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That's "supported" in a somewhat weak and contrived sense. I think a lot of people would, in practice, expect "supported" to mean that they can use their devic
by VancouverMan 4y ago
That's "supported" in a somewhat weak and contrived sense.
I think a lot of people would, in practice, expect "supported" to mean that they can use their device to run the latest version of macOS.
- Kerrick 4y agoI disagree. For example when we build software, if we choose to build upon third party software with a regular release schedule, we often have the choice of upgrading to an LTS release or the latest stable. The LTS doesn’t have all the new features of the latest stable, but it still accepts bug reports and receives security patches. That S in LTS stands for Support, and I don’t think that’s unwarranted. Similarly, if your Mac can’t run the latest MacOS but Apple is still shipping you security updates and will still help you at the Genius Bar, that’s what I’d call supported.
- ghaff 4y agoThat's actually good news I wasn't aware of. I have a couple Macs (a MacBook and an iMac) that I mostly just use for browsing. As long as they get security updates I'm pretty well set. I probably will replace the iMac with a Mac Mini at some point but this means there's no rush.
- bombcar 4y agoAnd even after they go out of official support there are people who figure out how to run the latest or at least later software on them, depending on what you use them for. And of course, with the Intel ones you could install Linux or even Windows.
- ghaff 4y agoMostly just browsing. All my multimedia, code stuff, and other essentials are on an M1 MacBook. I could probably run nothing but a browser if I wanted to clean up the systems. So basically I can keep running them for a long time. They're fine for their current purpose.
- bombcar 4y agoYeah, Chrome keeps getting updated for a few years after support is dropped, and Firefox for a bit longer.