Just read that #MacOS #Tahoe is the last one that will support Intel-based #macs, and it only supports some 2019-2020 models.

So that means that #Apple is targeting six or maybe seven years of hardware support.

That's an e-waste empire, guys.

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A ginger tabby cat looking down at us, saying "Pathetic."

i suspect very few folks have had the pleasure of seeing the innards of a 2013 Mac Pro trashcan.

it is one of the most repairable macs i've ever dealt with (the only one better being the 2010 cheese grater). no glue. no hidden components. just remove about a dozen screws to get to the cpu.

it's built like a bmw or volkswagen engine. lots of small components, very delicate, but very high quality machining. it rewards patience and care.

pic 1: the outer case removed. the big prism hulk of metal at the centre is the heat sink. on each of its sides are the main components. nearest to the camera is the power supply board and external usb/power/ethernet ports.

pic2: the power supply removed. you can see the back side of the cpu. on the opposite sides, out of view, are two GPUs.

for $25 on aliexpress, i went from 4-cores to 12-cores with less energy consumption/heat. it's a xeon e5-2695v2.

used 2013 mac pros can be purchased for about $200 USD now. it's hard to think of anything with this build quality made now.

#macintosh #macos #apple

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A large prism made of thick metal. On one of its sides is a large multi-layered circuit board, full of electrolytic capacitors. This is the power supply board. On the very outside is part of the external case, with several USB ports showing.

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The power supply and external port connectors removed from the Mac Pro, and sits on the desk. The CPU board is still connected to the mac pro's heat sink.

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The newly upgraded Mac Pro 2013 running monterey. It now has a 2.4 ghz 12-core xeon E5 cpu.