just found out my Mojave mac mini (Late 2018) no longer has a web browser
three years ago apple abandoned long time support for legacy systems,
cut support in half.
i am soo disappointed …
Mac mini (2018)
Pat Schaefer wrote:
will have no supported browser going forward ... (Lack of support aka reject from websites aka useless
has already happened to Yosemite).
Firefox 115 ESR support continues until Sep. 2024. After that, it doesn't suddenly stop working with websites. It could well be another 3-4 years before that even begins to happen.
IMHO if you exercise a reasonable degree of care in your internet activities and use at least an ad blocker like uBlock Origin + Privacy Badger you should be able to continue using FFOX 115 ESR on Mojave for the forseeable future.
Pat Schaefer wrote:
but what if I bought a 2020 mac
None of the Macs released in 2020 can run Mojave.
All of the Intel-based Macs released in that year came with some version of Catalina. All of the Apple-Silicon-based Macs released in that year came with some version of Big Sur. It's a well-known rule that Macs cannot run a version of macOS earlier than the one that first shipped with their particular hardware model.
Pat Schaefer wrote:
oh and I have the last eMac, the last rig able to dual boot classic and OS X
eMac (2005) – introduced May 2005, discontinued October 2005. 1.44 GHz, single-core PowerPC G4, 80 or 160 GB hard drive, official limit is 1 GB of RAM, actual limit is 2 GB. Originally came with Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger). Can run Leopard, but not the Intel-only Snow Leopard.
what if I bought a 2020 mac …
expecting to receive 7.15 years support
just like 2007 - 2017
now only 3 years later
I find it is no longer supported.
I believe I would feel shortchanged.
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At the other extreme is my actually buying a Late 2018 mini
and expecting the support to last until 2025.
Pat Schaefer wrote:
what if I bought a 2020 mac …
expecting to receive 7.15 years support
just like 2007 - 2017
now only 3 years later
I find it is no longer supported.
Every Mac released in 2020 will be able to run macOS Sequoia. Every one. So this scenario of a 2020 Mac that supposedly is "no longer supported" "only 3 years" after its release is one that didn't happen.
Apple generally supports devices for 5 years after they stopped selling the model. That's not new.
Plz check out that second diagram again
especially 2007 and on.
You seem to be mistaken.
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ok will get back to my setup later
but what if I bought a 2020 mac
Seems I clearly got short changed, no?
Pat Schaefer wrote:
but what if I bought a 2020 mac
Some 2020 Macs were Intel-based. Others were Apple-Silicon-based. All will be able to run Sequoia.
Not part of this thought experiment.
I bought a 2020 computer with a 2020 mac os.
that's it.
Apple not supporting older Mac mini like they used to
