And in the current tense threat environment, business partners won’t accept that you’re not running advanced security protection because you rely on a couple of old Intel Macs (or, worse, Windows 10 PCs) you haven’t upgraded yet.
Developers are also responsive to the smash hit success of Apple Silicon Macs. That success means many of them have ceased working on their Intel Mac applications to focus on Apple Silicon, where the market is going. That means they aren’t being updated as frequently, if at all, leaving those third-party applications potentially vulnerable to attack when run on Intel Macs.
There is a little life left in these old computers. Since Apple will provide security updates for another two years, you’ll still be able to shift them on second-user markets for a little longer. But if you or your company are looking to upgrade some of the computers you picked up during the onset of the Covid epidemic in 2020, the end of Windows 10 support and the cessation of Intel Mac support mean you have some buying decisions to make.
