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Apple Putting 3 Mac Computers Out to Pasture!
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My wife has my old 2011 27" iMac which is one of the models discontinued by Apple. It just means that she is at a limit for upgrading her OS and many of her apps won't be upgradable further. It's not a huge problem as she is able to do everything she needs to do, so we expect her intel-based iMac will still serve her well for a few more years.
I recently bought the new 24" M1 (Apple's own system on a chip SOC), which is blazing fast compared to the 27" intel iMac. I'm sure that when I upgrade again in a few years, wife will inherit my current computer (she's not much of a computer nerd so as long as she can do email, write documents, etc., she's happy) whereas I do a lot of photo and video editing and need all the speed I can get. As apple moves to their own Apple Silicon chips, support and apps for the iNtel machines will become harder and harder, but if the current system and apps you have are adequate to your needs, an old Apple computer can last a very long time.
I recently bought the new 24" M1 (Apple's own system on a chip SOC), which is blazing fast compared to the 27" intel iMac. I'm sure that when I upgrade again in a few years, wife will inherit my current computer (she's not much of a computer nerd so as long as she can do email, write documents, etc., she's happy) whereas I do a lot of photo and video editing and need all the speed I can get. As apple moves to their own Apple Silicon chips, support and apps for the iNtel machines will become harder and harder, but if the current system and apps you have are adequate to your needs, an old Apple computer can last a very long time.
It’s usually not a problem unless users need to upgrade Adobe products or websites need the latest Safari to perform secure transactions.
but it makes me wonder what happens when Tesla drops support for earlier models and the EV becomes a boat anchor when it’s old OS makes it a safety hazard so they are simply “switched off”.
but it makes me wonder what happens when Tesla drops support for earlier models and the EV becomes a boat anchor when it’s old OS makes it a safety hazard so they are simply “switched off”.
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I came late to the Apple game. My first iMac was iNtel based.
Now that I have an M1 iMac (Apple chip), many of my Apps still have to run through Rosetta until all the companies develop and release M1 compliant versions. Luckily, that whole process is pretty transparent (so far)
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I remember having to put my Apple IIe out to pasture.
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So for those of us playing along at home, which 3 models are they phasing out?
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Back in the late 80's, all I ever used were Macs.
Got tired of having to scrap them every time they upgraded software or hardware.
Switched to PC about 10-15 years ago.
Everything was cool until it died.
Now I get my sisters Macs free when she upgrades.