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I'm pretty disappointed that the same event where Apple touted that they were keeping support for the iPhone 5S was the one they dropped support for pre-2012 Ma
by e28eta 8y ago
I'm pretty disappointed that the same event where Apple touted that they were keeping support for the iPhone 5S was the one they dropped support for pre-2012 Macs.
Especially because my maxed out 2011 Mini apparently has similar geekbench results as the current entry-level Mini, which certainly isn't true on iOS.
So maybe what I'm most upset about is that the Mini + Pro haven't had updates in so long, but the software side is behaving like they don't have an ancient product line.
- saagarjha 8y agoI believe the reason was they needed Metal support, which older computers could not provide.
- willfiveash 8y agoThat may be the reason but I would point out that many companies that sell high end systems and OSes (IBM, Sun/Oracle, etc...) at some point require the customer pay for supporting older systems (even then there is an age cutoff). For Apple, supporting older Minis without the customer paying for this support doesn't seem to be in Apple's interest from a business standpoint.