trs96
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I'm hoping for support for Q77 chipset and Ivy Bridge to continue with 10.15 and I think it will. Even if it is dropped, the 8300 will still be upgradable. As PP said, he can simply install an RX560 if HD4000 were to be no longer supported. The 8300s can easily use the iMac 14,2 or Mac mini 7,1 sysdefs if need be. When you look at so many with X58 chipset systems still running the latest Mojave you can see how it is possible. X58 motherboards came out in 2010 and the Q77s like the HP 8300 debuted in 2012.
I think it's more likely Apple will drop support for 2012 and 2013 desktop Macs in 2020 as those iMacs were still using Nvidia discrete graphics. Switch to AMD radeon dedicated graphics was with late 2014, 2015 iMacs. It wouldn't make sense to just drop IB and HD4000 support this year and keep Haswell and HD4600 support. Both are very similar in specs. They are both Metal 2 capable and still work quite well with Mojave.
Another option is to simply keep using Mojave as it will have full support this year and next. You still get all the security updates that 10.15 will get. So no worries there.
What I'm more concerned about is what Apple will do in 2020, the supposed and often predicted, transition to using ARM based A series chips in Macs. There is nothing we can do about that. Then it won't matter how new your hackintosh is, if it is Intel based it will have limited options for macOS updates. Maybe they will use some kind of emulation again, IDK. WWDC this June and next year will be quite interesting to watch and see what Apple will announce.
I think it's more likely Apple will drop support for 2012 and 2013 desktop Macs in 2020 as those iMacs were still using Nvidia discrete graphics. Switch to AMD radeon dedicated graphics was with late 2014, 2015 iMacs. It wouldn't make sense to just drop IB and HD4000 support this year and keep Haswell and HD4600 support. Both are very similar in specs. They are both Metal 2 capable and still work quite well with Mojave.
Another option is to simply keep using Mojave as it will have full support this year and next. You still get all the security updates that 10.15 will get. So no worries there.
What I'm more concerned about is what Apple will do in 2020, the supposed and often predicted, transition to using ARM based A series chips in Macs. There is nothing we can do about that. Then it won't matter how new your hackintosh is, if it is Intel based it will have limited options for macOS updates. Maybe they will use some kind of emulation again, IDK. WWDC this June and next year will be quite interesting to watch and see what Apple will announce.
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