Keep Late 2015 iMac for Logic Pro or sell for $350-450?

[sillycyber]

I have a Late 2015 iMac 27" Retina, 4.0 GHz, 32GB, 1TB flash, good condition.

I need to decide whether to sell it for $350-$450 (current street value) or to keep it as a 'recording studio' tool (e.g. use Logic Pro on it).

It's got good enough perf specs that I think it would be fine for some version of Logic Pro (for recording guitar, keyboard, ... not super complex realtime effects and arrangements).

But what happens if Apple ends support for it? Will Logic Pro keep working?
Will I continue to be authorized to use the App indefinitely?
Will I still be able to browse with the Safari on it or go online?

 

[tensixturtle]

A 2015 iMac (similar to the one I got), especially with the flash storage is a solid computer. I am sure it will get at least an year more official support, and after that, a few more unofficial years with patchers, if you’re comfortable with that. I tend to not get rid of computers and I am sure you can use that version of Logic Pro indefinitely but you may stop getting updates for it eventually. Web browsing will get updates for 2 years after the end of support and then a few more years from other browsers. Websites will take even more years to stop working. I use 17 year old computers, long unsupported, day to day so I don’t consider a 2015 iMac old. However, it is also worth considering the fact that M1 Macs are MUCH faster (I have both and can tell you for sure). This might be especially true for high-demand apps like Logic Pro. At that point, you can decide if one of the current computers is what you are looking for or maybe the larger "iMac Pro" rumored is something worth waiting for. There's no point selling a working, supported computer and replace it with something that is not quite right. I don't think that there will be a dramatic price drop in the next year or so, especially 27" iMacs which sell for more than some other things.

 

[Boyd01]

But what happens if Apple ends support for it? Will Logic Pro keep working?
Will I continue to be authorized to use the App indefinitely?
Will I still be able to browse with the Safari on it or go online?

You should be able to continue using your version of Logic as long as you own the old Mac. You should even be able to re-download that version from the app store on that machine. But it won't be compatible with new versions of Logic that require an operating system that your old Mac doesn't support.

But there are various ways to install new operating systems on unsupported Macs. You will find a thread about this in each of the MacOS forums, such as this for example

macOS 10.15 Catalina on Unsupported Macs

How to update Catalina Machine Support Video Card Support Pre-Metal AMD video cards (Radeon HD 6xxx series and older without acceleration, Radeon HD 4xxx series and older with acceleration.) Pre-Metal Nvidia video cards (GeForce 5xx series and older without acceleration, GeForce 3xx...

forums.macrumors.com

Safari can be more of a problem if you cannot install a relatively recent version. That could present compatibility or security issues, depending on the website and what you are doing. You may be able to find a version of Chrome, Edge, Opera or other browsers that still run on your old operating system however.

 

[BrianBaughn]

I am running Logic Pro on a similarly (not quite as good) specced hackintosh and have no immediate plans to move to a new Apple Silicon machine. If yours seems to be choking on moderately complex Logic Pro projects I would think there's an issue somewhere.

 

[Fishrrman]

"But what happens if Apple ends support for it? Will Logic Pro keep working?
Will I continue to be authorized to use the App indefinitely?
Will I still be able to browse with the Safari on it or go online?"

The answer to ALL your questions above is:
Yes.

(that's all there is to say)