Macs equipped with an Intel chip will no longer receive major software updates after the release of macOS Tahoe this fall. During the WWDC Platforms State of the Union keynote, Matthew Firlik, Apple’s senior director of developer relations, announced that macOS Tahoe “will be the final release for Intel Macs.”

We might be looking at entry-level 2020 models with Intel silicon being left out in the cold, and MacBook Pro 2019 laptops, too.

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