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Apple's Mission Statement says otherwise.I would not be surprised that next mac Os will only support M1 Macs
Apple mission statement: “ To bring the best user experience to its customers through its innovative hardware, software, and services. ”
So if someone buys a new 27" 2020 iMac today (and pays about 2K) and uses it until September 2022 then can't upgrade to macOS 13 next October is that going to give that customer "the best user experience through hardware, software and services ?
Certainly not. That would be one very unhappy customer that would curse at Apple for treating them that way. Their shiny new 5K retina iMac is stuck on Monterey for the next 8 or more years. They might leave the ecosystem entirely. They could easily install Windows 10/11 on their iMac and jump ship to MS.
I don't see Apple doing that next year in 2022. I know, there is Opencore Legacy Patcher but the majority of Mac owners know nothing about that. They have no idea about how OC works or that it's even an option for real Macs.
"What about the switch to Intel from PPC back in 2006 ?" That was then and this is now. 25 years ago Apple was a completely different company. Steve Jobs was CEO and he made the employees meet strict deadlines or they got fired. He didn't care if he ticked off a few PPC based Mac users. "Just get over it and buy an Intel Mac." Was Steve's approach to the Intel transition.
Today, Cook doesn't take the same approach. Completely different attitude. He says to the Mac Pro refresh team at Apple back in 2015: "Take as long as you want and get it done, whenever." Then it doesn't get released till late 2019. Would Steve Jobs have ever let that happen ? Not a chance.
Apple also has so much cash on hand that they can easily afford to keep supporting Intel Macs way longer than they did PPC Macs. In 2006 they didn't even sell a single iPhone or iPad, just Macs, peripherals and an iPod. There was no Mac App Store or other multiple revenue streams that they have today.
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