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Re: Is the average full support for Intel macs really 7.26 years?

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On 2026-05-19 3:01 a.m., Smithwicks wrote:
> In article <10ru0um$2acg$1@nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com>,
>   Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> wrote:
> 
>> This was posted back in March to the iPhone newsgroup, but it should be
>> vetted here on the mac newsgroup.
>>
>> Please correct where I err or omit, as this type of listing is almost
>> unheard of on Apple newsgroups because it's not marketing. It's fact.
>> [Redacting massive quote of good data]
> 
> The entire Intel era was pockmarked by varying levels of suitability for
> software to run on older hardware. In my own estimation it's really more
> of an x86 thing than a purely Apple thing, although 2010s Apple was
> absolutely marked by their planned obsolescence. Thinking, too, of those
> poor Power Mac G5/iMac G5 owners who paid $1500+ for a rather excellent
> machine only to get one OS update and be left in the dust 3 years later
> when Snow Leopard was released.
> 
> Thus far, the transition from x86 to ARM has been kinder than the
> transition from PPC to x86. We're going on 7 years and Tahoe still
> supports x86. Though, as you point out, the window is closing. The next
> MacOS is going to be ARM only.
> 
> I personally hope that the switch in leadership and the potential of ARM
> means that this final curtain call for the Intel Macs is simply closing
> the chapter on 2010s planned obsolescence Apple. The real tell in this
> regard will be when, and certainly the day is coming, M1 Macs are no
> longer receiving new MacOS updates.
> 
> That'll be an unfortunate day, especially if Apple Silicon Linux isn't
> up to snuff yet.

It truly will be a shame to feel like the rather capable M1 machines 
need to be recycled simply because updates are no longer coming. I 
imagine that they'll still feel comfortable to use even in 2030 or 2032, 
but by then the security implications might be more serious.

-- 
CrudeSausage
M4 MacBook Air

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disabled. And the poor. Look at the "Bible Belt" where all of these 
things and so much more are worse. We are in end-stage capitalized 
fueled by right wing extremist Christians. Muslims do not do nearly the 
harm." - Sodomite Snit Brock McNuggets Michael Glasser, lying shamelessly.

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Is the average full support for Intel macs really 7.26 years? Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-04-17 13:16 -0600
  Re: Is the average full support for Intel macs really 7.26 years? CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-04-17 20:52 -0400
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  Re: Is the average full support for Intel macs really 7.26 years? Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2026-04-18 15:34 -0400
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  Re: Is the average full support for Intel macs really 7.26 years? Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-04-18 13:01 -0700
  Re: Is the average full support for Intel macs really 7.26 years? Smithwicks <enjoyasmithwicks@myplace.com> - 2026-05-19 03:01 -0400
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