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My GF Macbook Pro has reached end of life support (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hi everyone,

My girlfriend has MacBook Pro from 2012 which has already been upgraded with more Ram and an SSD.

From what I understand, her OS (Catalina) has reached end of life in 2022 and doesn’t get any support from Apple anymore.

As that machine works perfectly, what should she do?

I hate Apple products (even if it’s painful for me to say that they’re good) and I’m a Linux enthusiast, so I’d tell her to install Fedora Asahi, but I wanted to know if the Apple enthusiast crowd had a better idea.

My girlfriend isn’t geeky at all (despite her geeky glasses) and she would want to stay in the safe environment provided by an Apple OS. But we also don’t want to replace that powerful machine as we hate programmed obsoletism.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Keep using it until it no longer serves her needs. Then buy a MacBook Air (evidently not a power user).

Also, what 2012 pc laptop would still be usable in 2023?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

If anything, Apple computers are known for long term support. 11 years is a crazy long lifespan for technology.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm writing this on my phone from the toilet.

Before that I was using my 2011 thinkpad x220. Those 2012 MBPs have twice the cores and a usable screen.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Never met anybody that uses a laptop while they crap. Might have to give it a go.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

When you spend most of the day on the porcelain throne you kind of just accept that reality.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Craptop

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Also, what 2012 pc laptop would still be usable in 2023?

A lot of them, especially if you're doing a fair comparison and look at Windows laptops that were in the same price bracket as the MBP (though even many cheaper ones will still work).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

My T60 ThinkPad still works..