I just bought a 16" MBP with 5600M GPU. It arrives tomorrow and will be hooked to an XDR and 27" Thunderbolt Display. I have read about the heat and fan problems that the 5600M should fix but if not, I will want to return it and buy a 27" (3.6 GHz i9, 64GB, 5700XT, 4TB, 10Gb Ethernet).
My concern is that I want to run Catalina because SoftRAID does not currently work with Big Sur. I don't know the release date of course but if I ordered one and Big Sur was released before it shipped (and thus it came with Big Sur), would I be able to downgrade to Catalina since the model originally had Catalina?
How long after Big Sur is released will Catalina still be installed on new hardware?
I am wondering if I should just buy the 27" now to ensure a Catalina version and then return either the 16" or iMac.
My concern is that I want to run Catalina because SoftRAID does not currently work with Big Sur. I don't know the release date of course but if I ordered one and Big Sur was released before it shipped (and thus it came with Big Sur), would I be able to downgrade to Catalina since the model originally had Catalina?
How long after Big Sur is released will Catalina still be installed on new hardware?
I am wondering if I should just buy the 27" now to ensure a Catalina version and then return either the 16" or iMac.