I finally upgraded my computer from my 2007 iMac to a 2017 iMac so I can't test this out for you. I nursed that 2007 along for a long time but it didn't like uploading sketches to arduinos (old usb drivers I guess), the cura performance issue, and then the kicker was Turbo Tax stopped supporting the newest Mac OS the 2007 could run. So finally bit the bullet and bought a new one.
Cura 4.0 works great on the 2017! (obviously it is new enough so it supports OpenGL 3.0).