One last look at software support as macOS 26 Tahoe winds down the Intel Mac era
In the end, Intel Macs have mostly gotten a better deal than PowerPC Macs did.
For the last three years, we've engaged in some in-depth data analysis and tea-leaf reading to answer two questions about Apple's support for older Macs that still use Intel chips.
First, was Apple providing fewer updates and fewer years of software support to Macs based on Intel chips as it worked to transition the entire lineup to its internally developed Apple Silicon? And second, how long could Intel Mac owners reasonably expect to keep getting updates?
The answer to the first question has always been "it depends, but generally yes." And this year, we have a definitive answer to the second question: For the bare handful of Intel Macs it supports, macOS 26 Tahoe will be the final new version of the operating system to support any of Intel's chips.
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