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Except now Windows is dropping support randomly for older CPUs, including many that would run Win11 easily, just because they can. So they're honestly the same as Apple in that regard.
They support the old architecture for several years, how's that a bad thing?
They used to literally ship you parts with repair guides.
Non-standard parts are one thing (and a problem for sure), but keep in mind that they have way less variety. Go find me a motherboard for a HP Pavilion 15-n037so. Go find me a motherboard for 2012 Macbook Air 13". Guess which one will be easier to find in a company refurbishing laptops. I used to work at one.
The parts for non-Apple laptops aren't always that standard either. You look at two similar WiFi modules, one has a D/PN on it and the other has an FRU code on it. You can't put the D/PN coded part in a Lenovo or the FRU in a Dell, because apparently they use whitelisting! I've personally run into this.
Of course they do. Now go look at how much Google does of the same.
Worst with the notable exceptions of Microsoft and Google.
2009 is newer than what I was referring to anyway. But also, that's a super easy Mac to repair, the only non-Apple laptops I've found to be easier were the G1-G2 HP Elitebook 800 lineup and T series Lenovos up till like 2015.
Not worth ordering, nor storing. The correct answer for that other model is that you just dump it in the trash after destroying the drive.
It's easy to stock parts for most Macs when you're running a refurb shop. With other laptops, you only have parts for the top 3 or 4 models per manufacturer because the rest aren't worth the time or effort. It's all waste when there's something model specific that's gone bad.
Also, since when did Macs go back to CMOS batteries? They've been using the main battery for that for a long time, though there's a backup for when the main battery dies competely. That backup does indeed fail but it's a nonissue if your main battery is good.