[phpisthebest]

Laptops are not advancing that much yoy and a 3 year cycle is already aggressive.

4 years was the standard for a long time, these days many companies are moving to 5 or even 6 years for laptops.

Hell right now I have employees at 4 years that refuse to change out their laptops because they have no problems with them and want to keep them longer

[bsimpson]

I was issued a 2015 rMBP and held onto it until the 2022 M1 was available to replace it.

It was barely usable in the end, but I didn't want to be locked into years of crappy keyboard et al when the improvement was Just Around The Corner™.

[readwriterick]

Yeah but the 2015 rMBP was, like, the One True Laptop. I held until M1 as well, but I think the stars won't so align again any time soon.