remember when os updates were all or nothing if your machine was supported?
none of this patchwork features supported
none of this patchwork features supported
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Several macOS Monterey Features Unavailable on Intel-Based Macs
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This OS release is beta and there is no reason not to believe by the time it actually ships that all the current Macs (save one) will be refreshed to Apple Silicon. As long as your Intel Mac did everything it was promised to do on the day you bought it, I don't see a real issue.
While I do not like this move.........let's be real, I use only maybe a fraction of the features osx provides anyways ha
So my phone can do some of that but a brand new $1500 Macbook Pro can't?
Very surprised Universal Control wasn’t on that list…
Usually it is the other way around. The betas I have noticed are more inclusive and then the cuts happen.
egpu support comes to mind. Betas had it working on TB1/2 Macs only to be TB3 when released
Sounds environment friendly, as Apple loves to advert.Rather sooner than later id argue. It’s like Apple hates Intel Mac so much they’d throw all of them, brand new, straight to landfill if possible.
I'm using the Developer Beta on my 2017 Intel MacBook Pro and I can see and use the 3D globe on Maps.
Yeah, they are possible if you are ok with waiting couple of seconds while your machine analyses the photo and sucks battery like crazy at the same time. Come on, be realistic. Presence of ultra-efficient on-board ML hardware does offer some new applications.
Less features for older machines, this is basically planned obsolescence.
And this is how they bring people over to M1+. Not the best way to do it.
Intel Mac fans, this is just a nudge. 😄
Technically it's still fully supported today as Monterey is not out yet and won't be for 3-4 months. Come September/October when Monterey finally launches, who knows if the Intel 16" MBP will still be sold as new from Apple.
"Nudge" might not be the term I'd use..
I can't say the actual term though, as it would get moderated out
You mean "deprecation" - but it is kind of sad they're doing this already.
And then you will have to get a M3 MBP because certain features of macOS 17 don't work on your M2 MBP.
Growing even more shame on Apple to not have any MBP release at this year’s WWDC. Tons of ppl are waiting for the new hardware and yet the wait is getting longer than ever👎
Who cares about these superficial fluff “features” anyway.
What are the other thousands of developers doing at Apple? They are certainly not fixing all the bugs.
The M1's Neural Engine is one of the big features that sets it apart from Intel's processors. As more apps and features begin to rely on this, there will be less incentive to get an Intel Mac.
This is me, when all those people parroting "8GB is plenty, the M1 Mac is really efficient its not like Intel" and "maxing out the memory to future proof is stupid, 8GB is fine" realise Monterey has at least one feature with a 16GB minimum memory requirement:
True, but I don't think they will release new computers that won't support these features. Everything in the catalog is due an Apple Silicon refresh in the next few months. I imagine everything except the Mac Pro will be replaced with Apple Silicon versions or no longer produced. By the time MacOS 12 ships all the currently sold computers will support all of its features. I also believe if an Intel Mac Pro is kept in the catalog it will be updated to support them as as well.