- It has been confirmed that Intel Macs will not be supported with Makos 27
- Only four Mac models with Intel CPUs are still supported by MacOS Tahoe, but it will be the final upgrade for these machines
- These devices will at least receive security updates for another three years
If you have a Mac with an Intel CPU, we now know that MacOS Tahoe 26 is the end of the line for your device (provided it supports MacOS 26 in the first place and you can control it here).
Techradar can confirm that Intel Compatibility Information was delivered on WWDC Platforms State of the Union Keynote, and MacOS Tahoe will be the last version of Apple’s desktop us to support any Mac with an Intel processor.
Another way to place this is that when MacOS 27 arrives next year, it will only support Macs with Apple Chips inside.
However, while Intel Macs that can run MacOS Tahoe 26 will be stuck with the operating system, these machines will continue to get security updates for another three years.
Analysis: It hurried out the door
I had a clue, this could come, but I wasn’t quite convinced that Apple would actually push further and do this – or maybe more to the point, exclude MacBooks from as late as 2020 with MacOS Tahoe 26. It feels like this hardware is being pushed out of the exit door a little quickly.
In fact, only a small number of MACs with Intel CPUs are good at going with MacOS Tahoe: MacBook Pro 16-inch from 2019, MacBook Pro 13-inch from 2020-but only the higher end model with four ports (not entry-level laptop with two ports) with Mac Pro from 2019 and iMac 27-ich from 2020.
These Macs may be good for now, but they will not get MacOS 27, which is likely to be announced and released next year, even though they have at least a guarantee of three years of security updates in the future to protect them from vulnerabilities that emerge in the operating system that may be exploited.
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So these devices will be covered for updates until late 2029 (assuming the three years start from the release of MacOS 27), which is nine or 10 years of updates in total. And to be fair, it is in line with the coverage Microsoft has provided with Window 10, which has had a decade with support (ending in October, of course).
Of course, it was not only security updates, but also new features, although the additions to Windows 10 have been few and far in between in recent times – but they are still coming.
However, Microsoft faces its own controversy with Windows 11 upgrades and the steeper hardware requirements facing Windows 10 users.
