Who has the oldest MAC

Question

I am wondering what is the average life span of a MacBook. I am looking at the HDD or motherboard becoming junk in 2 years, like all PCs, or can I expect a little more from my MAC?
Thank you all in advance.

Answer 1

Dave Sawyer wrote:
Barring something like static shock or a hardware defect, the logic board and hard drive should run without problems for many years. The backlight in the screen has a limited lifespan (those systems such as the MacBook Pro or MacBook Air that have an LED backlight have no such limit) as does the battery, but the backlight should be good for several years and the battery can be replaced. I know of many laptops that, with a couple of battery replacements, have run for ten years or more without problems.
LEDs do dim over time. For something like an indicator light, it's usually not noticeable or important. I'd expect the loss to be gradual and several other things would break save maybe a catastrophic event.