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Your M1 will expire roughly in 10 years when Apple stops supporting macOS upgrades and maybe 2 more years until no recent software would run on it. It's not tha

Your M1 will expire roughly in 10 years when Apple stops supporting macOS upgrades and maybe 2 more years until no recent software would run on it. It's not that much different to expiring Chromebooks.

modeless 3y ago
It's actually worse because there's no open source version of macOS. There are at least four options available to continue running an up-to-date version of Chrome on an out-of-support Chromebook (1. Lacros, 2. Chrome OS Flex, 3. Chromium OS, 4. Any old Linux with Chrome installed). There are zero ways to continue getting Safari updates on an out-of-support Apple device.
- tuyiown 3y ago
  You're right for iOS, but you can have distros running on intel macs, and given the attention and engineering success of asahi linux, you'll probably be able to run to date software on macs with linux kernel for a long time.
  - aikinai 3y ago
    You can also run OpenCore and install any version of MacOS, even those past the support window.
LeonM 3y ago
My 2010 x86 MBP still receives MacOS updates and runs every piece of software just fine. With the browser being the most important software for the target audience of a chromebook, I think the life could be expanded a lot as long as you can update the browser. Sure, you won't receive OS security updates, but browsers do a pretty good job at sandboxing anyway. A 15 year old laptop with a modern browser should be plenty secure as long as you do everything in the browser. Obviously, you don't want to do any professional work on a 10 year old laptop, but for the chromebook audience why not?
- treprinum 3y ago
  Does it? My rMBP from 2012 is no longer officially supported since Big Sur (due to a WiFi adapter incompatibility of all things). Not that I have any use for it but it's just a decorative element at this point.
- presbyterian 3y ago
  > My 2010 x86 MBP still receives MacOS updates Not from Apple it doesn't. The latest MBP to officially run macOS Mojave, which came out in 2018, is a 2012 model: https://support.apple.com/kb/sp777?locale=en_US https://support.apple.com/kb/sp777?locale=en_US macOS High Sierra was the last one to support 2010 MacBook Pros: https://support.apple.com/kb/sp765?locale=en_US https://support.apple.com/kb/sp765?locale=en_US
  - yjftsjthsd-h 3y ago
    Do the older releases still get security patches?
    - presbyterian 3y ago
      If I remember correctly, you get about 3 years of security updates, because Apple provides updates for the 3 most recent macOS major versions

modeless 3y ago

It's actually worse because there's no open source version of macOS. There are at least four options available to continue running an up-to-date version of Chrome on an out-of-support Chromebook (1. Lacros, 2. Chrome OS Flex, 3. Chromium OS, 4. Any old Linux with Chrome installed). There are zero ways to continue getting Safari updates on an out-of-support Apple device.

tuyiown 3y ago
You're right for iOS, but you can have distros running on intel macs, and given the attention and engineering success of asahi linux, you'll probably be able to run to date software on macs with linux kernel for a long time.
- aikinai 3y ago
  You can also run OpenCore and install any version of MacOS, even those past the support window.

LeonM 3y ago

My 2010 x86 MBP still receives MacOS updates and runs every piece of software just fine. With the browser being the most important software for the target audience of a chromebook, I think the life could be expanded a lot as long as you can update the browser. Sure, you won't receive OS security updates, but browsers do a pretty good job at sandboxing anyway. A 15 year old laptop with a modern browser should be plenty secure as long as you do everything in the browser. Obviously, you don't want to do any professional work on a 10 year old laptop, but for the chromebook audience why not?

treprinum 3y ago
Does it? My rMBP from 2012 is no longer officially supported since Big Sur (due to a WiFi adapter incompatibility of all things). Not that I have any use for it but it's just a decorative element at this point.
presbyterian 3y ago
> My 2010 x86 MBP still receives MacOS updates Not from Apple it doesn't. The latest MBP to officially run macOS Mojave, which came out in 2018, is a 2012 model: https://support.apple.com/kb/sp777?locale=en_US https://support.apple.com/kb/sp777?locale=en_US macOS High Sierra was the last one to support 2010 MacBook Pros: https://support.apple.com/kb/sp765?locale=en_US https://support.apple.com/kb/sp765?locale=en_US
- yjftsjthsd-h 3y ago
  Do the older releases still get security patches?
  - presbyterian 3y ago
    If I remember correctly, you get about 3 years of security updates, because Apple provides updates for the 3 most recent macOS major versions