You may love certain Apple products, but they all become vintage or obsolete at some point.
Apple on Tuesday added its 2017 13-inch MacBook Air to its “vintage” products list, meaning the device is now only eligible for repairs at Apple Stores and Apple Authorized Service Providers if parts remain available.
The notebook was the final MacBook Air model released prior to Apple’s redesign of the machine, wherein it would give the MacBook Air a Retina display in 2018.
Apple also included the iPad mini 4 tablet and the 32GB Apple TV HD configurations in its “obsolete” products list, which indicates that neither of these devices is eligible for any kind of service whatsoever.
The iPad mini 4 was launched in 2015, and discontinued in 2019, which the Apple TV HD was first released in 2015 and discontinued in October 2022, when the third-generation Apple TV 4K launched. However, only Apple TV HD units with 32GB of storage are considered obsolete for now.
A “vintage” device was last distributed by Apple for sale more than five years ago, while for “obsolete” that timeframe rises to seven years.
Stay tuned for additional details as they become available.
Via MacRumors and support.apple.com
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