Apple Adds 2013 Mac Pro, 2019 MacBook Air, AirPorts To Vintage List (macrumors.com)
(Friday July 11, 2025 @05:22PM (msmash)
from the antique-store dept.)
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- News link: https://apple.slashdot.org/story/25/07/11/1812202/apple-adds-2013-mac-pro-2019-macbook-air-airports-to-vintage-list
- Source link: https://www.macrumors.com/2025/07/11/apple-vintage-products-2013-mac-pro/
Apple added the 2013 "Trash Can" Mac Pro [1]to its vintage products list alongside the 2019 13-inch MacBook Air, 2019 iMac, 2018 iPad Pro models, and the 128GB iPhone 8. The cylindrical Mac Pro remained on sale until December 2019, when Apple replaced it with the redesigned "Cheese Grater" model.
Products typically reach vintage status five years after their last distribution date. The 2013 Mac Pro's radical cylindrical design prevented internal component upgrades and created thermal limitations that Apple acknowledged in 2017. "I think we designed ourselves into a bit of a thermal corner," Apple hardware chief Craig Federighi said at the time.
Apple also moved several AirPort devices to its obsolete list, including the second-generation AirPort Express and AirPort Time Capsules. The 2013 Mac Pro's radical design created thermal limitations that Apple acknowledged in 2017.
[1] https://www.macrumors.com/2025/07/11/apple-vintage-products-2013-mac-pro/
Products typically reach vintage status five years after their last distribution date. The 2013 Mac Pro's radical cylindrical design prevented internal component upgrades and created thermal limitations that Apple acknowledged in 2017. "I think we designed ourselves into a bit of a thermal corner," Apple hardware chief Craig Federighi said at the time.
Apple also moved several AirPort devices to its obsolete list, including the second-generation AirPort Express and AirPort Time Capsules. The 2013 Mac Pro's radical design created thermal limitations that Apple acknowledged in 2017.
[1] https://www.macrumors.com/2025/07/11/apple-vintage-products-2013-mac-pro/
2013 Mac Pro's radical design created thermal limi (Score:2)
by Bad Ad ( 729117 )
2013 Mac Pro's radical design created thermal limitations that Apple acknowledged in 2017. Also, the 2013 Mac Pro's radical design created thermal limitations that Apple acknowledged in 2017.
Does this mean macOS 25 is now Intel only? (Score:2)
by drnb ( 2434720 )
Does this mean macOS 25 is now Intel only? I recall a few 2019 Intel Macs were compatible. Are they too stuck at Sequoia now?
Getting 7-8 years before installing Linux (Score:2)
> Remember: You're never buying an Apple product; you're just renting it for few years at a time before they ask you to throw it out arbitrarily even though it's working fine.
I'm on my third iteration. The last two each got 7-8 years before they no longer received software updates. My 2013 MacBook Pro is running Linux, its reuse saved having to buy a PC laptop for Linux.