I wouldn’t instill that false hope.
I’d tell anyone, “Apple said transition done in 2 years, assume that includes the MacPro and make your decisions now based on that. Even if you leave the macOS platform and they DO keep the MacPro on Intel (they won’t) at least you will have migrated to a platform where YOU control what you want to update and when! You may look back on your Apple-tied days and wonder… ‘what was THAT all about?’. May even be generally happier about your computing situation.” Well, other than sorrow for those that didn’t make the jump they did.Migrate to what, though? I’d expect an M1 based Mac Pro to eat 8088s, er, i9s, for breakfastI wouldn’t instill that false hope.
This is roughly what I’ve been telling folks for years as I’d help them to migrate. When the $6,000 MacPro came out, they felt nothing.
For those that REALLY can’t deal with Apple Silicon, any of the slowpoke Intel chips will do. Somewhere out here, I’ve posted that an Apple Silicon purchase will be for the greatest performance and compatibility with macOS and macOS apps. Intel Mac purchases will be for those where non-macOS compatibility is of a greater need than performance.Migrate to what, though? I’d expect an M1 based Mac Pro to eat 8088s, er, i9s, for breakfast
As you know Apple does not pre-announce their features and roadmap. No need to shout or is your Caps Lock key broken?
Sounds like you have inside information about Apple's plans.According to Apple, if EVERY current Mac user was to NOT purchase a single Mac this year, they’d still sell around 10 million. Still enough to continue making the Mac AND only a few of those users would be crestfallen about not being able to spin a globe on their computer.
Absolutely. Windows on ARM does not support all features of Windows x86, nor is that expected.
Good point.
I've installed various Linux distributions on ThinkPads and I have never encountered a situation where the hardware was not supported.
That might be where I'm heading. I've been forced to use Windows 10 as a work device for my past few contracts, and it's not all bad. My Intel MBA will run Windows 10 via Bootcamp pretty well too. It's been 12+ years since I switched to using Macs, but perhaps it's time to switch back
Just remember, many other companies also provide additional features to customers with newer devices. I think in general it would be good for anyone to step away from Apple, but they just need to make sure they’ve got their expectations set appropriately before they take that leap.That might be where I'm heading. I've been forced to use Windows 10 as a work device for my past few contracts, and it's not all bad. My Intel MBA will run Windows 10 via Bootcamp pretty well too. It's been 12+ years since I switched to using Macs, but perhaps it's time to switch back
Not all Linux distros are created equal + many are minimal on purpose to be more lightweight for specific use cases like Alpine for Docker images.
If you use Linux friendly hardware e.g. Dell XPS then you won't run into these problems. Likewise, ThinkPads are fine. I build my own desktops and have never run into driver problems.
That's awesome your anecdotal experience, and hope you never do come across issues building your own desktops, but these problems often just happen with no way to prepare for them by those that experience such issues. People will come across hardware incompatibilities or have features unavailable to their particular OS when trying to use a variety of hardware with them installed as they evolve–whether a Hackintosh, a normal Windows 10/MacOS machine, & etc.
The only inconvenience here is felt by Apple when consumers don’t continue to rebuy the latest and greatest Apple products - which the majority of consumers arguably don’t need. But hey, go dongle it up.Planned obsolescence
"Guys, we have created this amazing new power-efficient machine learning hardware but we can't use it in any software product because carrrrrlos will get upset"
Really? Because I don’t recall my iMac G5 (very first Mac despite 20 years of computing at that point) supporting Bootcamp or running x86 VMs of any kind. So no, that’s just ********. If the hardware isn’t there to support it, move on.
If you ever listened to their financial earnings call you’d know they are well aware of the long term ownership trend of Macs, that often they are still in use 5-7 years later. The move to Apple Silicon with M1 is laying the groundwork to support these devices over that period in a way that will make them age much more gracefully than the intel macs (look at how long phones are supported verses the rest of the industry).
In the future there may be lots of features restricted to newer Macs because of custom accelerators in the SoC. Apple will be adding new capabilities at a frequent pace. Meanwhile with Intel it was easy to offer long support when everything was just souped-up Skylake.
No doubt that’s something will eventually come along. But Apple is clearly building towards something big with their focus on ubiquitous computing. I believe completely based on keeping the pulse of this topic that AS from day one is a *major* factor in what Apple he planned for their next big thing that’s coming in this field. They’re going to announce something in the next few years and basically go “yea, this is why we’ve building neural engines and seamless connectivity and cooperation between our devices, everything with any AS in it is part of this”.
The way Google coded it 15 years ago doesn't require the neural engine, I totally agree with that.
For lack of Windows Support I'll blame MS.
