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nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> In article <rghlnu$t73$1@gioia.aioe.org>, RJH <patchmoney@gmx.com>
> wrote:
> 
>>>> 
>>>> Anyone like to talk me out of it? :-)
>>> 
>>> it's *already* obsolete.
>> 
>> In the sense that I expect it to work, to do the things I want it to do, it
>> won't be obsolete for me. Or I suspect pretty much everyone else who buys one.
>> And I'm not sure how something can become obsolete before the replacement is
>> announced.
> 
> it will certainly work, however, based on past transitions, it won't be
> supported as long, won't be as fast and will have fewer features than
> apple silicon macs. some software will require apple silicon, with no
> intel counterpart.

True. But if you buy a first generation Silicon Mac it will be superseded
by more advanced ones later. Tech will keep moving forward. 

> the future is apple silicon. intel is the past (and in more ways than
> one).

There will also be future Intel Macs. Some were just released. 

> the only reason to buy an intel mac is if you absolutely need something
> *now* and cannot wait under any circumstances (e.g., existing mac
> failed and it must be replaced *today*), or for some reason, you need
> to natively run both windows and mac os.

I am happy you learned what I was telling you before about the Intel Macs
almost surely handling running Windows better. Excellent! 

>>> wait for apple silicon.
>> 
>> Yes, I would have done if it was due in the next year. But really, I'm not
>> that curious.
> 
> the first apple silicon mac(s) will be released by the end of 2020,
> likely announced in october, approximately 2.5 months from now.

Sure. But not the whole range. Likely portables first. Maybe something
else. 



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  Re: iMac Refresh nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-08-06 08:30 -0400
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