Neither the built in keyboard nor a USB keyboard would work. It wasn’t actually hung, it was just that the keyboard and mouse didn’t work so I couldn’t click next. It would go through the whole process but then after a few reboots and at the end of the setup process it would hang at the “Personalise” screen, where you choose a colour scheme and a name for your computer. Once Windows 7 was installed I ran the Windows 8 upgrade installation. My Windows 8 Pro license is an upgrade only license, so in order to get Windows 8 on it I first had to install Windows 7 using Boot Camp.

Finally, I wanted USB 3.0, so that I could use an external HDD at full speed should I need more disk space.

Also the 256Gb SSD was stretched, I was constantly having to fight to free up disk space in both Windows and OSX.

The main reason I upgraded from my mid-2011 Macbook Air was that I wanted more RAM – with 4Gb it was struggling to run Azure VMs in Windows. I got all the optional upgrades which means it’s an i7, 8Gb of RAM and 512Gb SSD. MacOS Big Sur will be available from the Mac App Store when it releases.I recently bought a new Macbook Air for work – a mid-2013 Haswell one. As in years past, that beta will be made available to those who register here. The now-abandoned systems will be supported with security-only updates to the last-chance Catalina through the summer of 2022, however.Īlthough paying developers now have access to Big Sur preview code, the public beta won't debut until July, Apple said. Macs that didn't make Big Sur's list but were on Catalina's included the mid- and late-year 2012 MacBook Pro, mid-2012 MacBook Air, mid-2012 and late-2013 iMac, and late-2012 Mac Mini machines. So it wasn't a surprise when the system requirements were narrowed for the new OS.Īccording to Apple, these Macs will run Big Sur: Apple has used an odd-even cadence for its operating system upgrades' requirements, alternately retaining the prior year's models on the newest version's support list in odd-numbered years with odd-numbered editions, as in 2019's Catalina, macOS 10.15, and dropping models from the list during even-numbered years with even-numbered editions.īig Sur would have been 10.16 if Apple had hewed to tradition, but it's still an even-numbered upgrade because of its year.

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