A classic article from the infamous solar powered LowTechMagazine; the author describes their journey and how they ended up on a laptop from 2006.
A classic article from the infamous solar powered LowTechMagazine; the author describes their journey and how they ended up on a laptop from 2006.
I don’t upgrade devices until my cost/month comes down to a target I’ve set at ~$20/month
So if I spend $960 on a used macbook then I must utilize it for at least 48 months before I am ‘eligible’ to upgrade again
In reality I can get even more usage with some light maintenance
my secondary machine is a 2012 Macbook Air which is the device I drag around the house and it still works great for web browsing, video watching, and light programming tasks! Of course I have needed to replace the battery multiple times, and even the hard drive once