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Re:Intel Expecting Apple to Transition to Custom ARM-Based C... by Wowfunhappy on Thursday February 21, 2019 @10:33PM (#19222888)
Whatever the last version of macOS is that supports Intel, I will be on it for a very, very, very, very long time...
Re:Intel Expecting Apple to Transition to Custom ARM-Based C... by aorth on Friday February 22, 2019 @12:22AM (#19223322)
That's unreasonable. What about software security updates?
Re:Intel Expecting Apple to Transition to Custom ARM-Based C... by Wowfunhappy on Friday February 22, 2019 @12:32AM (#19223358)
...I'm not sure I care. I'll have to be careful.

I fell in love with macOS a decade ago. It is a legitimate emotional attachment; I love it more than I've ever loved any piece of software. Unfortunately, Apple is taking away more and more of what made the platform appealing.

I’m not going to outright give up macOS until it’s ripped from my cold dead hands, but I’m also not moving to ARM for all my computing.

Re:Intel Expecting Apple to Transition to Custom ARM-Based C... by kristianp on Thursday February 21, 2019 @11:12PM (#19223061)
Why, exactly?
Re:Intel Expecting Apple to Transition to Custom ARM-Based C... by Wowfunhappy on Friday February 22, 2019 @12:30AM (#19223347)
I wrote a comment and deleted it. There are ways Apple could make this work. But I highly suspect ARM macOS is going to be significantly more restricted and locked down. I doubt we'll be able to disable SIP, for instance.

The overall direction macOS is moving is not positive. The article mentions Apple wanting developers to be able to publish one app for both macOS and iOS. I'm all for developer's lives being easier, but Apple's initial marzipan apps are really, really bad. I don't want to use touch-first interfaces on a desktop...

Also, I run Windows VM’s, dual boot, do video encoding tasks that see huge benefits from a proper desktop x86 chip, etc.