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Originally Posted by JSWolf
My question, how long will it be before this iMAC is obsolete and no new software will run on it? It's a lot of money to spend on a computer that you know will eventually become obsolete because the processor is Intel.
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Now THAT is a good question. "Macs are priced too high" is just boring drivel not worth debating any more.
I bought a really nice and will kitted out Macbook Pro 16 a couple months ago before the Apple Silicon announcement. If I were buying today, I'd still buy it.
For MY PURPOSES - the Mac is an "every platform" computer. I can develop iOS apps, run Windows software, and run linux vms. I need to do all of those things (not necessarily every day). The new Macs will not run x86 Windows or Linux. The reason I want to run those environments is for the software. So even if Linux ARM is able to run, linux ARM doesn't run much of the linux catalog of software (yet).
I fully expect 5 more years of new Mac OS versions, and 3 years beyond that where I can still keep going with whatever the last intel Mac OS is. Easily the expected lifetime of my "just bought" computer. That was what happened last time.
Meanwhile, the Apple Silicon Macs will continue to get better. It's often not the wisest of courses to buy the first version of any new platform.
Now, that's for me and my purposes. If one is a general Mac user, running Office, Photoshop and the like...and you don't run Windows or Linux apps....then....well...if you need a computer now, buy one. If not, perhaps wait. But the wait for the Apple Silicon iMac is likely a year or more away.
I don't think anybody buying an Intel Mac today need worry. A couple years from now....buying a used Intel Mac might not be the best of decisions.