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Re:Which Macs will be officially supported by macOS 12? by DocTomoe on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @04:23AM (#27351870)
In all fairness, this sounds more like you consider new tech a perk, a toy. Meanwhile, professionals get gear not to tinker with it, but to meet their mission objectives/business goals, and changing gear is considered unnecessary overhead (unless - as it seems to be in your case - new tech is the mission objective).

Writing this on my trusty T520 Thinkpad. 10 years, still going strong, still the main battle station for my professional life.

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Re:Which Macs will be officially supported by macOS 12? by lexapro on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @05:04AM (#27352066)
It is possible to be professional while still having some fun ;)
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Re:Which Macs will be officially supported by macOS 12? by rovr138 on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @05:08AM (#27352082)
In all fairness, one person in either direction doesn't show anything in regards to how a whole class of users use their hardware or what their preferences are.

Who tests new configurations for when things die or for when it's time to upgrade hardware? New cluster configurations?

> changing gear is considered unnecessary overhead

Or being prepared

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Re:Which Macs will be officially supported by macOS 12? by dividedbyzero on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @05:50AM (#27352330)
Having to throw out an iMac bought a year ago (there was at least one model without a T2 chip at that time IIRC) absolutely should count as unnecessary overhead, though.
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Re:Which Macs will be officially supported by macOS 12? by bartvk on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @06:24AM (#27352557)
> Meanwhile, professionals get gear not to tinker with it

I really dislike the word "professional". It often is used to gatekeep, which I feel you are doing right now.

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Re:Which Macs will be officially supported by macOS 12? by Nursie on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @05:47AM (#27352310)
Lots of professionals in our space enjoy new laptop day. You can't be mission oriented 100% every day.

Well most people can't...

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