So how long will my 2020 (2018) Intel Mac Mini be supported?

[Kebabselector]

Listing something as "New" on their website can also mean "Updated" with Apple.

I argued that point with Apple and received about £80 back!

 

[Droid13]

Bringing this post back only because ArsTechnica had a go at answering this very question here:

How long will the last Intel Macs be supported? macOS Sonoma gives us some hints

Nearly 20 years of data show how Intel Macs are faring as Apple switches chips.

arstechnica.com

 

[magicMac]

A few more years I hope, since I have one 🙂

I've considered getting a new M2 Mac Mini a few times but just keep hearing constantly issues with 10Gb NIC not supporting 10Gb speeds, HDMI port interfering with WiFi, flaky WiFi speeds, poor bluetooth range, no intel virtualisation support for VMs, and then there is the apple storage pricing.

To replace my Intel Mac Mini (6-pCore CPU, 32GB RAM, 1TB Storage) with an M2 Pro Mac Mini of similar spec (10-Core CPU, 16GB RAM, 1TB Storage), is going to cost £1500~. Upgrade not big enough for what I use my mac mini for, I will see what the M3 ones look like in October. It would be great if Apple Silicon supported Intel VT-x so I can boot my Win3.1/95 VMs to play some old games.

 

[LionTeeth]

Bought my 2018 i5 at launch in 2018, had the motherboard replaced under warranty, still works flawlessly. The fans gear up more than I’d like but for music production so far it’s still killing it. I’m at a certain age where unless it dies, I don’t see myself ever replacing it. At least for the next ten years. If George rr Martin can write novels on a PC from 1991, there’s no reason I have to replace this. Struck gold with the motherboard replacement, computer still flies no matter what I throw at it.

 

[Droid13]

So my machine is not supported by Tahoe - it looks like the answer is September 2027, which is when Sequoia updates are expected to dry up.

I look forwards to my eventual purchase of an M6 / M7 powered mini.

 

[Boyd01]

That's pretty close to the take-away from this thread too.

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/when-will-support-for-the-2018-mini-end.2458796/

 

[frou]

2020 Intel Mac Mini is a fiction created by forum users 😀 Yes I know Apple adjusted the prices for the spec tiers in 2020, but just go to the  menu, About this Mac, and it's right there in black and white: Mac Mini 2018

I look forwards to my eventual purchase of an M6 / M7 powered mini.

Same here! I feel being hot-rodded with a good eGPU is giving my Mini good staying power.

 

[Che Castro]

So my machine is not supported by Tahoe - it looks like the answer is September 2027, which is when Sequoia updates are expected to dry up.

I look forwards to my eventual purchase of an M6 / M7 powered mini.

Consider yourself lucky it doesn’t get Tahoe

 

[Droid13]

Consider yourself lucky it doesn’t get Tahoe

It's that good huh? Haven't updated my MBAir yet; I normally wait for at least the ".1" if not the ".4" release.