Originally Posted by
Visconti
My current Macbook is still running legacy Intel chips because some of my professional programs would only run on the Intel based chips. Now that all the programs I require have made the transition to run on the new ARM CPUs, I could just opt for Macs moving forward without having to deal with Windows, virtual machines, or any of those hassles.
This. Unfortunately for me, I'll probably never buy a Mac again, unless and until they go back to Intel (CISC) chipsets. I'm a fan of RISC (ARM) but much of my dev work is in still in the windows space. And almost all of my customers (manufacturing) are still mostly windows shops. So I bought the most pimped out version of the last Intel MBP I could before AAPL sunsetted them. If my Mac gets too old, I'll get a Linux Intel laptop and just run windows in a VM. I'll miss some of the cool integrations like iMessage, notes, calendar, reminders, etc., but I won't mind having a fully customizable linux desktop.