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Apple Computing Products:
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MacBook Pro 13” (2011) Upgrade - Buying advice sought
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<blockquote data-quote="Lifeisabeach" data-source="post: 1849173" data-attributes="member: 38864"><p>You want a 2012 MacBook Pro in part to get the latest macOS (Catalina), and you are wondering if it's a fallacy to spend a few hundred on this? Let me ask you this: come this time next year, if the 2012 MBP can't run the next version of macOS, are you going to want to upgrade again? I don't know what the rumor mill is on the next version, so the 10.16 may well run on a 2012 MBP, but the greater point here is that you are looking to spend a fairly non-trivial amount of money for relatively incremental improvements that won't last you long. As for your desire to maintain a certain level of self-service, port access, etc, look... that ship has sailed. Like it or not, that's NOT the future of this platform. It's entirely your prerogative to accept or adapt to it as you see fit or as your needs require, but Apple isn't going to change course here. If your budget can accommodate it, and you have no NEED to maintain 32-bit app compatibility, my advice would be to embrace the future and get a new one. Barring that, have at the 2012, but know that you are at a dead-end given your self-imposed limits, and that's OK if it's what you truly want.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lifeisabeach, post: 1849173, member: 38864"] You want a 2012 MacBook Pro in part to get the latest macOS (Catalina), and you are wondering if it's a fallacy to spend a few hundred on this? Let me ask you this: come this time next year, if the 2012 MBP can't run the next version of macOS, are you going to want to upgrade again? I don't know what the rumor mill is on the next version, so the 10.16 may well run on a 2012 MBP, but the greater point here is that you are looking to spend a fairly non-trivial amount of money for relatively incremental improvements that won't last you long. As for your desire to maintain a certain level of self-service, port access, etc, look... that ship has sailed. Like it or not, that's NOT the future of this platform. It's entirely your prerogative to accept or adapt to it as you see fit or as your needs require, but Apple isn't going to change course here. If your budget can accommodate it, and you have no NEED to maintain 32-bit app compatibility, my advice would be to embrace the future and get a new one. Barring that, have at the 2012, but know that you are at a dead-end given your self-imposed limits, and that's OK if it's what you truly want. [/QUOTE]
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