These Macs, iPods and Beats products will go ‘obsolete’ starting from December

Starting from December 8, a bunch of Apple and Beats products will be marked as obsolete by the company that will no longer make them eligible for any service or repair support from Apple or its third-party authorised service centres.

Apple usually marks its products as obsolete 5-6 years after it stops selling them. Usually, such a long timeframe is enough for owners of these products to upgrade to a newer variant variant of the device.

The list of Macs that will be marked as obsolete starting from December 8 are as follows:

• iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2009)
• iMac (27-inch, Late 2009)
• MacBook Air (Mid 2009)
• Mac Pro (Early 2009)
• MacBook (13-inch, early 2008)
• MacBook Pro (15-inch, early 2009)
• Apple Cinema Display (23-inch, DVI early 2007)

In California and Turkey, Apple will be marking the above Macs as ‘Vintage’ and will continue to offer basic support due to the regional laws.

In addition to the above Macs, Apple is also marking the following iPods, its other accessories, and Beats products as obsolete:

• iPod Touch (1st generation)
• Time Capsule 802.11n (1st generation)
• iBeats
• Beatbox
• Beatbox Portable (1st generation)
• Wireless (1st generation)
• Diddybeats
• Heartbeats (1st generation)

All the above products will go obsolete from December 8, so if you own any of them that require any kind of hardware support, make sure to take them to your nearest Apple retail store as soon as possible.