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> Stuff doesn't just 'stop working' They didn't say that. In fact they said the total opposite > As a reasonable alternative, you can stick Linux on it and it
by gib444 5mo ago
> Stuff doesn't just 'stop working'
They didn't say that. In fact they said the total opposite
> As a reasonable alternative, you can stick Linux on it and it'll run nicely
Somewhat true for Intel
Not so true for Apple Silicon (Asahi are only upto M2 I think?)
- d1sxeyes 5mo agoI did read between the lines here: > After that you essentially have to chuck it as you don’t get any updates from Apple and slowly you descend into incompatibility unless you world exists in browser. But I don't think the lines were particularly far apart. > Not so true for Apple Silicon (Asahi are only upto M2 I think?) M1 was six years ago, M2 was four, both within the seven years OP was talking about. You can run Linux inside a VM on any Apple Silicon Mac already, even if there is no progress on native Linux on Apple Silicon.
- gib444 5mo agoThe absolute contortions in logic