TechComputers & PCsNo more Intel inside: Apple stops selling Intel-powered MacsApple will support some Intel Macs for a little longer, but the Intel-Apple era is officially overWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
TechComputers & PCsNo more Intel inside: Apple stops selling Intel-powered MacsApple will support some Intel Macs for a little longer, but the Intel-Apple era is officially overWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
Apple will support some Intel Macs for a little longer, but the Intel-Apple era is officially over
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
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In 2005, Steve Jobs made the entireWWDCaudience gasp. “It’s true,” the screen behind him said. “Yes, it’s true,” Jobs echoed. “We are transitioning from PowerPC to Intel processors”.
And yesterday, 18 years later, Tim Cook closed the door on that era. The newMac Proreplaces the last of the Intel-powered Macs, so the entireApplerange now runs on Apple silicon.
The reasons for the move are similar, but not identical, to the reason Apple moved to Intel in the first place. The PowerPC chips Apple was using back then were not improving fast enough to deliver the kind of performance Apple wanted, or that its customers demanded. And today there’s another key factor: Apple wants to own the key technologies on which its products depend.
Is Apple making Intel Macs obsolete?
Yes, but you don’t necessarily need to worry just yet. The next version of macOS, macOS Sonoma, will still support a few Intel Macs. However, older ones have been dropping off the supported systems list for a while, and more are going with this year’s macOS: it’s dropping support for the 2017 MacBooks and iMacs, which have Intel inside.
macOS Sonoma will support the following Mac models:
This doesn’t mean you should rush out and buy an M-series Mac if you don’t need or want one. I’ve got an Intel MacBook Pro doing great work in my other job, music, and while it can’t run the very latest macOS I don’t need it to. But if you’re looking at buying a second-hand Mac the end of Intel support is something you should take into consideration when you’re looking, and when you decide how much you’re willing to pay.
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