Got it off of eBay for $325. It says Mid 2013 under serial number but its actually the 1.4 GHZ I5 which was in early 2014. After research I found out a lot of early 2014 machines show up as mid 2013's under serial number. Anyways. This little machine is in overall pretty good shape. How many years should I expect it to be supported before they cut it off? I was happy to get one with 8gb of ram for this price.
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I bought a mid 2013-Early 2014 11" MacBook Air w/8gb of ram. How long am I projected to get updates?
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My 2012 rMBP is still getting updates. Can't speak for Apple or guarantee anything, but you should be good for 2-3 more years at a minimum.
The airs from about 2012 onward aren't that much different from each other. There's no strict hardware cutoffs that would force Apple to drop support. The latest is needing the right GPU to support Metal for Mojave.
The white polycarbonate 2010 MacBook runs High Sierra. And it will probably receive security updates for 2-3 years after that. So all told 2010 to 2020 for software support seems pretty good.
I expect these airs to be supported until 2021-22... then after that who knows.
Apple seems to want to support old hardware. The iPhone 5s is getting iOS 12... and with performance improvements at that.
I really don't see Apple dropping support on these Airs for a long time... they still sell what is basically the same computer as your 2013.
The white polycarbonate 2010 MacBook runs High Sierra. And it will probably receive security updates for 2-3 years after that. So all told 2010 to 2020 for software support seems pretty good.
I expect these airs to be supported until 2021-22... then after that who knows.
Apple seems to want to support old hardware. The iPhone 5s is getting iOS 12... and with performance improvements at that.
I really don't see Apple dropping support on these Airs for a long time... they still sell what is basically the same computer as your 2013.
Apple dropped support for the 2011 Macs with Mojave so I would assume that, by the time Apple drops OS support for this air,you'll be ready for a hardware upgrade.
Even though Apple stops supporting a newer OS on a particular machine does not mean that it will become unusable or obsolete. There are many Mac users with completely usable machines from 2009 to 2012.
Even though Apple stops supporting a newer OS on a particular machine does not mean that it will become unusable or obsolete. There are many Mac users with completely usable machines from 2009 to 2012.
Also if the rumor is true about Apple going with in house CPUs starting in 2020 then who knows.