Hi,
I have an iMac mid-2011 27" and I see the article below which says that iMacs mid 2011 21.5 inches are obsoletes.
Does anybody have an idea ( or experience ), till when my machine will still be supported ?
My iMac has these specs :
- 3.4 GHz CPU
- 16GB RAM
- 2 GB GPU
- 2 HDDs ( 1 SSD + 1 simple HDD ) 1,256 GB Total Capacity
Vintage and obsolete products - Apple Support
Thanks
iMac, macOS High Sierra (10.13)
You're welcome.
Maybe High Sierra cannot run in 2007-2009 Mac, so my time is coming at the next OS releases.
As I mentioned, there's no telling. As long as your hardware supports the OS, you're fine. If Apple makes some change to the OS at some point your hardware no longer supports, then you'll know. 😎
To quote moi, "there's no telling".
You're welcome.
Maybe High Sierra cannot run in 2007-2009 Mac, so my time is coming at the next OS releases.
As I mentioned, there's no telling. As long as your hardware supports the OS, you're fine. If Apple makes some change to the OS at some point your hardware no longer supports, then you'll know. 😎
To quote moi, "there's no telling".
Those guidelines refer to what hardware Apple will support, like for spare parts, etc. You might still be able to service the computer from third-party sources. For example, the G4s have been vintage/obsolete per Apple, but you can still find rebuilt Power Supplies on eBay. So, you might still be able to get some hardware upgrades and replacement parts, just not from Apple, but as time goes on this can be more difficult.
Another thing to consider is the support for security updates to Mac OS X/macOS, historically, Apple has generally provided updates to the latest operating system, and the 2 prior releases. So, even if your machine can not run the latest release, you might still be able to get security updates for the prior OS release, but just because they have done this in the past is no guarantee they will follow this in the future.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201222
In Jan 2018 an update was released for High Sierra, Sierra, and El Capitan. Potentially, when the next macOS release comes out, El Capitan support could be dropped. When a known security flaw is discovered, running the older OS with that flaw becomes a risk. Just something to consider.
Thank you,
I thought obsolete iMacs and iMacs with non-supported OS was the same thing 🙂
However, because I'm new to Apple world, I would like to know how many years the macOS lasts approximately.
Maybe High Sierra cannot run in 2007-2009 Mac, so my time is coming at the next OS releases.
Perhaps you are asking something other than what the page explains?
If you mean how many future versions of macOS will run on your machine there's no telling. I'm not sure even Apple can predict that.
I'll found out with the Hard Way then 🙂
Thanks.
You're welcome. whenever there's a new version of macOS, Apple releases the system requirements so those who have hardware that can no longer run it will know.
We all find out the "hard way". 😎
Vintage and Obsolete iMac
