For non-gaming, non-video-editing tasks, I partially see it as just the core tasks aren&#x27;t changing that much. An operating system isn&#x27;t doing <i>that</i> much more than it was 5-7 years ago.<p>I&#x27;m using my 2011 Macbook Pro for Protools, and it feels just as fast as my 2014 model does for the rather paltry tasks I throw at it (I use outboard hardware for almost everything, mixing 16 tracks of audio was something a G3 Mac could handle easily). I don&#x27;t see any reason I&#x27;ll realistically need to upgrade it anytime soon (loaded with memory, SSD, etc)