• How long is a MacBook supported?

    From Tom Elam@[email protected] to comp.sys.mac.advocacy on Sun Apr 19 14:07:13 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.advocacy

    Albeit by a user.

    Abandoned 2009 MacBook repaired, updated to SSD storage, RAM added, and
    2025 Sequoia OS installed:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATLOYum20dU

    The 2025 OS runs, albeit slowed by badly outdated hardware. So, 16 years
    later a 2009 MacBook runs what was at the time of this video the latest
    Mac OS version.

    Getting updated apps to run on this old machine is going to be a long
    term issue due to the M series versus Intel hardware.

    There are quite few videos showing a wide variety of older Macs getting
    OS upgrades long past Apple end of support. The process is remarkably
    similar to installing Windows 11 on computers that do not meet
    Microsoft's hardware requirements.

    Take that, Maria
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