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Posted on 06/06/2017 9:44:24 PM PDT by Swordmaker
“During yesterday’s keynote talk at the Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose, Apple announced macOS High Sierra, the next major version of the desktop operating system powering Mac desktops and notebooks,” Christian Zibreg writes for iDownload Blog. “It packs in a number of new and updated core technologies to help apps get the most out of your Mac’s CPU and GPU.” Zibreg wonders, “But is your rusty old Mac able to run macOS High Sierra?”
“According to Apple itself,” Zibreg writes, “the supported configurations for macOS High Sierra are the same as those for its predecessor, macOS Sierra.”
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iOS 11 is compatible with these devices:
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Nope. I’m running a 13”, late 2006 model. Shootfire, many things don’t run on it no more.
Ah, then my trusty iPhone 5c is at last at the end of its iOS upgrades.
The phone still works flawlessly, so it’ll just stay where it is. I have no need nor desire to replace it, until it fails. I don’t do anything risky with it, and I live in the country, and don’t spend significant time on public Wifi, so vulnerability to attack is minimal.
I'll tell you what I tell some of my clients. "If it works for you, it ain't obsolete!"
Also, there is an ironic benefit in running a much older Mac. The older OS and the older hardware won't run the malware that's targeted to modern hardware and modern up-to-date macOS and later versions of OSX. in this instance there is safety in security by obscurity.
And, Apache OpenOffice does work on it, so I’m good.
FYI, this is a temp computer. I normally use an early 2011 (still old). But, at the moment it is on the way to the states to get the video card replaced. It is part of the non-voluntary replacement Apple does for free as long as I own the computer. I work in Papua, Indonesia where there are normally high temps, moisture and very fine dust in the air, even in my AC cooled-rooms. They may be on the hook for a while with me.
iMac since 2011.
No issues with upgrades.
No, mine cannot. I had checked that out before and knew it wouldn’t.
It’s a mid-2009 MacBook Pro.
(I’m trying to get my husband to buy a new MBP so I can have his present one which will run Sierra.)
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For the record. The latest Firefox on iMac works great. Think it’s better than Safari on the iMac alone.
Safari is better on the iPad. It’s toss up on the iPhone.
The way the iPhones work. Looks like the max time you get with an iPhone, for iOS, updates that work is 5 years.
However, with iPad you get more at least 7 years of free upgrades and counting. Not bad and pretty good bang for your buck.
When you DO have to replace the 5c, may I recommend the 5se?
Same envelope, internal works out of a 6 (or maybe 7), battle-ready “glass” front that doesn’t show even greasy fingerprints (plus totally defied our 10yo walking tornado grand-daughter) and....did I mention the exact same envelope as the ‘c?
Grandma and I both have one and wouldn’t part with ‘em.
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