It's awkward. I have a 2013 rMBP which I'm very happy with. It was bought in part to start developing OSX/iOS software while also continuing to use Linux for

It's awkward. I have a 2013 rMBP which I'm very happy with. It was bought in part to start developing OSX/iOS software while also continuing to use Linux for the majority of my work, which I now do in a VM on the Mac. This setup works really well as an "all rounder" machine with excellent hardware. In a couple of years time, having an x86 Mac won't make sense for developing MacOS/iOS software. Apple talks of emulating x86 on ARM for MacOS, but not the other way around. But on the other hand, having an ARM Mac won't make sense for running x86 Linux and x86 Windows VMs. And my servers will probably still be x86. Neither choice is good.