While the iPhone 6s dates back to 2015, it’s only joining the list now because the fruity firm kept flogging it well beyond its sell-by date. The 2018 Mac mini, however, marks the final Intel-powered machine in its lineup to get the vintage label, ending any illusion of continued support for Chipzilla’s silicon in that segment.
Under Job’s Mob’s rules, “vintage” means a product stopped being sold more than five but less than seven years ago. After that, it gets tossed into the “obsolete” bin — no support, no parts, no hope.
Right now, the 2018 and 2014 Intel Mac minis are vintage. Anything older is obsolete, meaning Apple staff will sniff at you if you enter a genius bar hoping to get it fixed.
The firm says it may or may not have parts available for vintage kit. After the seven-year mark, though, you're on your own.
This round of reclassification leaves the once-lauded iPhone 6s and the final Intel Mac mini gathering dust in Apple’s support history museum, joining a long line of tech that Job’s Mob is more than happy to pretend never existed.