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Core Duos received software updates until October 2014… what was abandoned in 3 years?

The Core Duos were 32-bit, they only sold them for about 6 months before refreshing everything to the Core 2 Duo (64-bit). They were supported for 5 years though, not less than 3. 10.7 was the release that dropped 32-bit Intel support and that was released in 2011. 10.6 still got updates for a few more years though, it didn't die in 2011.

I have a macbook pro from my father from 2012 that work just fine, but I have to patch the bootloader and insert some kexts to run the latest version.

It works just fine, but Apple don't want it to work.

My daughter has an apple watch se that they also stopped updating after just 3 years, so now the LTE on it is useless as the carriers here require a newer version.

She's getting the pixel treatment when it's time to get a new phone.