Monterey or Ventura for best Intel iMac support?

[mindquest]

I have a 2020 Intel iMac on BS and wondering is it worth going to Monterey or Ventura?

I assume there will be less focus on supporting Intel with each new OS so trying to figure if I should upgrade or stay on BS for the long haul?

 

[frou]

I wouldn't assume that unless/until there are specific examples of Intel users having a bad time.

 

[gilby101]

I have a 2020 Intel iMac on BS and wondering is it worth going to Monterey or Ventura?

It is always a good idea to run the latest macOS - gets security updates, runs latest app versions, etc.

 

[minik]

I have a 2020 Intel iMac and currently running macOS Monterey 12.6. Will upgrade to macOS Ventura 13.0 tomorrow or within this week. Working with a lot of different Mac at work, macOS Big Sur was never been smooth.

 

[Schnauzer World]

I have a 2020 Intel iMac and currently running macOS Monterey 12.6. Will upgrade to macOS Ventura 13.0 tomorrow or within this week. Working with a lot of different Mac at work, macOS Big Sur was never been smooth.

I'm doing the same, but made a 12.6 boot disk just in case.

 

[Gudi]

I assume there will be less focus on supporting Intel with each new OS, so trying to figure if I should upgrade or stay on Big Sur for the long haul?

macOS will fully support Intel CPUs until one day it doesn't and you can't even upgrade to the new OS version anymore. So it's not your decision to make, Apple will decide when your computer is too old. Usually software and hardware support lasts up to seven years after Apple last sold the device as new.

As it's always the case, you might miss out on some new introduced software features, which specifically require a hardware element your Intel Mac doesn't have, like a Neural Engine. Those features are just missing while the rest of the OS works as advertised. Generally speaking upgrading macOS has often been a joy bringing genuine performance improvements and bug fixes. Occasionally a new user interface design turns out to be not as great as Apple thought. You get the good with the bad.

 

[BrianBaughn]

Regarding security, Monterey will likely be updated for a couple of years as that's the norm for Apple.

I'll wait until one or two updates for Ventura are released before updating to it and let the early adopters work out the kinks.

 

[Docsteve]

I have 2018 MacBook Pro and all i do is email, photo's , Facebook. Some texting and Facetime. Is it worth it for me to download Ventura?

 

[gilby101]

I have 2018 MacBook Pro and all i do is email, photo's , Facebook. Some texting and Facetime. Is it worth it for me to download Ventura?

What are you running at present? Ventura has security updates, some of which are not present in any older macOS. So I would say Yes.

 

[zarmanto]

Regarding security, Monterey will likely be updated for a couple of years as that's the norm for Apple.

That used to be the norm. Apple has recently stated that they will only commit to security updates for the latest major version of macOS; prior versions may get some security updates, but they are expressly not guaranteed to get all of them. (Reference)