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Congratulations John. So much talent at Apple. I have a feeling that SJ would be very pleased with developments.

Is there a consensus forming on the likelihood of new hardware now prior to WWDC this year? I like many no doubt am ready to upgrade to new iMacs and other hardware. (An Apple hearing aid would be a nice surprise - I'm getting on, which at least is better than the alternative.)

crowley said:

Intel seem a bit ratttled.    Pretty funny that they got Justin though, good coup.

My understanding (I might be incorrect) is that Justin Long was never a fan of the Mac but John Hodgman is... John would likely, though not obviously, have been a real coup doing the ads...

sflocal said:

I bought my 2020 10-core i9 iMac last August with the intent that it will be my last Intel Mac.  Running x86 is mandatory as I use Windows for some development tools and for testing.  I wish it were available in the iMac Pro's space gray.  It's a beautify finish.  

By the time I am ready to retire this machine, ASi will have been fully baked and software for the most part will be fully ported to ARM.  I will never get off of the x86 platform as some tools I know will never be ported over so I'll have some x86 something running somewhere for those rare times I need that functionality.

I'm very excited to see where ASi is in a few years!

Retirement could be some time away of course. My 2009 iMac is still strong and so I thought of going the way too that you have but at this stage, hopefully, the Apple Silicon iMac isn't far away.

lkrupp said:

Maybe there will be a March ‘event’ after all? ...

Hoping!