macOS Tahoe signals that the end is near for Intel Macs, dumping all but four models

All Intel MacBook Airs and Mac minis are gone; just a few other models remain.

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[gijames1225]

I have a 2019 MacBook Pro 16in, and it's a little annoying that it probably has at best one more update coming it's way given how perfectly fine it is as a computer and how much it cost, but fortunately I don't use it for Apple development so losing current Xcode support isn't an immediate concern.

I'd complain about Apple more and praise Microsoft if they hadn't suddenly ruined their up until recently amazing support of older hardware with the Windows 11 requirements. At least they don't tie major tooling to operating system releases the way Apple does though.

 

[gijames1225]

I can see an argument for requiring XCode to be on the latest OS. As for everything else, I usually stay a major version behind on my Macs and I've never had a problem. I wouldn't call that "aggressive about requiring the latest OS."

I can't. I can run the latest versions of Visual Studio and Android Studio on Sandy Bridge (2011) machines running Windows 10. Tying Xcode to the operating system version is either very, very lazy or a means to push developers to not hold on to machines for too long (probably a mix of both).