With fewer Intel options available, most people will have their mind made up for them on which versions to choose. The main reason to buy a new Intel Mac model right now is if you need it for a specific task that isn’t supported by Apple silicon processors, which leaves you to choose between the 27-inch iMac. And only in a few specific cases should anyone consider seeking out the remaining Intel models. You might consider an Intel Mac if you make extensive use of professional apps that haven’t been updated yet and you need those apps to run quickly right out of the box (many of Adobe’s apps, including Premiere Pro, Photoshop, Lightroom, Illustrator, and InDesign, have been optimized for Apple silicon as of October 2021).

But in our tests, Intel apps that rely on you to do a lot of scrolling, clicking, and interacting with the user interface-web browsers, for instance, or software for editing photos, audio, and video-were definitely less responsive on an Apple silicon Mac.Īpple’s Rosetta translation software-which allows software made for Intel chips to run on the new Apple silicon chips-is good, and for tasks like compiling code or transcoding video, where the processor just needs to crunch on data, Apple silicon Macs running Intel code can actually outrun Intel Macs running Intel code.

This problem will gradually go away as developers update their apps to work with Apple silicon, and it might not bother you if you’re replacing a years-old Intel Mac that struggles with this software.

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