I still use SL every day, my 2007 macbook is still my main computer not for compatibility more for reliability, but going to try Arctic Fox as beginining to find browser incompatibilities now due to lack of support. I also have a 2010 macmini 2.67 core 2 duo 8 gb of ram, alright still outdated but running High Sierra, but I get the spinning beach ball for 10 minutes everytime I open itunes and half my artwork is missing. So annoying! Snow Leopard on the other hand is solid as a rock everytime! Considering downgrading the mac mini back to SL. I don't care too much for fancy features. I just need a computer that works reliably everytime. Snow Leopard does High Sierra does not!
I noticed that as well. I have a 2010 & 2012 MacBook Pro &
I kept upgraded the OS to realize I suddenly get beachballs doing basic things that never got with original OS laptop came with.
I wiped hard drive clean & fresh reinstall of Snow Leopard.
OS is so fast at everyday tasks, No beachballs:
Just imagine running Snow Leopard on a 2021 Mac Pro?
The performance would be out of this world!
Sure, if you didn’t need to edit 4K, 8k or 12k Video etc.
Wow
Each updated or newer OS on a MacBook Pro generally slows it down or you need faster SSDs & bump up the Ram memory.