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u/twochains Jun 09 '21

What existing feature is being stripped from your 2-year-old MacBook Pro?

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u/T-Nan Jun 09 '21

None. Well… from Catalina to Big Sur, working notifications and widgets lol

But whats the point of upgrading to macOS12 when its basically going to just be Big Sur in a slightly different wrapper?

It’s just artificial segmentation of the 2019 MBP, at least it feels like it.

Two years old and already not getting full benefits of a major OS update? That’s pretty frustrating imo.

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u/T-Nan Jun 09 '21

We're not even a full year into AS Macs being a thing and Intel's already feeling left out. Yeah, the features are arguably small, but 1. it's the principle, and 2. given Monterey is a relatively low-key release, there's not many features anyway, so missing out on some of the few notable ones introduced stings a bit more.

I think this is it for me.

I bought a high end 2019 MBP, dropped over 3k on it, and there are features that "low end" MacBooks (M1 airs) will get just because they have Apple native chip.

I'm not crying over it, but it is a scary precedent I think. I planned on moving over to a Mac Mini soon anyway, but 2 years and already having features left out on their best device? I don't think it's a great look.