My Acer Aspire lasted me for tens of thousands of hours of use and abuse by small children over 6 years until I replaced it this year because I finally felt like I wanted more power. That's the Toyota Camry of laptops.
The features that Apple adds on top of that are strictly optional. You can very much prefer them and think that they're essential, but that doesn't make it so. Some people feel that way about leather seats.
No one calls a Toyota Camry with base options luxury but it works well for a long time and has good quality.