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Originally Posted by salamanderjuice
They are better than Android, but an iPhone 5 released in 2012 the same year as the mini is no longer supported either. Also every Mac model released in 2012 is not officially compatible with Big Sur either. And Monterey is dumping some Macs as from 2015 like the 2015 12" MacBook and mid-2015 iMac 5K which ironically came out after the iPhone 6s.
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Apple's computers run practically forever. Until last weekend, I was running a family website with a 2006 iMac. I still use the Mac, but I serve the site on an rPi now (I'm still using the legacy iWeb software to manage the site). Since Macs last so long, however, they do run afoul of Apple's aggressive software updates. For instance, I can't install a lot of software on my old iMac. Safari can't even access many (or most) web pages since it's so outdated, so I use Chrome. Apple users tend to quickly adopt new OS releases compared to other platforms which straggle more. Apple tends to have a different philosophy than other platforms regarding legacy devices. On one hand, Apple doesn't hold back abandoning legacy support if the new shiny thing is better. On the other hand, if Apple didn't make legacy gear incompatible with new OSes, they'd sell less hardware because Macs are usually built so well. Look at me. I'm getting by on a 2014 Mac Mini and a 2006 iMac because I can't justify an M1 iMac or Mac Mini yet (though I covet them greatly, complete with drool). My Mac Mini became obsolete the second I put Mojave on it with the new APFS file system. It brought my mac to a crawl until I eventually gutted the hard drive and replaced it with an SSD. This backs up what you said, but then again, my Mac *was* old.
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Originally Posted by mr-lucas
Here is a slightly longer copy from our conversation:
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My only suggestion to that is not every Kobo tech knows what they're talking about. I have found that I have to contact them twice to get a complete picture. You'll do well following the advice given to you on this forum. People here love their legacy Kobos and are invested in seeing them continue being useful.