


But with how well old computers hold up for basic tasks, it's just wasteful to not keep the Operating System current for longer. I think the last intel machines sold will at least get 4 years of updates. The yearly OS updates just feel like too much They end up abandoning a version before it truly gets stable. Back when Snow Leopard launched there was 2-3 years between OS releases. Snow Leopard could take all the hits and keep on ticking. Is Mail worth a crap again? It's been pure garbage in Big Sur, searching is entirely broken why is the internet's oldest app so hard to do the right way? Does anyone at Apple actually use Mail.app? Seems like they don't.). I'm almost scared to try Monterey (has it fixed the moron 2x memory hog bug that's breaking virtualbox in Big Sur? It's confirmed as an Apple problem. I've regretted Big Sur ever since I made the jump. High Sierra was probably "second best", so much that I hung onto that as long as humanly possible until I couldn't go on any longer. Every OS X/macOS since then has had various components of a **** show, each barely swept together and held in place by glue and mud then ignored when the next dev train started. Massive stability fixes, just solid all around. If I remember right Snow Leopard was just some slight improvements and fixes. It's never good if you buy something right as a major change is happening. I get what you mean but I think that's different than the Vintage/ Obsolete list. Vintage products are typically ineligible for repairs at Apple Stores and Apple Authorized Service Providers, unless spare parts remain available. MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Four Thunderbolt Ports)ĩ.7-inch iPad Pro models released in 2016 are now vintage as well.Ī device becomes vintage once five years have passed since Apple last distributed the device for sale.MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Two Thunderbolt Ports).The full list of Macs that became vintage at the end of July: Apple has since removed the Touch Bar from higher-end MacBook Pro models, but it is still available on the new 13-inch MacBook Pro with the M2 chip. Apple introduced the Touch Bar in October 2016 as part of a complete redesign of the MacBook Pro. Notably, the first MacBook Pro models with the Touch Bar are now classified as vintage. As expected, Apple today updated its vintage products list with eight more MacBook, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and iMac models released in 20.
