GoKawiilApple's MacOS 27 announcement at WWDC 2026 on Monday might have focused on some trippy hippy visuals and strange "summer of love"-themed poetry, but the next desktop operating system update is more representative of sterile, clean design choices.
When it arrives this fall, MacOS 27 Golden Gate will overhaul the Liquid Glass visuals that were introduced last year and add support for ultrawide displays. Additionally, Apple promises a bevy of performance upgrades, including quicker AirDrop transfers, faster start-up page loading, faster file browsing and more. Of course, there's also a healthy heaping of Apple AI features coming to the Calendar, Messages, Mail and other apps.
Not every Apple computer is going to be able to make the jump to MacOS 27, though. If your computer is too old and it has an unsupported processor, you're going to be left behind. Here's how to know if your computer will be able to update to Golden Gate later this year.
Every Mac computer that supports MacOS 27 Golden Gate
Unsure whether your Mac can run the latest version of Apple's operating system? You probably don't have anything to worry about -- Golden Gate is supported on any computer with Apple silicon, including those with an M1 chip. The big news right now is that Macs with Intel processors are no longer supported with MacOS updates.
Here's a detailed list of every Mac that can still run MacOS 27 Golden Gate, according to Apple's announcement.
The MacBook Neo is based on a 13-inch Liquid Retina display. Matt Elliott/CNET
MacBook Neo
Apple's brand-new affordable MacBook will unsurprisingly be supported with operating system updates for a long while.
The A18 Pro chips inside of this 13-inch laptop may be repurposed from the iPhone and might not have the full processing power of Apple's M-series silicon, but the MacBook Neo can nonetheless handle the upgrade to MacOS 27.
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