Then, hilariously, Apple released the new tower Mac Pro starting at $5,999, forever signalling its absolute disinterest in the $1,000 (powerful) desktop segment. Apple eventually relieved the pressure by inviting the press to talk about the new Mac and eventually put out a statement saying that a new Mac Pro was in the works. The Mac Pro became so old that off-the-shelf, middle-of-the-road consumer hardware was faster, and pros simply had nowhere to go. YouTuber Optimum Tech lays out the justification for building a pro hackintosh.įrustration with this hole in the product line reached a boiling point in 2017 when the 'days since the Mac Pro was updated' became a running joke on technology blogs. I recently wrote an article about building a gaming PC for under $1,000, and that's the exact kind of machine that Apple hasn't offered in decades, but is exactly what the hackintosh community provides. Instead, the cohort that has solidified over time are power users that need a Mac Pro that doesn't exist. For others it's simply a way to get into the Mac software ecosystem at the lowest possible price, but this justification has only weakened over time as sites like eBay and Amazon have institutionalized the market for used Macs. For some it's a fun computer project, and every time Apple updates macOS you have an excuse to fiddle with it a little more. To approach that question, it's important to understand why the hackintosh community exists at all.

So should the hackintosh community despair, even if they get another few years of support from Apple? What happens then? Because once Apple stops making drivers, it's game over.

On the other hand, there are far more Intel Macs in circulation today than there were back then, so Apple might have to move a little bit slower. If we look back at Apple's transition from PowerPC processors to Intel, this looks a little dubious: The first Intel Macs arrived in 2006 and by 2009 new versions of macOS were no longer being made for PowerPC models.

The mood in these communities started out pretty dour, but the conversation quickly turned pragmatic: Apple will, many argued, continue to support its current lineup of Macs for another 5-7 years, even if the company is trying to get to parity in just two.

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