macOS 14 Sonoma on Unsupported Macs Thread

[Meddvedd]

When I updated from El Capitan to Big Sur my MBP got a little slower
Is Sonoma slower than the Big Sur?

 

[OKonnel]

DELETE, please

 

[OKonnel]

Hi Guys!
I've decided to upgrade my MacBook Pro 11,3 A1398 Mid2014 i7 16Gb RAM, 1TB Original SSD
What would be better for me - Sonoma or Sequoia?
What is more stable and faster?
Sorry if it's off-topic

You can look up and read my previous posts as I have gone to great lengths in giving my opinions.
To summarise: during the time I was using Sequoia, i.e. from when it was released until the end of last April, it constantly seemed as if the my Mac had lost its proverbial stability in ANYTHING I did. Apart from there being several bugs that may remain unresolved, not having a Metal 3 video card, etc.

Back in Sonoma, instead, I went back to work as if I had bought a new Mac. After all, Sequoia doesn't have much more to offer and it also suffers from Apple's AI-oriented complexity and experiments.!… AI which will NOT affect our Intel Macs...

Reread my posts above and also ask yourself a question:
if you had a beautiful Mercedes car from 2023 that you were happy with... would you change it to the 2024 model just for a few small cosmetic changes and KNOWING that they were rewriting the entire ECU, for example in view of electrification and AI programmes that will never affect the your beautiful car?

Only in IT are we fickle and swayable with no real reason to leave the certain for the uncertain...