PCs and Macs age about the same: the redundancy is built in with the OS. It's by design. Old manufacturers like Sun used to make PCs to last forever. This isn't a sustainable model. Everyone wants cheap, so that's offerred with the caveat that it won't last too long.
No self respecting Mac user would use a mac more than a couple of years old. It's an elitist peice of bling for heavens sake, rich people don't like being old news. I have 10 year old PCs I use with up to date OS's like Linux. Quite fit for purpose. And also as virus free as any Mac.
In short, your analogy is false, and syna is being modest: he is talking about very many more PCs than you've seen over a shorter period admittedly. Me: I've also been involved with IT from the 80's, and have supported thousands professionally. Mac is good, but let's not kid ourselves into thinking it's more than it is.
No self respecting Mac user would use a mac more than a couple of years old. It's an elitist peice of bling for heavens sake, rich people don't like being old news. I have 10 year old PCs I use with up to date OS's like Linux. Quite fit for purpose. And also as virus free as any Mac.
In short, your analogy is false, and syna is being modest: he is talking about very many more PCs than you've seen over a shorter period admittedly. Me: I've also been involved with IT from the 80's, and have supported thousands professionally. Mac is good, but let's not kid ourselves into thinking it's more than it is.
