Re:How iOS 15 makes apps launch faster
by coldtea on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @05:14AM
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>and yet all my apple devices from before 2018 are essentially now bricks.
I doubt many 2017 and 2016 models are "now bricks", though "before 2018" might also mean "2012" or so.
In any case, none of them is a "brick". Even the unreleased Monterey version, post AS reveal, still supports tons of pre-2018 models:
MacBook: Early 2016 and newer
MacBook Air: Early 2015 and newer
MacBook Pro: Early 2015 and newer
Mac Mini: Late 2014 and newer
iMac: Late 2015 and newer
iMac Pro: Late 2017
Mac Pro: Late 2013 and newer
And of course Big Sur continues to work on even earlier models.
A very similar story is true for iOS devices - which is in fact a much better story than vendor Android support (which usually is 3 years max) or Windows Phone (which was discontinued altogether).
I doubt many 2017 and 2016 models are "now bricks", though "before 2018" might also mean "2012" or so.
In any case, none of them is a "brick". Even the unreleased Monterey version, post AS reveal, still supports tons of pre-2018 models:
MacBook: Early 2016 and newer MacBook Air: Early 2015 and newer MacBook Pro: Early 2015 and newer Mac Mini: Late 2014 and newer iMac: Late 2015 and newer iMac Pro: Late 2017 Mac Pro: Late 2013 and newer
And of course Big Sur continues to work on even earlier models.
A very similar story is true for iOS devices - which is in fact a much better story than vendor Android support (which usually is 3 years max) or Windows Phone (which was discontinued altogether).