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macOS Monterey: Here Are All the Features Your Intel Mac Won't Support
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It's true, nothing comes close to matching the Apple ecosystem.
I am sure you'd be making more money through improved productivity with Apple at work.
Nope. Just new code using a new API that is written specifically for the M1. Can they do the same for Intel, sure, but I would rather they focus on the future not the past. Apple has not taken anything away from Intel machines, just chosen not to provide new features. This happens with all software. I am a SWE and I can tell you it sucks to code for the lowest-performing or oldest-supported machines. You tend to make sure they work with everything released and ignore them for everything else. Get over it.
I never had to "get over it", as like I said it works on Teams (which TBH more people use). Guess MS coders are just better than Apple ones.
Will never use Teams but Meet also supports it. It uses a lot of CPU and makes my 16" work MBP too hot to touch. It ends up dropping the resolution so the crappy Intel CPU can catch up.
I think it’s more a practical issue: these new features probably rely on libraries or frameworks specifically designed for Apple silicon. Backporting them to Intel for such minor features apparently doesn’t make much sense.
But it’s not like the lack of these features will speed up users transitioning to Apple Silicon.
Wonder if any third parties will build apps that can generate an interactive globe
Not getting new, and mainly irrelevant, features is not planned obsolescence. If you just bought a new Intel Mac, I’m sure you’ll get 5 years of system updates, and none of your features will go away. The spinning globe must use some feature of the new chip, or it would have been included. No one said, “… you know what will *really* sell more hardware…”.
Some of your tin foil hats should be upgraded to heavy duty foil.
Some of your tin foil hats should be upgraded to heavy duty foil.
I'm running a late 2015 Macbook pro 15", so it is likely this will be the last OS upgrade. My second battery is also down to 84% capacity, so I don't know what I'll do. Guess run the computer, which otherwise works great, as long as I can get security updates? Then decide whether I'll upgrade to a then modern Apple Silicon computer.
I don't even know whether Apple will still support replacing the battery in another year. They stop service too on older models.
Other than my phone, all my Apple computer type products are at best 2018 models. Have to be specific, since the Airtag is 2021, and my phone is 2020.
When they no longer support the newest version of Xcode, then I will have to switch over (I hope Apple isn’t listening).
as someone who bought a G5 iMac in 2005, I knew this would happen. I had to sit and watch Intel machines sold 6 months later get many more features and upgrades,
Apple makes money off the hardware and wants you to keep buying more. sure, your intel mac will be "supported for many years to come" but get ready for more of this. oh, and bootcamp not supporting Windows 11 is shady
Apple makes money off the hardware and wants you to keep buying more. sure, your intel mac will be "supported for many years to come" but get ready for more of this. oh, and bootcamp not supporting Windows 11 is shady
Not that Apple is the only ones that do this. Microsoft and Windows 11. My Windows desktop was a high end computer when I built it, and still holds up well with SSD drives and 64GB of RAM. But a generation too old of CPU, so not officially supported. Guess it stays on Windows 10 until 2024 (or 2025?) then I have a decision to make.
That computer was originally built to be a Hackintosh, but after about 2 years I got fed up with fighting things like USB3 breaking.
That computer was originally built to be a Hackintosh, but after about 2 years I got fed up with fighting things like USB3 breaking.
so your iMac isn't doing things that it did when you got it, things you used to do?
At least you could probably just easily replace the CPU with one that is compatible.....
I’m already on M1, but keep my Early 2015 as a backup. It has some issue with audio though. I don’t know if its an issue from it falling two feet off a desk or just a defect with logic board; or when the changed the display at the Apple store.
You don't need to upgrade your Macbook. Just use Google Earth, Google Docs voice dictation, etc. which are even better than Apple's version.
Zoom can blur the background on a ten year old, quad-core Mac Mini but Facetime can't do it on my 2020 iMac? What a joke.
This is just the beginning of throwing the Intel mac owners under the bus. Screw Apple's profit margin. I can't wait for the hackintosh community to do the work that Apple intentionally doesn't do.
This is just the beginning of throwing the Intel mac owners under the bus. Screw Apple's profit margin. I can't wait for the hackintosh community to do the work that Apple intentionally doesn't do.
Zoom can run on pretty much anything so I don’t think that the background blurrying feature requires a supercomputer.
Hello! I just bought a Mac last year!
Actually, not bothered by the things that won't run, and most that will are not a big deal, so it's a big old 'meh' from here.
Skype can do blurred background too and it doesn't make my rMBP hot.