>If Apple took their Macs away from Intel compatibility I doubt I would buy a new one and it would put into question the ability to maintain what software libra

>If Apple took their Macs away from Intel compatibility I doubt I would buy a new one and it would put into question the ability to maintain what software library that exists for the platform. I'm not sure there's much reason to be that tied to the chip anymore... When you load up MariaDB on your Fedora box the commands to install it and run your software are identical whether it's Intel or ARM. Apple of all people just like (for example) the Linux community are perfectly capable of writing device drivers for each processor architecture and once that work is done really what else makes a MacOS machine on ARM vs Intel any different than a Linux distribution found on multiple architectures? Particularly since Apple focus so heavily on positive customer experience I can't help but feel they'll make it as painless as possible. Most likely it's not a concern at all.