What’s even more proof apple is fully into “planned obsolescence” is that the 2012 Mac Mini runs just fine with macOS Sequoia BUT ONLY if you patch it yourself.
Apple doesn't care if a Mac slows down because of a newer OS version or update. They'll be happy to sell you "this is our best Mac ever and we know you're going to love it".
The base model came with 4GB and a (5400RPM) HDD. I run Sonoma on a MacBook Air 2013 (8GB), it runs but is certainly not a good experience.
Correct, early builds were PowerPC bootable: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/snow-leopard-on-unsupported-powerpc-macs.2232031/
No, I don't understand. 2019 to 2025 is 6 years, 1994 to 2000 was 6 years. Did you run Windows 2000 on your 386/486 in the year 2000?
Nah, this was a completely different scenario. As discussed, this was a switch from one architecture to a completely different architecture. It was expected by just about everyone that Intel Macs would play second fiddle to Apple Silicon going forward. In that way it was planned obsolescence, but Apple essentially told us that plan right from the get go, which is why the worth of those Macs tanked so steeply and so quickly. However, as others have said, it wasn't that Apple was intentionally going out of its way to cripple the Intel Macs, but it's not incompetence either as some others have claimed. It's neither. It's mainly that Apple did not want to invest much more resources to support a dead end architecture.
Ahhh memories. I remember when my G5 was running pretty bad on .0 in Leopard. It did get better later on, but of course by then the 2006 MP came out with Intel and Snow Leopard was a thing and I had already ordered that one
That post suggests you may have purchased in 2022 in part based on paper specs, not on the expectation of the evolution of macOS going forward in the face of an officially announced architecture switch years prior.I think at the end of the day, "ignoring" Intel support performance improvements in Tahoe, since it's still officially supported, is akin to "planned obsolescence". But it is designed in such a way that they are indirectly doing it, and not intentionally. It's just part of business. They can easily put some resources to make Tahoe at least feel like Sequoia before killing off Intel support one last time. Its a 4 trillion dollar company. I have sent multiple Feedbacks to them and even emailed Tim, I hope they hear us (and to be honest, I have gotten emails back from Apple in the past regarding complaints).
Because to me, 28c Intel/192GB 2933Mhz/4TB SSD/6900XT (23 TFLOPS of perf) is no slouch. If it was maybe an i7 laptop with an iGPU, sure, I would agree and say it's time to upgrade. But to cripple it on the last release of the supported OS just looks suspect to me.
We don’t even know if they will build it. Maybe they will just make everyone subscribe for cloud computing power and use a less powerful local machine.
What you don't understand is that cMP users were led to believe that the 7,1 would be as rock solid as the previous models and so far are still running the latest MacOS. I still run my 4,1 flashed to 5,1 with Monterey almost daily. It has been flawless for years without a single issue. They were powerhouses then and they still are today, I can show my electric bill. What other machine can boast 17 years of rock solid performance? Well, except for my 25 year old Frigidaire still chugging away in my basement. I think a lot of 7,1 buyers had high expectations as I certainly did, that it would perform for many years regardless of the M-series push soon after. The 7,1 is truly a work of art that was all but destroyed by greedy Apple CEOs. If you're of the Apple can do no wrong crowd, I got news for you, they are driven by greed just like every other company and are slaves to the shareholders and the ultra wealthy. Planned obsolescence is the business model of capitalism. The M-series machines are an example and a product of it. They are not upgradeable and are integrated so they're not repairable either. If the GPU or the CPU fails, you can't just swap them out with a new one, you have to buy a whole new machine from Apple. That is by definition, planned obsolescence.
I hope if and when that happens, people consider other vendors. Voting with your wallet is the only way to make a difference in this world.
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The hardware in these machines will last many more years just as the cMPs did and do, but that's a poor business model for a profit driven business. Yes, I'm saying 10 or 20 years or a least until the hardware starts failing. If the software in my car's head-unit fails, I shouldn't have to buy a whole new car because the car has no replaceable parts. I'm just glad my trusty old Frigidaire doesn't have a circuit-board or any software installed. And yes the average consumer cannot plop down $4000.00+ every 3 to 5 years because of planned obsolescence especially in this economy.
Ironically enough if you cruise ebay and you loaded up the Mac Pro with 384mb-768mb+ RAM, they're starting to reach the same prices they cost when new. 768mb RAM MP 28core is going for $8-$11K and rising by the week. Wait another 6 months and if DDR5 RAM (which seems to include DDR4 RAM in MP), continues increasing ... they're gonna be worth more than you paid for them brand new. Welcome to upside down world. Haven't even touched upon PCIe cards with multiple 2-8TB SSDs
If you really regret your purchase, well hey, it's becoming a great time to sell it and buy something else.
