Will your old laptop still get security updates after this year? Check this chart

The tech world was outraged -- outraged, I tell you! -- when Microsoft attached strict compatibility requirements to the launch of Windows 11. Those new rules meant some PCs that were only six or seven years old would be effectively abandoned, no longer eligible for security updates, and unable to upgrade to the newest OS version.

And yet, as it turns out, this is just another example of Microsoft copying one of its oldest competitors. Apple's update policy for its desktop and laptop computers running MacOS is at least as restrictive as Microsoft's.

Also: Can your old PC handle the Windows 11 upgrade? How to find out - before you try

One reason no one has launched any petition drives aimed at Apple (yet) is that the company's support policies are so hard to figure out. Apple has nothing like Microsoft's Support Lifecycle pages. Instead ...