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Re:macOS Catalina by jcelerier on Monday October 07, 2019 @05:18PM (#21186061)
studio hardware can generally last 20+ years (and can cost > 5000$ for one rack) - you really don't want to throw it all every 3 macos releases
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Re:macOS Catalina by nomel on Monday October 07, 2019 @05:49PM (#21186320)
Apple isn’t exactly known for backwards compatibility.

I could never justify a long term hardware life knowing that I’m signing up with a short term software life cycle. Not only a short term software lifecycle, by a short term computer hardware/OS lifecycle. Want more memory or a faster processor? Not with that old OS! Btw, you have to rewrite all of your software if you want that extra memory.

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Re:macOS Catalina by dkonofalski on Monday October 07, 2019 @05:45PM (#21186287)
The hardware isn't the problem, though. The software is. All of these vendors have had ample time to update their software to work with the hardware.
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Re:macOS Catalina by NobodyNada on Monday October 07, 2019 @07:10PM (#21186963)
Assuming the vendor is still in business, still supports the product line, and still develops software updates for models that have been obsolete for over a decade.
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