Apple likely has valid motivations behind their decisions.
Apple likely has valid motivations behind their decisions.
i can set up windows 10 on quite old machines and it works fine. linux offers help for even more outdated devices. my setup is a quad-core i7, and it scores better on multi-core tests than a 7200u. do you know when high sierra will stop receiving updates? their strong support for older iPhones suggests otherwise. ios 12 works with phones made in 2013, which seems unlikely based on my experience. i've tried windows 10 on systems from 2008 and it performed well. linux tends to run smoother on older hardware. you might expect apple to optimize their own hardware for speed, but performance on high sierra could still be limited by the graphics card. metal support seems similar across both platforms.
Review apple's laptop assistance timeline. They typically provide support for around six to seven years. That’s typical. Consumer-level products like ASUS HP models, Dell, Lenovo will usually receive support for roughly a year post-release. The main distinction with Apple is that they develop the operating system rather than just the hardware. I’m still frustrated about my Elitebook 8470P from 2013—its GPU lost support in 2016. Not much can be done. It seems AMD is not doing well; HP continues to release BIOS updates and backs all hardware as best they can.
Creating your own system gives you up to three years of support or warranty for your hardware.
The latest iOS works with phones released in 2013, and the newest MacOS covers computers from 2012. iOS has its own unique situation. Apple is encouraged to maintain device functionality as long as it remains dominant in software licensing for those platforms.