. i upupupgrade. pansypoo53219 Jan 2018 #2
You have been lucky. Lionel Mandrake Jan 2018 #4

eppur_se_muova

(36,227 posts)
5. It's apocryphal -- meaning no one really knows.
Tue Jan 9, 2018, 12:44 AM
Jan 2018

Quite likely it was attributed to him by an admiring biographer because it sounded like something he should have said.

Oh, and he probably got the spelling right.

Lionel Mandrake

(4,073 posts)
6. It's something Galileo might have said when it was safe to do so.
Tue Jan 9, 2018, 04:48 PM
Jan 2018

If he had said it at the trial, he might have been tortured -- or even burnt at the stake, like Giordano Bruno.

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