Apple's 2010 15- & 17-inch MacBook Pros, 2009 Xserve become 'vintage'
Apple this week declared a trio of older products vintage and obsolete, adding a pair of 2010 MacBook Pros and the 2009 Xserve to a list of discontinued hardware service.
Both the 15- and 17-inch MacBook Pro circa 2010, as well as the early 2009 Xserve, are now on the "vintage" products list. Apple considers products that have not been manufactured for more than 5 years, and less than 7, to be vintage.
Vintage products are no longer available for hardware service, unless they were purchased within the state of California, or the country of Turkey. Mac owners in those areas can obtain service from authorized Apple service providers.
The 2010 MacBook Pros and 2009 Xserve are considered to be "obsolete" in the rest of the world. Hardware service is discontinued for all obsolete products with no exceptions.
In California and Turkey, products are classified as obsolete 7 years after they are discontinued.
Prior to this week's update, the most recent additions to Apple's 'vintage and obsolete' list came in December, affecting 2009 iMacs, MacBook Airs, Mac Pros and Time Capsules.
Both the 15- and 17-inch MacBook Pro circa 2010, as well as the early 2009 Xserve, are now on the "vintage" products list. Apple considers products that have not been manufactured for more than 5 years, and less than 7, to be vintage.
Vintage products are no longer available for hardware service, unless they were purchased within the state of California, or the country of Turkey. Mac owners in those areas can obtain service from authorized Apple service providers.
The 2010 MacBook Pros and 2009 Xserve are considered to be "obsolete" in the rest of the world. Hardware service is discontinued for all obsolete products with no exceptions.
In California and Turkey, products are classified as obsolete 7 years after they are discontinued.
Prior to this week's update, the most recent additions to Apple's 'vintage and obsolete' list came in December, affecting 2009 iMacs, MacBook Airs, Mac Pros and Time Capsules.
Comments
I would love a 17" macbook pro myself. My 2012 Retina 15" will be a hand-down to my wife in 3-4 years.
I don't really expect anyone to service it through official channels at this point (nor did I expect that even two years ago), and I'm content to let her run as-is until I finally upgrade. No complaints, really.
The G5 runs Logic 9 well enough to record a full band, and the iMac makes a fine office computer since an SSD upgrade.
I guess it all depends on whether you can get by with older software, which I can, for a little while longer.
Snow Leopard is a great place to be "stuck"!
I can't help but wonder why Apple doesn't want to sell high end laptops to me anymore. They've lost at least two sales from me so far, and I imagine I'm not the only one.
Umm...because they weren't big sellers? Just because a few people complain doesn't mean everyone wants them.