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This announcement puts the expiry date for software updates on the 2014 iMac in late 2023, which is 9 years of support on a potentially 3000 dollar machine at t
by DCKing 5y ago
This announcement puts the expiry date for software updates on the 2014 iMac in late 2023, which is 9 years of support on a potentially 3000 dollar machine at the time. I'm aware of patching projects that will likely give it a longer lease on life, and you can run Windows or Linux on it at that point, but should that really be necessary for a machine of that calibre?
Usually Apple cut off machines along the lines of "doesn't support these CPU instructions" or "doesn't support GPU features for Metal". This list isn't that. On the face of it, this list is random. If there is some weird thing like wifi chips that's still on Apple to make work, that's not even on the spec sheet (certainly not theirs).
Apple may be intending to support Big Sur for three years instead of two though, so I'll hold my breath for a sec. That doesn't take away that Apple seems to be axing things randomly now.
- Someone 5y agoI think that’s only seems, as I can’t think of any reason why they would axe things randomly. It seems way more likely to me they know something about that hardware selection we haven’t thought of yet.
- bombcar 5y agoIt could be as simple as a missing wireless or Bluetooth feature needed to support this display sharing stuff. So they say “not supported” but may not try that hard to prevent it from running. We’ll have to wait to get our hands on it to see.