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MP 7,1 Guess when macOS will stop supporting 7,1
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Developers should get their butts in gear if have been slacking over last 4 years. Rosetta is only incrementally behind the line-up drop for the Intel macOS variant.
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Apple is also planning changes to Rosetta 2, the Intel-to-Arm app translation technology created to ease the transition between the Intel and Apple Silicon eras. Rosetta will continue to work as a general-purpose app translation tool in both macOS 26 and macOS 27.
But after that, Rosetta will be pared back and will only be available to a limited subset of apps ...
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Apple details the end of Intel Mac support and a phaseout for Rosetta 2
Rosetta app translation features for Intel apps won’t stay around indefinitely.
arstechnica.com
By time security upgrades fade for Intel MacOS , Rosetta will be fading also. Apple isn't going to maintain the full set Intel era libraries forever.
For most developers, Universal binaries are not going to make much sense after the security updates fade from this 'dead end' intel MacOS line. It is more work (time and money ) for a set of machines with no underlying support.
Same article
" ... Apple was selling the 2019 Intel Mac Pro and a few versions of the 2018 Intel Mac mini until well into 2023; someone who bought one of those pricey Mac Pros that year will have received just three new macOS updates and a total of five years of security updates. ..."
While new Mac Pro came in 2023 , Apple's proclamation at the beginning of the transition suggests they had planned to ship that at least a year earlier than they did. That extended gestation probably didn't get an extension as to when the 'countdown clock' started on the MP 2019. Probably started on the earlier planned date. [ Similar fate for 2013 that was even more woefully late on update cycle. Updates dried up relatively 'prematurely'. ]
For those who stick around as long as possible with the last dregs of security updates there could be a M5 or M7 generation Mac Pro as an alternative. Apple won't retain everyone but the gap between a MP 2019 and perhaps a M7 gen Mac Pro is likely going to be pretty large (with respect to macOS apps ).
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Apparently it’s official: Tahoe is the end of the line for Intel Macs.
tedium.co
One Year Left: Apple’s Long Goodbye For Intel Macs
After two decades, Apple has announced its final version of MacOS for Intel. Guess that means Hackintoshing is done, too.
tedium.co
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It will be the last macOS to support dGPU then. Not sure if I would upgrade to newer Mac Pro or Studio. In fact, I'm not sure what to make of Apple Silicon Mac Pro. I'll probably keep my Intel Mac Pro as a Bootcamp machine for any GPU-intensive work I suppose.
So x86-64 macOS ends with macOS Tahoe. I think it's an indication that Apple is confident with the new Mac Pro this fall. Particularly the GPU performance of high-end SKUs should significantly surpass anything possible on 2019 Mac Pro.
x86-64 macOS update will stop in fall 2028. Third-party apps like Chrome browser will support for a few more years. Safe to say Intel Macs are still usable by 2030. So plenty of time to plan ahead.
Perhaps a base Mac mini for macOS running daily chores like office productivty. Plus a PC workstation for any heavy lifting.
Year 2028 and beyond. We're talking about high-end consumer PCs with 32 cores of zen 7 (or zen 8 if closer to 2030), PCIe 5.0 (or possible but less likely PCIe 6.0). GPUs will require less PCIe lanes e.g. 8x instead of full 16x but equally performant. Hence multiple GPUs in a s ingle box without compromise in performance.
PC workstations will go wild. PCIe 6.0 for sure if not PCIe 7.0. Loads of CPU cores and memory bandwidth.
I think for most power users not necessarily need the fastest GPUs but GPUs with loads of VRAM for running LLMs.
x86-64 macOS update will stop in fall 2028. Third-party apps like Chrome browser will support for a few more years. Safe to say Intel Macs are still usable by 2030. So plenty of time to plan ahead.
Perhaps a base Mac mini for macOS running daily chores like office productivty. Plus a PC workstation for any heavy lifting.
Year 2028 and beyond. We're talking about high-end consumer PCs with 32 cores of zen 7 (or zen 8 if closer to 2030), PCIe 5.0 (or possible but less likely PCIe 6.0). GPUs will require less PCIe lanes e.g. 8x instead of full 16x but equally performant. Hence multiple GPUs in a s ingle box without compromise in performance.
PC workstations will go wild. PCIe 6.0 for sure if not PCIe 7.0. Loads of CPU cores and memory bandwidth.
I think for most power users not necessarily need the fastest GPUs but GPUs with loads of VRAM for running LLMs.
I have put MacOS 26 on the dual W6800X Duo machine and will see how it goes. The install was smooth enough.
Interestingly I recently updated it to MacOS 15.5 and that seems to have resolved the unusual GPU issues I was seeing where it wouldn't wake from sleep, or if I did get it to wake, the first GPU of the four would show as 0Mhz in iStat menus. That seems to have stopped.
Interestingly I recently updated it to MacOS 15.5 and that seems to have resolved the unusual GPU issues I was seeing where it wouldn't wake from sleep, or if I did get it to wake, the first GPU of the four would show as 0Mhz in iStat menus. That seems to have stopped.
It's not really bad news that Tahoe is the last release, even though it's disappointing. Still no need to upgrade to an Apple Silicon Mac or something else until fall of 2028 when security updates end, unless support for various needed software ends sooner (e.g. Adobe applications).
