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by achenatx 899 days ago
I upgrade when I need to. Im still running a 2015 macbook pro (I have two that I rotate if I have an issue with one). I have this version because of all the ports, then the M chips didnt have the virtualbox support I needed. I regularly use the SD card port (gopro) and hdmi ports.

Now that the M chips have virtualization and the laptops actually have ports Ill probably upgrade at some point, but I actually dont need to. One of my laptops could break completely and I would just migrate to the working one.

I keep my phones until I drop them or until they get too slow. I use samsung phones as I dont like the usability of apple phones (no T9 dialing) or the way icloud, photo storage, etc work. How do you get pictures off your phone into folders? It is annoying that the iphone cant mount as a drive.

I have a dell t3500 desktop (2012?). I have maxed out the ram, upgraded the cpu, and have large SSD drives. It is fast enough for what I do on windows which is just running blue iris these days.

I have plastic casio gshock watch with atomic time updates and solar. I think it is 10-12 years old.

I drive a 13 year old truck and my wife an 8 year old minivan. I do want an electric car but hate all the computerization of the dash. A friend imported an electric car from china and the controls are basically like a golf cart.

another friend converts classic cars into electric cars and I might be willing to convert an old truck to electric.

I definitely dont downsize, but I only upgrade when a usability issue makes me upgrade.

1 comments

> How do you get pictures off your phone into folders?

Just plug it into a computer. iPhones mount as a digital camera and will let you copy your photos easily. It’s also possible to copy files onto an iPhone through USB but that requires a supported app to be installed.