Your current Mac will continue to work just fine, it just may not get all of the latest features (as it’s been for years, with and out with Apple).
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Several macOS Monterey Features Unavailable on Intel-Based Macs
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So if you buy your new 16MBP now, it is basically already partly unsupported. Nice.
Car companies do this all the time. Certain vehicles get the "new generation" of entertainment systems with lots of new features, functions and capabilities. While other vehicles from the same manufacturer will have a much older system, and they can both be model year 2022.
So this is how macOS on Intel dies… with thunderous applause. 
So, you‘re telling me that my $3500 MacBook Pro from late 2019 is not capable to render a 3D globe?
WTF.
WTF.
I would upgrade my MacBook Air (2018 model) for an M1 version IF Apple would allow in store trade ins. I don’t want the hassle of selling it and I’m NOT mailing it to their trade in partner Phobio for them to damage it or tell me it’s broken on arrival. It took 6 weeks to sort out a Watch trade in with them and Apple was the one who had to force the credit.
Be nice if they'd at least give their old core audience(designers) pro machines to use...
Give me something that actually replaces my 27" Intel iMac and we will talk.
Think of the ones that paid over $10 grand for a Mac Pro…
Apparently to stockholders no, and you know Timo would never say no to a stockholder.
I'm running multiple monitors on the M1 Mac mini without any issue at all.
there’s still one more intel mac coming
I wish all the posts saying "it begins" would come to an end...
Other than trying to sound somehow profound I'm really not sure what they achieve...
Other than trying to sound somehow profound I'm really not sure what they achieve...
Apple is still shamelessly flogging the Apple Watch 3 so the bar is set very low...
Everything on that list (except maybe the updated maps/globe) looks like it requires some pretty heavy machine learning. In other words, requires a 16-core neural engine to power it. I don’t think it’s that unreasonable of a requirement, the power simply isn’t there in Intel’s outdated chipsets.
Maybe the maps and globe are working some under the hood magic that requires it too, to make all that data scroll smoothly maybe. Just a guess.
Maybe the maps and globe are working some under the hood magic that requires it too, to make all that data scroll smoothly maybe. Just a guess.
those people probably aren’t overly concerned about a google earth clone
I get not bringing hardware-intensive features to older Macs, but some of these seem completely achievable on any hardware. Then again, this is a very predictable Apple move, so I can't say I'm surprised.
would not be surprised if macOS released 2 years from now completely drops Intel mac support completely.
Apple wasting no time fully transitioning OS to be ARM only in short span.
Apple wasting no time fully transitioning OS to be ARM only in short span.