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points by prmoustache 22 hours ago | 0 comments

> - MacBooks are still among the nicest if not the nicest laptops hardware-wise, so some people like to run Linux on it.

By the time said macbook is fully supported, it is in sorry state. Judging by what I found when looking for second hand laptops, macbooks don't age well.

[–] Danox 2 hours ago

Huh? Apple has many problems. but one of them isn’t the resale value of their hardware. Or maybe I should say, if you buy Mac hardware, you don’t have a problem selling it on, not like a used PC the only thing worth selling on in a PC is the graphics card (Nvidia) and the memory.

[–] swiftcoder 22 hours ago

> Judging by what I found when looking for second hand laptops, macbooks don't age well

Are you dumpster diving for your MacBooks, perchance? I buy all of mine second hand, they are all still mint by the 5 year mark, and I have several at the 10 year mark that all I've had to replace is the battery.