{"id":171930,"date":"2025-06-10T03:34:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T03:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/171930\/"},"modified":"2025-06-10T03:34:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T03:34:09","slug":"apple-prepares-to-cancel-classic-macbook-pro-models","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/171930\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Prepares To Cancel Classic MacBook Pro Models"},"content":{"rendered":"

Update, Monday June 9, 2025: This article has been updated with WWDC details about ongoing macOS support for older hardware.<\/p>\n

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New MacBook Pro laptops are displayed during Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference 2023. (Photo by … More JOSH EDELSON\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

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As Tim Cook prepares to open the Worldwide Developer Conference<\/a> next week, countless Apple fans are getting ready for new life to be breathed into their hardware. There will be something for everybody, from iPhones and iPads to Apple Watches and MacBook Pro laptops. Yet there will be some let down as Apple prepares to drop support for their laptop from the next version of macOS.<\/p>\n

Apple Confirms MacBook Pro Intentions<\/p>\n

Update, Monday June 9, 2025.<\/p>\n

As part of the \u201cPlatforms State Of The Union\u201d on the opening day of WWDC, Apple discussed its plans for next year\u2019s macOS. While macOS 26 introduces new features for a handful of Intel-based Mac machines, it\u2019s the end of the line regarding new features. MacOS 27 will not support any of the Intel-based Macs.<\/p>\n

Just four Intel-powered Macs are supported by macOS 26: the 16-inch MacBook Pro from 2019, the 13-inch MacBook Pro with four Thunderbolt 3 ports from 2020, the 27-inch iMac from 2020 and the Mac Pro from 2019.<\/p>\n

While there will be three years of ongoing security support, which will take care of any required updates, an updated Spotlight, the new Glass UI and the latest Continuity features will be the last major additions for the classic Macs.<\/p>\n

What The Classic MacBook Pro Owners Will Miss Out On<\/p>\n

Update, Sunday June 8, 2025.<\/p>\n

Writing for the Power On newsletter<\/a>, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman has previewed the new software that will be launched at WWDC 2025, which includes the next version of macOS.<\/p>\n

Apple\u2019s focus on updating and unifying the user interface across its operating systems has left little time for any significant updates to its core applications. What is more important is Apple\u2019s approach to artificial intelligence. Last year\u2019s WWDC saw some grandiose promises on the awkwardly backronymed Apple Intelligence\u2014expect any claims to be regarded with more cynical eyes this year.<\/p>\n

Another AI announcement will be of interest: “Apple will let third-party developers begin tapping into its large language models \u2014 the underpinnings of generative artificial intelligence.”<\/p>\n

Given the performance requirements for on-device LLM processing, the older Intel processors will struggle to keep up. In many cases, developers will simply drop support for the x86 Intel architecture and focus solely on macOS under ARM, weakening the potential of the older Macs even more than the simple march of time.<\/p>\n

he logo of Apple Inc. is seen at an Apple Store behind green leaves on May 07, 2025, in Chongqing, … More China (Photo by Cheng Xin\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

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\nThe MacBook Pro Meets macOS Tahoe<\/p>\n

It\u2019s worth noting that Apple is refreshing the numbering system across all of its operating systems, so the next version of macOS will be macOS 26, and the moniker naming looks set to continue with macOS Tahoe<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Apple continues to offer multi-year support across its hardware, including the Mac platform in general and the MacBook laptops in particular. And this is where things get awkward for the laptop owners.<\/p>\n

The MacBook Pro Support Window<\/p>\n

The support window for the MacBook Pro is expected to reach back as far as the 2019 MacBook Pro. That passes an important rubicon. At that point, the Mac family was still running on x86-based Intel hardware. The ARM-based Apple Silicon arrived at the end of 2020, with the M1 MacBook Pro, M1 MacBook Air, and M1 Mac Mini. Apple Silicon offered a significant leap<\/a> in performance, power and efficiency.<\/p>\n

That Apple can support the M1 chipset some five years down the line and bring the full range of new tools, including the latest generative AI suite, should not come as a surprise. Yet Apple still plans to support the older, slower and inefficient Intel MacBook Pro models.<\/p>\n

How much can Apple offer the older laptops? It\u2019s clear for MacBook Air owners<\/a> still running Intel-powered Airs. The MacBook Air from 2020, the last with the Intel Core chipset, will be dropped, leaving only Apple Silicon powered MacBook Air models supported by macOS Tahoe and the versions that follow.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s less clear for the MacBook Pro. At the very least, Apple should offer security updates to the laptops, but whether the latest apps and utilities are offered remains to be seen. Given the demands placed on the hardware, it\u2019s likely to be a limited subset of those available to Apple Silicon Macs.<\/p>\n

The MacBook Pro Is Already Losing Support<\/p>\n

Consumers using third-party apps will already be familiar with the \u201cunsupported\u201d error messages on apps that are exclusively for Apple Silicon Macs) a list that is growing longer by the day), and more demanding apps such as Photoshop are asking for so much that the Intel Mac are being left behind, no matter what Cupertino is offering.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s unfortunate that no laptop can last forever. While Apple\u2019s support window is rarely specified for Macs, six years of updates is welcome, yet feels short for an Apple product. This is the downside of the 2020 move from Intel to ARM; Apple gained a much more powerful platform, but was left having to support the older platform for a polite number of years.<\/p>\n

That support is coming to an end. The consumer-focused MacBook Air has a hard stop coming up. At the same time, the professionally focused MacBook Pro will squeeze out another year or two, which will be welcomed by those using the laptop in a production environment, but Tim Cook has put the platform on notice of cancellation.<\/p>\n

The MacBook Pro that many knew and loved is coming to the end of its story.<\/p>\n

Now read the latest MacBook Pro, macOS and WWDC headlines in Forbes\u2019 weekly Apple news digest<\/a>…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Update, Monday June 9, 2025: This article has been updated with WWDC details about ongoing macOS support for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":171931,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1662,71534,71536,71535,71533,71532,18409,3558,71537,71538,53,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-171930","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-apple","9":"tag-apple-silicon","10":"tag-apple-silicon-macbook-air","11":"tag-apple-silicon-macbook-pro","12":"tag-intel-macbook-air","13":"tag-intel-macbook-pro","14":"tag-macbook-air","15":"tag-macbook-pro","16":"tag-macos-26","17":"tag-macos-tahoe","18":"tag-technology","19":"tag-uk","20":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114656972923936594","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}