A wave of products are about to lose Apple repair support, and it seems that devices as old as eight years will be obsolete before 2016 hits. It's the same with other companies and manufacturers - when their products reach a certain age, users might as well expect them to drop support and just settle with a device upgrade to be in the realm of possibilities for a repair should they need to. It's the natural order of things.
According to the official support website of Apple, Cupertino is discontinuing a selection of iMacs, iPods and Beats headsets by December of this year for repair, be it through official Apple retail stores or authorized third-party channels. This gives customers who still own close to vintage Apple products about a month until the company officially ends support for such devices.
To be specific, six Macs would have its repair support ended: iMac (21-inch, late 2009), iMac (27-inch, late 2009), MacBook Air (Mid 2009), Mac Pro, (Early 2009), MacBook (13-inch, early 2008), and MacBook Pro (15-inch, early 2009) make the list of the products to be axed before the year ends. For the iPod line, only the first generation unit will have its repair support discontinued. However, there's a long list of Beats products getting the axe as well. Products such as Beatbox, the first generation of Beatbox Portable, first generation of Wireless, Diddybeats, and the first generation of Heartbeats won't be supported by the end of the year.
The official date as to when Apple will be discontinuing its repair support will be on Dec. 8 of this year, reads Apple's notice. Typically, Apple discontinues repair support for its products after five to seven years of its existence, so that should at least shed some light as to how long until the company pulls the plug for its devices.
