A few minutes ago the news was released that The Mac mini from 2o11 become part of the list of obsolete Macs for Apple, which means that these devices will stop receiving updates and official support from Apple from now on.
This for cons does not mean that the Mac stop working as beforeSimply that Apple no longer has the obligation to repair or update the small Mac to future versions of macOS. This is bad news for owners of these devices, but we are almost to 2018, which means that the support has been more how efficient for them and now it was time to move on to the next model.
The highlight of these Mac minis from 2011 is that they were the first models to have a Thunderbolt port, and the first Mac minis to do without the optical disc drive for CDs / DVDs. This equipment continues to function perfectly to this day, but Apple and authorized resellers will not be able to repair any possible malfunctions from now on.
This is a common decision on Apple computers and we remember early November when Apple added to the list of vintage or obsolete products: Mac Pro Late 2010, 5th Generation Time Capsules, and XNUMXth Generation AirPort Extreme. In any case, it is good to insist that this is a normal maneuver in Apple and in the rest of the companies in the current market, but in Apple it seems that this step takes a little longer and the official support extends much longer than in other companies.