- #COMAPRISON IN HARDWARE FOR MAC LAPTOPS FROM 2015 2016 INSTALL#
- #COMAPRISON IN HARDWARE FOR MAC LAPTOPS FROM 2015 2016 UPGRADE#
- #COMAPRISON IN HARDWARE FOR MAC LAPTOPS FROM 2015 2016 PRO#
#COMAPRISON IN HARDWARE FOR MAC LAPTOPS FROM 2015 2016 PRO#
When even affordable Windows laptops with integrated graphics can blur backgrounds inside a Zoom call, is it fair to deny a similar FaceTime feature to someone spending $2,800 on an Intel MacBook Pro today? But that’s not to say that some of these features couldn’t run on Intel machines, if Apple was willing to put in the work. In these cases, it’s likely that the new features are coded to take advantage of the M1’s Neural Engine. That includes the ability to blur backgrounds in FaceTime Videos, copy live text from within images and utilize the new, more detailed maps. 9to5Mac noted that Apple has listed a series of features in Monterey that will not be supported by any Intel Mac. Similarly, even new Intel Macs running macOS Monterey will find their experience limited in some ways. By dragging its feet with chip refreshes over the last few years (not helped, of course, by Intel’s own woes), Apple makes it harder to convincingly make a technical argument for withdrawing support for some models and not others. And that’s the model that has just been replaced by the new, ultra-slim M1 edition that has garnered so many plaudits in recent months.
Similarly, the base model 21.5-inch iMac, which was refreshed in early 2019, was powered by Intel’s i3-8100, a CPU from late 2017. It means that with Monterey, Apple would have to abandon models that customers could have bought just three years ago. That same i5-4260U Mac Mini was on sale at Apple until the 2018 refresh, and four years is a long time for any chip to be on sale. One of the likely reasons that Apple’s having to make decisions like this is because of the unique way it updates its computers. Owners of the mid-2014, 15-inch MacBook Pro are in a similar situation, as the mid-2015 model that’s still supported has almost the exact same internals at the base spec. That’s notable, because macOS Monterey does support the late 2014 Mac Mini, the base model of which… packs a 1.4GHz Intel Core i5-4260U (Haswell) CPU with 4GB of RAM and Intel HD Graphics 5000.
When asked, Apple said that it has to deprecate older hardware when those machines no longer support the experience that its users have come to expect from macOS. Apple withdrew support from the MacBook Air from early 2014, which at base spec runs a 1.4GHz Intel Core i5-4260U (Haswell) CPU with 4GB of RAM and Intel HD Graphics 5000. That included iMac models made before 2014, pre-late-2014 Mac Minis and MacBook Air and Pro models made before early 2015.
#COMAPRISON IN HARDWARE FOR MAC LAPTOPS FROM 2015 2016 UPGRADE#
Several machines that had been supported with last year’s Big Sur were now unable to upgrade to macOS Monterey.
#COMAPRISON IN HARDWARE FOR MAC LAPTOPS FROM 2015 2016 INSTALL#
Shortly after Wednesday’s keynote, the company outlined which desktops and laptops would be able to install the new version of macOS. As it gears up to transition the rest of its lineup to Apple Silicon, it’s already dropping features even for brand new machines. The company is deprecating machines on seemingly arbitrary lines, rather than technical limitations. If WWDC 2021 was any indication, Apple is now ready to cut off increasing numbers of Intel Mac users.
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