I know its not actually removed but the fact they even made any provision to do it ... you don't write code for absurd things you know are never going to happen.
Not like I really needed a new machine anyhow I guess. Back to waiting for the things I use to get ported over I suppose. This is why we can't have Nice Things.
Exactly. Like I said before [0][1] I'm always interested in what Apple doesn't tell us when it comes to their new products like the M1 Macs, Apple Watches, AirPods, etc.
That's why it is better to wait for the hardware issues to be more stable and the software ecosystem to catch up and to just ignore the Apple early adopter hype trains.
I use my machines to get things done and I'm actually too scared of losing a whole day because I took an OS update. What I have now kinda sucks but at least it works.
I cant justify spending $900 + tax + shipping + Apple Care to end up with a problem I can't readily solve and thats the real issue.
For my needs, if it cant run Intel based binaries then its about as useful as a brick. Maybe they never do such a thing ... but if they do Im sitting on what amounts an expensive brick and not a damn thing I can do about it. By the time All The Things are ported to native M1 there will be an M2 for the same price as my old M1 that I never got any utility out of.
The Linux box it would replace runs fine for its purpose (20.04 LTS isn't too bad). Its only crime is that it doesn't fit in the otherwise Apple ecosystem I'm running with.