[steve_adams_86]

I’m working with a maxed out M1 MacBook Pro and I can’t imagine it being obsolete any time soon. Apple might not sell me a computer for several years, but I spent far more than I would have otherwise. Assuming all goes well, I’ll probably do the same thing when I do buy again.

[graboidhunter]

It won't. My daily driver is still a mid-2010 iMac.

[JKCalhoun]

When apps like Blender stopped working on my mid-2010 iMac is when I jumped.

[ghaff]

My two 2015 vintage Macs are fine as browsers but wanted a fairly loaded Apple Silicon MacBook with a big SSD for various reasons.

[mikhael28]

Cybersecurity. You are 10x more likely to be hacked than someone running a modern OS with browser+os-level zero days patched. At least run Linux on it.

[crimsontech]

Why do you think they haven’t updated the OS and browser?

Also, how can you patch a zero day?

[hnfong]

Apparently according to online sources, the latest OS supported on a 2010 iMac is macOS Mojave, and the latest security update for Mojave was released in 2021.

[jlokier]

Later versions of macOS can be installed on older hardware than is officially supported by Apple, by using OpenCore Legacy Patcher: https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher/