I need the 2022 27" iMac Replacement this Fall! (My 2014 iMac Won't Run macOS Monterey!!)

[mj_]

The question may not be when was the system introduced but rather when was it discontinued?

The 2014 iMac was replaced and discontinued in 2015.
The 2015 MacBook was replaced and discontinued in 2016.
The 2015 MacBook Air was replaced and discontinued in 2017.
The 2014 Mac Mini was replaced and discontinued in 2018.
The 2015 MacBook Pro, while replaced in 2016, was only discontinued in 2018.
The 2013 Mac Pro was replaced and discontinued in 2019.
The 2017 iMac Pro was discontinued in 2021.

I see a pattern, and it is not based on hardware or other technical reasons. What I see is a 2017 cutoff. Macs that were discontinued pre 2017, aka more than four years ago, do not seem to get the official Monterey blessing.

 

[pshufd]

I used OCLP to install Monterey Betas on my 2014 MacBook Pro and it ran fine. I imagine that it would work for the 2014 iMac as well. Apple at least has an excuse for the 2014 - it has the optional evil nVidia discrete graphics.

 

[Matrix1776]

Shizzles! That means you won't be running the latest and greatest but a one-year old software? You will lose all respect. Your girlfriend will leave you for the next best guy with a much smaller yet much more recent 24" iMac.

My girlfriend did leave, but that's because I had the much smaller *cough* equipment. When I can get those extra 3" to compete? I really can't wait for a nice colored 27"-30". I'm hopeful the later, and it'll at least have a Max. My laptop has the M1 Max and doubt it has to be much faster, maybe a Duo Max. You don't want to cut too deep into the pockets of the Mac Pro, which will likely be just absurdity.

To think 2022 is the year, for everything, that valuation is going to skyrocket.

 

[pshufd]

My girlfriend did leave, but that's because I had the much smaller *cough* equipment. When I can get those extra 3" to compete? I really can't wait for a nice colored 27"-30". I'm hopeful the later, and it'll at least have a Max. My laptop has the M1 Max and doubt it has to be much faster, maybe a Duo Max. You don't want to cut too deep into the pockets of the Mac Pro, which will likely be just absurdity.

To think 2022 is the year, for everything, that valuation is going to skyrocket.

I have heard one other mention of a Duo MacBook and I just have to wonder who would buy this thing? And would they have to make it twice as thick to handle the thermals? I love the 2021 MacBook Pro 16 but it is way more CPU than I need. What would be interesting is 1.5 x M1 MAX as you get a nice combination of performance and thermals - even though I have difficulty seeing who needs that amount of CPU in a laptop.

My desktop has 3x4k @ 27 inches and the 2014 iMac 27 so four 27 inch monitors. I don't plan to change that in the next couple of years as it works well for me. Larger monitors would mean fewer for me. That is a possibility but I want to see a return to pre-pandemic prices for panels before replacing everything.

 

[Matrix1776]

even though I have difficulty seeing who needs that amount of CPU in a laptop.

Someone, perhaps. I don't even need the M1 Max. It was just one of those, wow, moments during the presentation. I thought the Pro chip was going to be the 16". It's like introducing a Core i10, then saying but wait, here's also a Core i11. Have fun.

 

[pshufd]

Someone, perhaps. I don't even need the M1 Max. It was just one of those, wow, moments during the presentation. I thought the Pro chip was going to be the 16". It's like introducing a Core i10, then saying but wait, here's also a Core i11. Have fun.

What would be really amusing is if the Mac Pro is really small, light, and they put a carrying handle on it.

 

[BenGieCruz]

I used OCLP to install Monterey Betas on my 2014 MacBook Pro and it ran fine. I imagine that it would work for the 2014 iMac as well. Apple at least has an excuse for the 2014 - it has the optional evil nVidia discrete graphics.

2014 iMac 5K was excluded from Monterrey. I have one maxed out and couldn't even get betas for it. I'll be buying a new one as well in spring. Not because i want monterrey, but because it is draaaaaaagging when it comes to photo and video editing...

 

[pshufd]

2014 iMac 5K was excluded from Monterrey. I have one maxed out and couldn't even get betas for it. I'll be buying a new one as well in spring. Not because i want monterrey, but because it is draaaaaaagging when it comes to photo and video editing...

I'm pretty sure that you can install Monterey on iMacs going back to 2012 at least.

I just use the 2014 for office stuff. I also have an M1 mini and i7-10700 with 128 GB RAM for production stuff on my desktop.

And an M1 PRO system for when I'm mobile.

 

[Phil77354]

I'm pretty sure that you can install Monterey on iMacs going back to 2012 at least. . .

No you can't, not 'officially' at least. System update will not install Monterey. You can find work-arounds and take your chances with that approach.

Which is why I started this thread in the first place.

 

[pshufd]

No you can't, not 'officially' at least. System update will not install Monterey. You can find work-arounds and take your chances with that approach.

Which is why I started this thread in the first place.

There are directions for how to do it in the Monterey forum near the top. I've already done it on two of my older MacBook Pros.

 

[Phil77354]

There are directions for how to do it in the Monterey forum near the top. I've already done it on two of my older MacBook Pros.

Yes, I understand.

Some of us are less comfortable with installing operating systems that aren't officially part of what Apple covers when the new releases are pushed out. I don't doubt that it can be done and will in most cases work fine, I just don't chose to take that approach myself. And the majority of less tech-savvy users (who are not Macrumors participants anyway) won't even know that this can be done, much less consider doing it. But for those who do keep the older systems operating and updated, I respect that approach too.