A friend of mine recently went to the Apple Genius store to put some more memory into two aging laptops.  He wanted to buy brand new laptops for himself and his wife; but figured he could patch up the two old ones for his twin boys to do school-work on.  Only to be told that his laptops were considered “vintage”.  (Turns out, vintage is only a good thing when it comes to wine.)  Vintage Apple products – or those that were manufactured 5-7 years ago – and obsolete products – those older than 7 years – are considered unserviceable by Apple.

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