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Macs Able to Run macOS Sierra Remain Compatible With High Sierra
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No only Skylake and higher machines support it.Will MacBook Pro early 2011 supports HEVC ?Thanks
This is why my 2011 MBP will still be my machine for the next year. With the SSD, it still runs like a champ.
You mean the 2015 rMBPs will not support it? But what happens when I take a picture on my iPhone, it takes the photo in HEVC format, then uploads to my iCloud Photo Library? Are you saying it won't show up on my rMBP?
Thank you Apple...the longer you can keep support around the better. The hardware power isn't advancing like it used to, so this is very good.
I know the pain, was counting on the "but its not getting OS security updates anymore honey, we have to replace it..." path for an irrefutable upgrade proposal. Looking at fall back value loss argument (that works better on a 2-3 year machine).
I know the pain, was counting on the "but its not getting OS security updates anymore honey, we have to replace it..." path for an irrefutable upgrade proposal. Looking at fall back value loss argument (that works better on a 2-3 year machine).
FYI... I also have a 2013 27" i7 4gb gpu 64gb ram. It runs Sierra beautifully. It's fast! And I never noticed any slowdown after updating to Sierra.
I can't wait for my next upgrade... I'm sure there's an iMac Pro somewhere with my name on it
Except it's mostly under the hood stuff, so it's more like Leopard > Snow Leopard releases.
Only Skylake and higher machines support hardware acceleration of HEVC. There is a software implementation for older machines. Having said that.. asking a 2011 MBP.. a 6yr old machine.. to play back a state of the art intensive 4k video codec is asking a lot.. your mileage may vary.
Also, don't confuse the new photo format with the new video format. When you take a photo on your iPhone etc it will take up less space on your device. When you share it to the web or anywhere else it seamlessly makes a regular jpeg so everything works as normal. Presumably video will be the same.
My 2007 iMac still receives security updates. The latest one was in May
By comparison, I recently installed Windows 10 Pro on a Compaq Presario SR1010z with an AMD Athlon 64 3400+ and also on a Dell Dimension 8400 with a 3 GHz Pentium 4.
Both systems were purchased in 2004. Both had 2 GB of RAM. And both are extremely responsive and feel fast while running Windows 10.
So I'd say Microsoft is still the lead in backwards compatibility.
I do like my Macs. But Apple does artificially cut off system support quite often (as illustrated by Sierra and El Capitan running on unsupported systems by editing the permitted systems list in the installer files).
What about the late 2015 iMac? I know it’s supported for High Sierra, but what about Metal 2 and the HVEC capabilities? And the Mid 2015 rMBP?
Thanks (I plan to upgrade the iMac anyway) .
Thanks (I plan to upgrade the iMac anyway) .
Only Skylake and higher machines support hardware acceleration of HEVC. There is a software implementation for older machines. A quick google says the late 2015 iMac has a sky lake chipset. The mid 2015 rMBP does not. Only the late 2016 MBP and newer will have hardware HEVC acceleration. This doesn't mean other machines can't playback HEVC. It just means they'll do so in software.
Thanks for your swift reply. I appreciate it - this whole thing isn’t a big reason for me to upgrade my iMac but I tend to when there’s still 1 year warranty left to make it more a desirable sell on. Thanks again CBlakeston.
This has to be the last release my early 2011 17" MacBook Pro gets. It's already considered obsolete by Apple.
2014 should still be regarded as new. I have a 2011 Mac and MacBook and both are doing just fine for app development, photo processing and games. Apple have just dropped support for the MacBook, so any future repairs might be an issue but until then I see no reason to spend £2,000 on a new machine that will be 95% identical (just a bit faster with a bit more disk space) than the one I have.
Mine is starting to tank. I'm certain it's a video card. Just because I can upgrade I wonder how reliable it would run.
I figure the same thing for my 2011 iMac model, simply due to the fact of no Metal (1 or 2) support.
Was the video card ever replaced under the recall? I think the recall expired at the end of 2016, but it could never hurt to take it to an Apple store and have it checked out.