The MacBook Air is the obvious loser as the sun sets on the Intel Mac era

ronjor · Jun 17, 2025

Andrew Cunningham – Jun 17, 2025

First, was Apple providing fewer updates and fewer years of software support to Macs based on Intel chips as it worked to transition the entire lineup to its internally developed Apple Silicon? And second, how long could Intel Mac owners reasonably expect to keep getting updates?
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The answer to the first question has always been "it depends, but generally yes." And this year, we have a definitive answer to the second question: For the bare handful of Intel Macs it supports, macOS 26 Tahoe will be the final new version of the operating system to support any of Intel's chips.
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XIII · Jun 17, 2025

Only Intel MacBook Air machines I guess?

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The MacBook Air is the obvious loser as the sun sets on the Intel Mac era

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