When deploying devices, we often replace retiring devices and place them in a ‘Surplus Area’ at a school location. We have included a table below of various models* which would ideally be replaced, or at a minimum, retired from usage as a primary instructional/testing device/workstation. Please use this as a reference to help encourage replacement vs supplementing an existing outdated device. Below, we have condensed a table for PC and macOS platforms. Please check the following if you are evaluating Chromebooks or iPads. (Links incoming for Chromebooks/iPads.)
A couple of notes regarding the included table:
- All are beyond manufacturer’s warranty and also exceed Technology’s supported hardware range.
- The majority devices listed are hardware which is approaching at least 7+ years old.
- If not already apparent, these devices do not offer an ideal experience for End-Users.
- Hardware requirements have increased over the past several years, the list includes many models
which do not meet recommended hardware requirements for various requested software or Testing applications.
*All Lenovo models are out of our service window
Apple | Dells | |
Macbooks/iMacs/MacMinis | Laptop Models | Desktop Models |
iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2009) | Latitude 3410 | OptiPlex 3070 |
iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2012) | ||
iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2013) | ||
iMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2010) | ||
iMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2011) | ||
iMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2014) | ||
iMac (27-inch, Late 2013) | ||
iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2014) | ||
iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2017) | ||
iMac (Retina 4K, 21.5-inch, 2017) | ||
iMac (21.5-inch, 2017) | ||
iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2015) | ||
iMac (Retina 4K, 21.5-inch, Late 2015) | ||
iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2015) | ||
Mac mini (Late 2012) | ||
Mac mini (Late 2014) | ||
MacBook Air (11-inch, Early 2014) | ||
MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2014) | ||
MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2015) | ||
MacBook Air (11-inch, Early 2015) | ||
MacBook Air (13-inch, 2017) | ||
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2010) | ||
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012) | ||
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2012) | ||
MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013) | ||
MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014) | ||
MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014) | ||
MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015) | ||
MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015) | ||
MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015) | ||
MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2016) | ||
MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports) | ||
MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports) | ||
MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2017) | ||
MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports) | ||
MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports) | ||
MacBook (Retina, 12-inch, 2017) |
*There are some models which may not appear on this list due to not being powered on or connected to network/utilized on a campus recently.
If you have a question of a model which does not appear on the table above, please reach out to us with a serial # and we can advise on those instances.
- Apple Devices: Navigate to the ‘Apple Icon’ in the top left and select ‘About this Mac’.
Within the ‘Overview’ tab which is shown as default, we see Mac Mini (2018) below as an example.