And for that you should be grateful, because otherwise the massive computing shift from Windows - which literally had 97% of the market - to alternative platforms like iOS would have never happened. Never forget: the market isn't filled with people like you. M1 chips being available isn't going to change their behavior. You still have people using their Macs from 2012 or 2014, are very proud of that fact, and state that such was a major reason why they chose Mac over Windows in the first place. so the hundreds of millions of people with Intel Macs are going to go out and buy M1 Macs in 2 years? While you may wish to believe this, the reality is that 90% of the population isn't going to stop using good tech that meets their needs just because something better is immediately available. My guess is when Intel has iMacs and Mac Pros on Apple Silicon, it will be a year or two after that, at the most.Īll right. I doubt they will do that anytime soon - subscription income is good, easy money.Īdobe at some point will look at metrics data and see that the amount of Intel-Mac users on subscription does not cover the costs of maintaining x86 support.

Many of us Intel Mac users still have years to go before we upgrade our systems. I'm rolling the dice Adobe doesn't do that.

I just bought a 2020 iMac (due to Windows x86 compatibility) and the one thing that could really come back to haunt me is if Adobe decided to stop supporting us Intel Mac users and pull down Lightroom and Photoshop and go all Apple Silicon.

Lightroom cost student