No more Java refills for Intel Macs after JDK 27, says Oracle
Building the JDK for macOS/x64 would require setting a flag, and "there will be no guarantee that the port will build, much less function." Customers could buy an Intel Mac from Apple as recently as June 2023, when the last Intel-based Mac, the 2019 Mac Pro, was discontinued. That said, Apple is now hastening the end of support for Intel Macs, and, at the recent Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), the company confirmed that macOS 27 "Golden Gate" will not support Intel Macs, and that it will be the last version to include the Rosetta 2 compatibility layer for apps compiled for Intel. REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); Java is one of many platforms removing or reducing support for Intel Macs.
- ▪Building the JDK for macOS/x64 would require setting a flag, and "there will be no guarantee that the port will build, much less function." Customers could buy an Intel Mac from Apple as recently as June 2023, when the last Intel-based Mac,
- ▪That said, Apple is now hastening the end of support for Intel Macs, and, at the recent Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), the company confirmed that macOS 27 "Golden Gate" will not support Intel Macs, and that it will be the last vers
- ▪REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); Java is one of many platforms removing or reducing support for Intel Macs.
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