Buying O S Yosemite
Is it smart to buy an laptop running on OS Yosemite . Can it get updates?
what is a good price ?
iPhone 7 Plus, iOS 13
What versions of Mac OS X / macOS a Mac laptop can run will depend on its hardware model and model year. This information can be found in the About This Mac dialog in the Apple () menu.
Most Mac laptops that can run Yosemite cannot run current versions of the Mac operating system. Some vendors like Microsoft and Adobe have a policy of only supporting the most recent three major versions of macOS. When Apple releases Sonoma - which they have said they will do this fall – those will be Sonoma (14), Ventura (13), and Monterey (12).
Scanning the listings in MacTracker, I see only a few laptops which can run both Yosemite and Monterey.
- MacBook Air (11-inch, Early 2015)
- MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2015)
- MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015)
- MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015)
These are the newest laptops which match your description ("running on OS Yosemite"). They can't run Ventura – the current version of macOS; and they won't be able to run Sonoma - the "any time now" version.
While Apple has not announced when Sonoma's successor will come out, history suggests that it will be sometime late in 2024. So Monterey has about a year left during which it will be one of the most recent three. After that, you will probably see Microsoft and Adobe drop support for it as if it were a hot potato. (Some other software vendors might support it for longer; this is one of those things that varies from vendor to vendor.)
