13-inch 2020 MacBook Pro. At the extremely least, you might wish to put your MacBook purchase on hold.
Credit: Apple
This week Apple killed the MacBook until further notification.
I might wrong. Then once again, I could be. That doubt alone kills the offer.
PC World Executive Editor Gordon Mah Ung used comparable assistance this week: “Why Apples relocation from Intel to ARM indicates we should stop purchasing Macs”
I could wrong. That doubt alone eliminates the deal.
I would use this as a rough example: would you purchase a Windows phone? Yeah, itll work and run some apps but its a dead platform– and excellent luck getting any support. That kind of scenario might be in the not-too-distant-future for Intel-based Macs.
As did others, including: You shouldnt buy a new Mac right now (MacWorld).
” Theres an useful, genuine reason why you shouldnt drop $1,500 or $4,500 on a new Mac: Youll be deserted.”– PC World, June 22, 2020
Heres what Ung stated.
If I purchased *, for circumstances, a 2020 13-inch MacBook Pro, there would always be that nagging sensation that a glitch or getting too hot or sluggish efficiency or buggy software application would be due to a lack of assistance and/or focus from Apple.
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* Until Apples statement, I was preparing to purchase the high-end 2020 Core i7 MacBook Pro 13. Ill await the ARM Macs.
” Intel Macs will quickly be those curiosities sitting at the corner Mac Repair shop yellowing in the sun with the PowerPC macs,” Ung informed me.
Apple couched it as a “transition” away from Intel however the net result is the same: any Intel-based MacBook Pro or MacBook Air you purchase from here on out is eventually dead in the water.
Heres some basic advice: do not purchase a MacBook Air or MacBook Pro.
Disallowing unexpected snafus in the transition of the Mac to Apples processors, buying an Intel-based MacBook doesnt make any sense.
That troubles me too. There is little reward for Apple to enhance going forward, i.e., less need to ensure Intel processors run smoothly, efficiently on macOS.
” I would be worried that longer term– even if Apple doesnt dispose Intel-based Macs overboard as rapidly as it did PowerPC Macs– optimizations wont flow as fast given that it will be a tradition platform,” he informed me in an e-mail.
I asked PC Worlds Ung about Apples transition to its A Series processors.
I would use this as a rough analogy: would you purchase a Windows phone? Yeah, itll work and run some apps but its a dead platform– and all the best getting any support. That kind of situation might remain in the not-too-distant-future for Intel-based Macs.
People who know a lot about Mac hardware are using that guidance too.
