iATKOS | United Kingdom

Hey all,

writing this after a couple years of back and forth between OCLP, and last supported (Monterey) setups.

While I appreciate the work done on OCLP, and what it intends to bring to the community, and while I still plan on following the community and work being done, I myself have come to the conclusion that for my needs, staying on Monterey is the overall best, and most stable solution.

I have a late 2015, 27" iMac, and while Sequoia is usable on this machine as a daily driver. There are just some things about newer macOS that aren't favorable for me.

The fact that some of the core graphics functions don't work on a patched OS (OCLP specific to this iMac model)

Changes Apple has made to the OS, regarding legacy support for certain software / hardware that I have (Would also affect the decision to buy a new Mac)

After re-evaluating my specific needs, and real-world day to day use, everything I need still functions on Monterey, and in many cases older. I have a few third party apps where the latest updates require at least Ventura, but I can run those in a Virtual Machine, since they aren't demanding apps, and I barely even use them at all anymore.

Plus after having run Sonoma / Sequoia for several months, they really don't give me anything I need, and they actually affect some of my older software's performance, and have removed drivers for certain devices (I have on hand), that cause the device(s) to no longer function at full capacity.

So, instead of playing a game of cat and mouse, it's time to use what works, and is stable.

Plus with all the recent talk of Tahoe being forced onto machines, even though I had the affected settings turned off, this will also ensure, I can set it and forget it, when it comes to system setup, and just focus on using the machine, and only updating apps when they require it.

By the way, I could even still use Mojave for most of the stuff I do today (reliably). However, Monterey is the sweet spot.