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I just wish we'd get larger high quality monitors.  We were at 32", 43" was coming online slowly, but in the past 2 years we've seen a massive slide back to 27" monitors.  Didn't monitors hit 30" back in 2010?  What's this obsession with putting all the quality in tiny monitors?  Don't get me wrong - I can use a 27" monitor fine, and larger monitors are mainly a luxury.  But still - with televisions being 65" there's no reason we can't shoot for a 49" pro-monitor.  Or at least 32".

Instead, we're getting these bizarre ribbon monitors that are 6 feet wide and 1 foot high.

Not a dumb question. The Medium post has most of them linked. Here they are:

Sierra: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208202
High Sierra: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208969
Mojave: https://support.apple.com/HT210190
The rest: https://support.apple.com/downloads

Further back than that, the best way is hitting the App Store from a Yosemite Mac and checking out the Purchased tab -- assuming that's where you got the OS from.

Thanks so much for these details.  But is it likely that Apple would update any of theses?

StrangeDays said:

bobolicious said:

...and so if one wants a new retail mac that can still run a more debugged macOS and 32 bit apps is time running out...? Will the iMac be locked down and T2'ed as well ?

Dude get over it -- 64-bit is coming and they’re not going to pull a Microsoft and bend over backwards to support legacy dinosaurs.

Uhhhh.... they've been doing that since 206, with zero cost. There's no reason they can't release a software emulator to help out users who need certain older programs. Many programs are still being released today in 32-bit, for no understandable reason.

Even the new Mac Pro and Pro Display are really cool - they just are priced out of reach of home users, so they're more like what you'd put on a poster on your wall.

To be fair, you missed one of the upsides: a lot of times when there's a new product rumor, people are elated. For example, I'm on the edge of my seat waiting to see what the new 16" Macbook Pro with scissors keyboard is like. I might be disappointed, and I certainly have no illusions that it will be as good as I'd like, but it's still a chance for a huge leap forwards - a reason so want to upgrade again. So don't overlook the positive. Also, while Apple's Macbook Pro line in particular has been quite disappointing this generation, their new budget lines have been quite exciting, receiving a lot of praise. For example, I love the new Mac Mini and the new Macbook Air. They bring back a lot of the needed things from Apple's 2011 heyday, like a full suite of ports and (some) expandability at a reasonable price. So I'd say that while you've captured the elements of the life cycle, the intensity of each one really does vary with the product. (And of course, to people who aren't in the Apple ecosystem, everything will seem expensive.)