Quite 1.5 years ago I released a video called "End of Hackintosh?
| Apple’s Switch to ARM".
And few days ago Tim Cook at WWDC 2020 started an earthquake.
It happened, it's reality.
Apple is switching to their own ARM architecture based CPUs in their computers.
They call it Apple Silicon.
So what does that mean for Hackintosh users?
Is this the real end of Hackintosh or not yet?
That's what I'll try to uncover in this video.
But first, if you’re new here, my name is Teresa from morgonaut.cloud and I do Hackintosh
builds since Mac OS X 10.4 version, so it’s already more than 15 years.
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Rumours about the possibility Apple could switch to their own CPUs in Apple computers
were flying through internet for few years already.
Lot of people were sceptical about it.
But if you'll look at performance of latest iPad Pro, it's even more powerful than some
MacBook Pros.
It's already now faster than 92% of all portable PCs.
And it's running on Apple SoC inside.
BTW the developer kit for building new Apps for the ARM Apple Silicon is running the same
A12 chip as in the iPad.
With much less power consumption, without any need for fancy cooling.
So the whole idea of using Apple Silicon ARM CPUs in their computers is good and I highly
welcome it.
People should not fear about lack of power, it's gonna be powerful enough.
Look at for example currently most powerful supercomputer called Fukaku, it's powered
by numerous 48-core ARM CPUs.
Now let's switch to history because it's important.
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard was the last system for the PowerPC architecture used in Apple
Mac computers before Apple switched to Intel CPUs in 2006.
Mac OS 10.6 Snow Leopard was first Apple's operating system designed for Intel based
Apple computers only.
So what did that mean for users of the old PowerPC architecture?
That's analogy with current Intel or Hackintosh users.
Well in fact quite nothing, the PowerPC Mac OS 10.5 people could use forever on their
older computers and if they would buy the new Intel powered Mac they still had the option
to run apps designed only for PowerPC on those new Intel Macs.
The Mac OS 10.6 system was let's say "dual" system.
It was equipped with so called Rosetta - compatibility layer which let you run PowerPC apps on Intel
CPUs.
And it also introduced so called "Universal" apps.
Those apps were written to run on both platforms, PowerPC and Intel.
Single app capable of running natively on both platforms.
Isn't that amazing?
Now guess what, Tim Cook few days ago on the WWDC 2020 announced the new MacOS 11 Big Sur
will contain "Universal 2 and Rosetta 2".
So the same principle as was used when switching from PowerPC to Intel CPUs.
So the macOS 11 and apps will be running natively on Intel based Apple computers as well as
on the new ones equipped with Apple Silicon ARM based CPUs.
There's no doubt Apple will one day have full line-up of computers with Apple Silicon inside
only.
But how long will it take?
When?
When will be the end of Hackintosh?
Tim Cook said clearly Apple plan to switch all Apple computers to their own ARM based
CPUs in 2 years.
So again, does that mean in 2 years the end of hackintosh will come?
No darling no.
Tim Cook also said two important things - one - Intel based Macs will continue get support
for years to come - and second - Apple is planning to release even more Intel based
Apple computers in future.
As always in the past older Apple computers were supported for lot of years.
Look for example at the 2013 Mac Pro, Apple said it's gonna be supported even on the macOS
11 Big Sur.
So computer released in 2013 with originally Mac OS X 10.9 system will be getting support
even in year 2021, so it's for 8 years!!!
Whole 7 Mac OS generations!!!
Do you think let's say people who invested fortune into 2019 Mac Pro will be out of luck
and without support in just 2 years when Apple will complete the transition to ARM CPUs only?
No, of course not.
Intel based CPUs will be still supported for really lot of years from now.
And one more interesting thing was mentioned on the Apple WWDC 2020 conference.
Apple is bringing virtualization to macOS 11 Big Sur.
People to which I helped with some builds I introduced in my videos know very well how
amazing and extremely powerful virtualization can be.
In fact already macOS 10.15 Catalina introduced some virtualization support.
That's also big news for people involved in Hackintosh!
So there's absolutely no need for panic.
Stay calm, your current hackintosh builds you will be able to use for lot of years with
full support.
Intel based Macs will be supported again for years.
If you plan to build a Hackintosh, just do it, do it now and fully enjoy it.
People often write me - dislikes under my videos are coming from Apple and also that
Apple is switching to ARM CPUs to make building Hackintosh computers impossible.
No, first - those dislikes are coming from stupid people from Hackintosh communnity and
second - in fact Hackintosh is huge help to Apple.
Apple should pay me in gold for what I do for them.
Look at it from wider perspective.
All people to which I helped to build a hackintosh are in Apple ecosystem.
Lot of hackintosh users would never buy a Mac, but they are still buying iPhones, iPads,
iCloud services, subscriptions, purchases from App Store etc.
Thanks to Hackintosh.
So Hackintosh is generating to Apple huge revenue which they would normally never get.
And Hackintosh is also bringing new future real Mac buyers.
So despite Hackintosh builds can be more powerful than most powerful 2019 Mac Pro for fraction
of price, it's still good for Apple.
BTW video explaining how I built my World's most powerful Hackintosh is coming, so if
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So, that’s all for today and see you next time my Hackintosh friends.