iPad obsolescence

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Slippery Jim said:
Officially 5-7 years old is classed as Vintage by Apple. Anything more than 7 and its classed as Obsolete.

It makes no difference as Apple's official policy is that they will not service, repair or upgrade Vintage or Obsolete equipment.

Basically, if you want your Apple kit to run their newest software you have to buy a new machine every 5 years.

Point in case: Apple owner does as asked and upgrades to latest version of iTunes on their iMac which cost £1500 5 years ago. iTunes will not work. Apple will not allow upgraded software to be reverse graded. Apple inform customer that they need the latest version of OS to run iTunes but thats okay because you can download it free. iMac will not download OS as hardware is considered Vintage and therefore will not support latest OS. Solution: buy a new iMac for another £1500.

Hey.... but it looks cool!
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This is pretty much exactly what happened to me.

Sacked off the iPad and got a kindle fire for $50.

Apple make some nice kit but their policy as you stated is shite. They claim this image of being a bunch of tree hugging hippies going to work in their Birkenstocks but their business model is predicated on throwing all your obsolete crap in a landfill every five years.
 


Goat Eyes said:
Nice that. Obviously two different styles and each will suit there respective homes perfectly I expect.

Should’ve just taken the car from that place next door to the Vaults.
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Aye, @timharding is a multi millionaire so his shed will be more like a prefab house. Mine is 7 foot square! Going to have a bar, arcade machine and projector in. Got a hand pull pump and a pump for fizzy stuff.

Hongkongphooey said:
I’ll just buy another one, I’ve got money to burn, hope this helps
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Giz some and I’ll burn it for you marra.
 
Wilfy said:
Aye, @timharding is a multi millionaire so his shed will be more like a prefab house. Mine is 7 foot square! Going to have a bar, arcade machine and projector in. Got a hand pull pump and a pump for fizzy stuff.


Giz some and I’ll burn it for you marra.
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Might put one on my list.

Hongkongphooey said:
I’ll just buy another one, I’ve got money to burn, hope this helps
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I hope that you don’t fall on hard times.
 
Slippery Jim said:
Officially 5-7 years old is classed as Vintage by Apple. Anything more than 7 and its classed as Obsolete.

It makes no difference as Apple's official policy is that they will not service, repair or upgrade Vintage or Obsolete equipment.

Basically, if you want your Apple kit to run their newest software you have to buy a new machine every 5 years.

Point in case: Apple owner does as asked and upgrades to latest version of iTunes on their iMac which cost £1500 5 years ago. iTunes will not work. Apple will not allow upgraded software to be reverse graded. Apple inform customer that they need the latest version of OS to run iTunes but thats okay because you can download it free. iMac will not download OS as hardware is considered Vintage and therefore will not support latest OS. Solution: buy a new iMac for another £1500.

Hey.... but it looks cool!
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Same for others, such as Android (probably worse?) but don't let that get in the way of your facts Jim lad! :lol:
 
Slippery Jim said:
The thing is I know these things to be facts because I worked as Tech Support for Apple.

What is your expertise in these matters?
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:lol: sorry mate but just cos you answered phones for an apple subby doesn't make what you say right.

If you look for yourself at Android vs iOS availability you will see that newer android versions are available on far less devices.

Not getting into which is better here, just pointing you in the right direction Marra so you are no longer misinformed ;)
 
Apparently you can jailbreak old iPads to make them run newer software.

I never have, I'm still on a gen 1 iPad that won't run anything except a browser, and websites that work on it are getting fewer - basically it's this place, wikipedia, youtube and not a whole lot else. Most news websites crash the browser.
 
And people keep handing stupid amounts of money over to tech giants for kit that is obsolete within months.

Crackers man.
 
mcq10 said:
And people keep handing stupid amounts of money over to tech giants for kit that is obsolete within months.

Crackers man.
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I absolutely hate this but I don’t know what the alternatives are if you even want to keep within vague distance of the pace of technology. I don’t have huge demands on my tech but as I stated above, five years in and it all goes to shit. I’m on an I phone 6 which is I think three years old and fine right now but I know that won’t last long. Maybe even that dreaded ‘slow down’ that was recently exposed will kick in soon.
 
Wilfy said:
Aye, @timharding is a multi millionaire so his shed will be more like a prefab house. Mine is 7 foot square! Going to have a bar, arcade machine and projector in. Got a hand pull pump and a pump for fizzy stuff.


Giz some and I’ll burn it for you marra.
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You are all very funny

Happy for you all to come over for a beer mind

The bar has been built by INDE industrial designs

Final install today

Goat Eyes said:
The shed is good, log burner, sofas, flat screen TV etc. with addition of a great looking bar made from industrial timber/pipe/corrugated metal etc.

Never been invited round yet mind.

He only lives two minutes from Wilf as well.
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You’re always welcome ! And wilfy

Typhoonftm said:
He probably bought it from selling all those artifacts that he claims are worth nowt! :lol:
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Comedian !

In stitches lol
 
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