Rumor & Opinion: Apple’s roadmap To Apple Silicon Macs, and should you wait to get a new Mac?

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As Apple gets ready to switch from Intel chips to its own, we have begun hearing rumors on when and what hardware will get the in-house processing chips.

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Here’s what we know so far.  The following computers will be getting the chips during the 4th quarter of 2020:

• MacBook Pro.
• MacBook Air.

The rest of the lineup may not see the new chips until sometime during the 1st or 2nd quarter of 2021.

Now, the big question is, “should I wait to get a Mac?”

That would depend upon what you use the Mac for.  If we go by past experiences, when Apple switched from the G4 chip to Intel, Apple itself supported Mac users with the G4 hardware and software for about 5-6 years after. It was the 3rd party large and small software vendors that choose to do away with G4 support before Apple did.  So, if you use a lot of 3rd party software (from the App Store) then you’re looking at the timeframe that I just mentioned.  Of course this could change, but that’s was what happened when we Mac users dealt with something like this before.

What do you think?  Comment below.

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