Mojave from Sierra, to bother or not?

[Peter Franks]

Early 2011 MBP, running a SAMSUNG SSD. Didn't bother with High Sierra as I wasn't hearing great experiences, but is there any point with Mojave? Only really gone to Sierra from 10.6.8 a couple of months ago, Thanks

 

[Audit13]

Everyone I know has been using high Sierra on their MacBook pro without issue. This includes 2010 15", late 2011 15", mid 2012 15" non-retina, and 2010 13".

Mojave isn't officially supported on your model but there are ways around that.

https://www.techradar.com/news/apples-macos-1014-mojave-cuts-the-number-of-supported-macs

 

[Peter Franks]

Thanks Audit. Makes you wonder why they're asking me to update all the time. Why is it not compatible, not because it thinks I have an HDD still, or due to graphics and stuff.

What if any will be affected by 'High', re my old files from Snow Leopard, are they all compatible with newer file system, and will the old Photohop Elements 9 and Word 11 still work on it?

 

[jerryk]

Thanks Audit. Makes you wonder why they're asking me to update all the time. Why is it not compatible, not because it thinks I have an HDD still, or due to graphics and stuff.

What if any will be affected by 'High', re my old files from Snow Leopard, are they all compatible with newer file system, and will the old Photohop Elements 9 and Word 11 still work on it?

Mojave makes extensive use of the Metal, which uses the GPU. I would probably not upgrade a unit that old. Even with 2016/2017 units people are reporting slow scrolling and other graphics related stalling.

 

[Audit13]

You may run into problems with some older 32-bit programs on HS and is to be expected since Apple is withdrawing support for 32-bit software: https://support.apple.com/en-ca/HT208436

Mojave compatibility may have something to do with hardware that has been designated as "legacy" or "vintage" by Apple.

The file system has changed from HFS for SSDs and mechanical drives to APFS (for SSDs) but I have not seen any compatibility issues.

 

[Peter Franks]

Mojave makes extensive use of the Metal, which uses the GPU. I would probably not upgrade a unit that old. Even with 2016/2017 units people are reporting slow scrolling and other graphics related stalling.

Thanks for the heads up. So not as smooth as iOS 12 then! Mind you I haven't done that yet either....

You may run into problems with some older 32-bit programs on HS and is to be expected since Apple is withdrawing support for 32-bit software: https://support.apple.com/en-ca/HT208436

Mojave compatibility may have something to do with hardware that has been designated as "legacy" or "vintage" by Apple.

The file system has changed from HFS for SSDs and mechanical drives to APFS (for SSDs) but I have not seen any compatibility issues.

Thank you. Whether it's worth spending on a new Photoshop or Office will be dictated by the final OS for my MBP.
Thanks again