Can anyone with older Mac Studios/Minis comment - do you also notice a "throttling" of the hardware?
I'm not sure if this is me not maintaining it properly (e.g fans having dust block them) - but I've always got this sense that Apple throttles their older devices in some indirect ways. I experience it the most with iPhones - my old iPhone is pretty slow doing basic things despite nothing really changing on it (just the OS updating?)
So my only concern with this is - how many years until it's slow enough to annoy you into buying a new one?
"Just the OS updating" is not insignificant. Software developers, in general, are not known for making sure latest versions of their software run smoothly on older hardware.
Also, performance on iPhones is throttled when your battery is very old. There was a whole class-action lawsuit about it.
No, I don't. There are multiple alternatives including (though not limited to) opt-in battery protection, removing battery DRM to enable hardware repairs, or declaring a first-party recall on the faulty units to replace components that are damaging to the hardware.
Conspicuously, Apple just so happened to pick the one that encouraged people to upgrade the entire phone. You know, an entire phone that is otherwise functional without arbitrary restrictions by the OEM.
I'm not sure if this is me not maintaining it properly (e.g fans having dust block them) - but I've always got this sense that Apple throttles their older devices in some indirect ways. I experience it the most with iPhones - my old iPhone is pretty slow doing basic things despite nothing really changing on it (just the OS updating?)
So my only concern with this is - how many years until it's slow enough to annoy you into buying a new one?