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> ~2010 MBP Completely unsupported by Apple. Doesn't get OS updates or security updates. No apps get updates for it anymore through the App Store. Saying that
by ddtaylor 3y ago
> ~2010 MBP
Completely unsupported by Apple. Doesn't get OS updates or security updates. No apps get updates for it anymore through the App Store.
Saying that using a 2010 computer when it's an Apple computer is actually one of the worst arguments you can make in this context. Virtually any other computer running any other OS is more supported.
- passthejoe 3y agoMy 2011 iMac is screaming fast with Debian Linux.
- noisy_boy 3y agoI totally get your point about security updates but maybe, making some generalizations here, it is not a terrible thing that the machine OPs parents use, doesn't get unexpected surprises - no unexpected family tech support calls. Us technology folks love the new and the shiny but predictability is a premium for the older generation (again generalizing - there are seniors who can run hoops around the average developer with their tech skills but thats not the norm).
- zimpenfish 3y ago> no unexpected family tech support calls. My father has been doing embedded software development since the early 80s. Thankfully the only tech support messages I get are when I break things like their email.
- zimpenfish 3y ago> Completely unsupported by Apple. Doesn't get OS updates or security updates. Sure but the original point was that the hardware was "certainly not durable". Every one of my Mac laptops (except for the 12" 2012 MacBook which is my local emergency machine) since ~2010 is still in active use by family. There's nothing wrong with the hardwares.
- ddtaylor 3y agoSure, if the hardware worked or was supported by any other OS or if Apple actually made running these devices in those ways reasonable.