MacBook Pro Retina 15" Early 2013

[St_Danny]

Hi all.
I have MacBook Pro Retina 15" early 2013 i7 2.4 Ram: 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3, Graphics Intel HD Graphics 4000 512 MB + NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 1024 MB
I know it's becomin old and for some reason I didn't upgrade the OS and stayed at Mountain Lion 10.8.5. I would like to use it more effiently. I would like to upgrade the OS. Which would be the best OS that suits my laptop and doesn't make it slow? Since I already have all the previous OS and can install them as clean install.
Thank you very much

Danny

 

[CoastalOR]

I would recommend El Capitan (10.11) or Sierra (10.12). You're the only one that can evaluate what is acceptably not "slow". I found that 10.11 & 10.12 enjoyable and not too "slow" on a 2014 MBP for MY tastes.

 

[vemac575]

I agree. Stay with El Capitan.

 

[CloudsNeverDie]

I have a late 2013 and am running Catalina without issues, so YMMV. It has an Nvidia GeForce GT 750M inside, which works fine in Catalina.

 

[Mr Screech]

Anything below Mojave since nvidia support is 'gone' from that one.
Running High Sierra myself, love the night-shift option, not sure if older versions have this.

 

[uller6]

Anything below Mojave since nvidia support is 'gone' from that one.
Running High Sierra myself, love the night-shift option, not sure if older versions have this.

Not sure what you mean by this? My late 2013 is working great on Catalina with Nvidia 750m video card.

 

[topcat001]

I'm running Catalina on a 2012 15" MBP with nvidia graphics. It works perfectly.

 

[Mr Screech]

Not sure what you mean by this? My late 2013 is working great on Catalina with Nvidia 750m video card.

It runs, but there is no more official CUDA support.

 

[uller6]

It runs, but there is no more official CUDA support.

Every standard Mac app is designed to run well on Mac hardware. CUDA is only used for niche applications, and most people don't even know what CUDA is anyway. OP, If you don't know what CUDA is you don't need it.

Your 2012 MBP should run well on Catalina, and that will likely be the last OS you can load on the machine anyway. If you still need programs with 32 bit support, or CUDA support, then you should stick with Mojave, 10.14, instead.

 

[MSastre]

I'm running Mojave on a late 2013 15" MBP with no problems. I'll try Catalina when they roll out the .3 version.