Macs also have the Apple Silicon effect. My M1 Pro replaced a 2015 MacBook as my primary laptop. Though, in fact, for a lot of things (though not generative art and a lot of multimedia in general), the 2015 system is still fine. Don't expect to need a new laptop soon.
I have a 2021 M1 Pro mac, an iPhone 14 pro and the M1 iPad. I have an oled LG TV and an Xbox series x.
I won’t be looking to upgrade any of those for the foreseeable future.
For the first time in my life I’m sated when it comes to tech.
I’ve always had one eye on the next thing since I was 12 but right now all my devices have reached the point where they are so good I have no FOMO at all.
I have no real interest in VR but will keep an open mind over apples head set.
To be honest if Apple made a fucking toaster I’d probably be one of the losers lining up for it!
My wall-mounted TV is fairly old but dealing with a 65" plasma which would be difficult to dispose of even for money makes me lie down until the feeling goes away.
Could use a new iPad but I used it a lot more when I was traveling more. Maybe again, especially if I do more traveling where I don't need a laptop. Could also replace my 8 year old iMac but works as a web browser and I can do everything on my laptop with external monitor--and there are pros and cons to doing stateful work. on 2 different machines.
Why would it be difficult to dispose of? How did you get it home? You can rent a truck from home depot for pretty cheap and I don't think dumps would deny you the ability to throw away a TV
They most certainly would deny you in Massachusetts (not that my town has a dump; I have a dumpster) and none of the consumer recycling places like Best Buy will take TVs over about 35 inches or so. You'd have to trek around to find a commercial recycler and, at that point, I'm just going to stick it in the back of my garage until the end of time.
In any case a more significant project than I need to take on right now. What I have is fine.
