First Intel Macs were released in January 2006 and OS X dropped support for Power PC in August 2009 with 10.6 Snow Leopard. If the same timeline is followed her

First Intel Macs were released in January 2006 and OS X dropped support for Power PC in August 2009 with 10.6 Snow Leopard. If the same timeline is followed here, Intel support will be dropped around 2024. I wouldn't expect to get 10 years out of an Intel Mac.