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Cake day: June 7th, 2025

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  • I mean I ran my 2011 mbp into the ground, until the point that the SMC’s fan channels stopped working and it always rebooted at exactly 00:00 for no apparent reason, and never had issues with apps not being able to run on a 3 year old version of the OS. After that 3 year period most apps still worked, although some would indeed start targeting newer api’s.

    I know it was volunteering work, and I don’t want to defend apple any further than strictly here, but saying they “murdered” the OS every 7 years is just straight up not true, that was all I wanted to say.



  • To add on to your comment, and I’ve said this before, but specifically for military equipment, the terminology is military spec/milspec. The stuff labeled “military grade” is 100% bs.

    Military spec can mean a ton of different things depending on the equipment. For example, for electronics it often means being in a blast, water and dust proof enclosure, and capable of withstanding rather impressive amounts of outside interference and temperatures.

    This argument about lowest bidders everyone keeps coming back to is true, but the end product will still be of considerably higher quality than what you’re going to get as a normal consumer.

    Because this equipment is often under tight import/export restrictions, getting your hands on it isn’t easy. Older gear can be bought at surplus stores, and maybe some things are easier to get in the US, but in general the good stuff won’t be for sale until it no longer hold value to the military that bought it.

    /rant