Jamesbond007
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If the Apple Siilcon Mac Pro is going to be delayed into 2023, then I agree with your prediction that there may be an extra year for Intel MacOS. In that case my own prediction is that there may be one more Intel MacOS in 2023, and then no more Intel MacOS, which gives us 4 more years of Intel MacOS support including security updates.The only thing we can say for sure is that any new build today won't run macOS as long as your Sandy Bridge system from 2011 has. Our best guess is three to four years but Apple may not even give Intel systems that much more support. It seems the M chip Mac Pro is taking longer than expected as it's been pushed back till 2023 now by most estimates I've read. https://wccftech.com/mac-pro-and-imac-pro-with-apple-silicon-not-expected-until-2023/?
So that might give us an extra year. On the positive side anything you build today will definitely have Windows 11 and Linux support till 2030 or later so at least you can keep using the hardware after macOS support is dropped.