I was surprised to hear that the transition would take two years. I was expecting it to take a shorter duration considering Apple’s experience with transitions

I was surprised to hear that the transition would take two years. I was expecting it to take a shorter duration considering Apple’s experience with transitions and the performance levels of Apple Silicon (AFAIK, at least single core performance has been leagues ahead of other ARM processors on smartphones and tablets). I don’t know what other people consider as the lifetime of a Mac (meaning the number of years they’d use a still-working Mac before deciding to buy a new one), but I do wonder just how long Apple’s promise of “supporting Intel Macs for years to come” will turn out to be. Things are surely a lot different now than they were in 2005, especially with much better hardware (and the full transition to 64 bit everywhere). The demo of Rosetta 2, however convoluted or staged it may have seemed to some, was quite impressive to me.