I have some Mac mini 2010 intel core 2 duo with decent RAM (12GB) and SSDs
I am trying to use Vivaldi or Brave as MOST BUT NOT ALL modern sites load in Safari (Mojave 10.14.6)
What is the last/highest version of Chrome/Chromium I can run on this hardware ?
tia, Ross
PS I had some suggestions about Vivladi but I can't anything over 3.7 to run on this hardware.
tia, Ross :)
Update:
thanks for input folks so far my luck on this MacMini 2010 (c2d) maxes out at..
Chrome v. 86.0.4240.75 from 2020-10-7 || Vivaldi (Snapshot) 2088.7 from 2020-10-29
Chrome 90.0.4430.72 and above just give a blank window (no browser chrome i.e. buttons / address bar)
Update:
thanks for input folks so far my luck on this MacMini 2010 (c2d) maxes out at..
Chrome v. 86.0.4240.75 from 2020-10-7 || Vivaldi (Snapshot) 2088.7 from 2020-10-29
Chrome 90.0.4430.72 and above just give a blank window (no browser chrome i.e. buttons / address bar)
No I did try direct download whatever version for 10.11+
but same issues as Chrome 90 - blank window
Chrome 86.0.4240.75 only version that works for me on my hardware..
Hi,
The latest release of Chrome (100) was just released today. It requires 10.11 or later, so your mini will run it: https://www.google.com/chrome/downloads/
RoZZaH Said:
"What is last/highest compatible version of Chrome/Chromium for Mac Mini 2010 [Intel Core 2 Duo] ?"
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Use Google's Forums:
Ask on: Google Chrome Help | Google. Being a Google product, you'll likely get the answer you need in there.
Apparently Chrome bases its requirements on the OS a Mac is running; if the Mac can run that OS (10.11), then the hardware is sufficient. The Mac I was running Chrome on is an Early 2008 MacBook Pro C2D 10.11.6. I say "was" because I tried updating it from 98.something to 100 and the update failed. Their solution was to uninstall and download new, so when I uninstalled I decided to try Brave instead. If Brave isn't working for you, I'd still recommend Chrome, as you don't have a lot of options.
Ah, might not on older HW, but in Mojave I'm running Brave...
Version 1.36.122 Chromium: 99.0.4844.88 (Official Build) (x86_64)
So if Chrome doesn't work, I doubt if Brave would either.
(Patched) Mojave 10.14.6.. my experience was Catalina ran okay initially but turned into a real dog (slow) over time.
I didn’t think Big Sur (and now Monterey) would work any better but let me know if you think 12-16GB and an SSD (Samsung 870 QVO) would be enough to run these - I think graphics is the limitation with the Intel Core 2 Duo..
I understand Vivaldi and Brave are based on Chrome/Chromium but like I said I didn’t get much beyond Vivaldi 3.7 and a fairly older version of Brave - e.g. Vivaldi 5 installed but just opened a blank window - didn’t even loaded the browser ‘chrome’ i.e. buttons/address bar
But will it run on this hardware? I know google announced they cut support for anything before Intel Core 2 Duo a couple of years back.. but they never said what the state of play is now - as mentioned above my experience with Vivaldi and Brave was a ‘blank window’ - are you running Chrome 100 on a Mac Mini 2010 - if so what OS version ?
some others experienced same thing between versions - it is strange because you wouldn't think there's a difference between the Nvidia graphics chips (8600m GT for MBP 2008 vs 360M GF) - unless something happens with Patched Mojave - I don't think I'm bothered going back to High Sierra just to get this working.
What OS are you running?
Vivaldi or Brave are same versions as Chrome.
I don't know why that's happening.
Are you downloading directly from Google? https://www.google.com/chrome/index.html
I don't know why you'd be getting those old versions....
What is last/highest compatible version of Chrome/Chromium for Mac Mini 2010 [Intel Core 2 Duo] ?
