You know how there are multiple revs of some Macs and the differences between that Mac and the rev either before or after are sometimes minimal to the point where you can run the OS that came on the earlier Mac on the later Mac? (Such examples of this include the Early 2011 MacBook Pros and the Late 2011 MacBook Pros. The former came with Snow Leopard. The latter came with Lion; but since they shared the same firmware and hardware, the latter could have Snow Leopard installed with no issue. The 2013 and 2014 MacBook Airs were, I believe, also such an example. Same with the Late 2013 and Mid 2014 MacBook Pros. Also the 2012 and Early 2013 MacBook Pros (Retina only).)
Anyway, here's my predicament: I am in the market for a 2020 13" MacBook Pro (yes, I know an ARM replacement is rumored to come out in a small single digit number of months). I was going to target the higher-end 10th Gen based models because they're not much more than the maxed out 2020 MacBook Air I would've otherwise tried to buy. However, if there is enough similarities under the hood between the 8th Gen version and its 2019 predecessor such that I can install macOS 10.14 Mojave and have it run with working drivers (as I can't imagine most of the hardware in that machine, keyboard aside, is the same, if not similar) on a separate partition, that would be extremely appealing as I have several low-requirement Mac games that didn't survive Catalina's culling of 32-bit apps. Yes, I know that I should get a PC (and I have a few). But It would be nice to at least have a home for games that I own for Mac.
Does anyone know if there is that kind of commonality between the MacBookPro16,3 and its MacBookPro15,4 predecessor?
Anyway, here's my predicament: I am in the market for a 2020 13" MacBook Pro (yes, I know an ARM replacement is rumored to come out in a small single digit number of months). I was going to target the higher-end 10th Gen based models because they're not much more than the maxed out 2020 MacBook Air I would've otherwise tried to buy. However, if there is enough similarities under the hood between the 8th Gen version and its 2019 predecessor such that I can install macOS 10.14 Mojave and have it run with working drivers (as I can't imagine most of the hardware in that machine, keyboard aside, is the same, if not similar) on a separate partition, that would be extremely appealing as I have several low-requirement Mac games that didn't survive Catalina's culling of 32-bit apps. Yes, I know that I should get a PC (and I have a few). But It would be nice to at least have a home for games that I own for Mac.
Does anyone know if there is that kind of commonality between the MacBookPro16,3 and its MacBookPro15,4 predecessor?