Have One of These 16 Apple Devices? Software Support Ends This Fall
4d 1h ago by lemmy.world/u/cantankerous_cashew in apple_enthusiast from www.macrumors.com
macOS Golden Gate brings the era of Intel Macs to a close.
Genuinely makes me sad since this will likely kill off Hackintosh. I have an M3 Pro MBP and run Linux on my desktop so it doesn't directly affect me, but I spent so many years running Hackintosh that it hurts to see its end (as we know it now). I'm sure there'll be projects to run MacOS on third party ARM chips but it won't be the same as now where you can usually get MacOS booting on any random hardware. At one point I was able to boot Mountain Lion on a cheap Dell Chromebook
Probably, but there seems to be a lot more interest in running Linux on old Mac hardware (and even newer Mac hardware) nowadays than running macOS on hackintoshes.
Hell, I have fedora 44 running on my 2012 iMac, and it runs like a dream.
I’ve been testing. Linuxes run great on the desktops. I’m about to set up an ‘Arr box using a 2012 mini.
However I am not comfortable using linux on Mac laptops anymore. It is just the little things that don’t quite work without considerable effort, like trackpad functions or camera etc, but mostly power and battery management. Better to lock down macOS as much as you can on those machines, OCLP or something.
5 distros tested this year. Probably going Debian desktop on the Mini. I’m trying to give away an ‘08 iMac running Mint nicely but linux confuses many people.
Not as bad as being locked into shitty Apple Intelligence. Though I hear it is better.. but low bar.
My iPad Pro is second gen, but battery life is awful tried replacing battery, no improvement so just Apple being Apple. But how do I justify paying to upgrade an iPad that does a few things well, to a new iPad that does the same few things well. Also, I’d need to buy a new $300 pencil because reasons. It was a 2020 COVID lockdown purchase, but it’s all so egregious I have to say no.
What do you use the pencil for? Just writing and annotating? A $30 3rd party pencil will work perfectly fine.
You only really need the Apple Pencil if you want to go into drawing
The Pro is a very premium device with a small target of use-cases. Costs more than a very capable Air.
These days, get the cheapest iPad that works with a pencil (if you must) and has enough storage. Long battery life and near-laptop power.
Lots of professionals work on MacBook Airs or Minis.
Edit: also
- turn off the pushy Siri. Look it up. The issue of telemetry is the real problem, but only linux lets you escape telemetry.
- battery life is complicated; if you got a third-party replacement, they’re generally about 2/3 the running time of a stock battery and have about half the charge cycle—plus some user habits can really tank a battery quickly.
Where do you buy your pencil that’s $300?