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DuhSesame said:

I don't see any point to upgrade until switching to ARM.  In fact, I'd think that 2018 version will be the last one in the current generation.

Except any location buying Macs because they support Bootcamp might want something newer and available through a transition.  I suspect Apple will loose a chunk of sales if they go all ARM and can't support running Windows (and all Windows programs, not ARM capable only).

That, or the ARM processors need to be able to emulate an Intel processor and near realtime performance for some type of virtual machine solution (aka Connectix Virtual PC on steroids).

jimh2 said:

So basically he is extorting Apple which is illegal.

Nope, extortion would be I know about this issue and I'm going to sell it to someone else or make it public if you don't pay me.  He isn't threatening Apple in any way, he is simply saying, "I know about this but I don't have any reason to tell you about it right now."

I’d be more interested in seeing Apple buy AT&T. They would get multiple streaming services, content (WarnerMedia), traditional distribution, a cellular network (where they could push their own products), etc.

This has the potential to be another hit against Apple in the science field.  We have a number of people we support running programs that utilize CUDA.  Access to eGPU Nvidia cards, especially if we can install CUDA, could keep a number of labs using Macs.  Failure to do so starts to swing the economics further in other directions.

lenn said:

This is laughable. Law enforcement can get a warrant to enter your house and search every single inch of it but they aren't allowed to search a stupid phone????? That makes no sense at all.

I don't know about you but my phone has access to an awful lot of data that isn't necessarily "on it" and may not necessarily belong to me.  So allowing access to the phone is similar to a warrant that says they can search every inch of your home, work, friends houses, businesses you've been to lately, bank, neighborhood bar, etc.