Hi, With my batch 7 prep mail out, it’s getting in my mind again. And I’m still debating between the 14” m3 pro 18 512 model and the Framework 13 R7 with a 1TB SSD and 32GB of ram. Can’t decide because they both have pros and cons. The framework will cost 1429+~170=€1600 for ssd and ram and the Mac with student discount will cost me €2000. And with the better battery life and screen etc. I’m still debating with myself and can’t choose :( So my question is how do decide because I can’t find a definitive choice for myself. Thanks already for the answers
Ain’t no way a Mac is gonna be supported for 7 years lmao. They don’t support any Macs from 2016 and only support a single model from 2017
I have a feeling that might shift, only because the updates have tended to be more incremental in terms of processor improvements. That said, you may be right as they really only tend to support phones meaningfully for 5 years, so they might bring that over to the M series as well.
I also just perused this Macworld article https://www.macworld.com/article/673697/what-version-of-macos-can-my-mac-run.html. It looks like they shifted up two years to 5 years of support instead of 6 or 7.