Current OS X runs on Core 2 Duo MacBook Pros from 2007. For a five year old 2011 model, the only likely disadvantages are a lack of Retina display, and probably

Current OS X runs on Core 2 Duo MacBook Pros from 2007. For a five year old 2011 model, the only likely disadvantages are a lack of Retina display, and probably the lack of an SSD unless upgraded. I'm pretty sure Apple hasn't make any computers obsolete since the release of 10.8 in 2013, when they stopped support for many earlier GPUs. If you were using Ubuntu or Mint on a Core 2 Duo you would have careful choice between Gnome, Cinnamon, MATE, too because of the graphics. I'm also pretty sure that 10.7 is still getting security updates, which would make it like 2012 LTS.