Apple silicon or intel?

I just bought a 16” MBP, no regrets. It will be a while before there’s an ARM 16” MBP, and Apple and developers will support the Intel models for several years.

there is no timeline about how long apple will support this intermediate thing...rosetta-2. so issue is not the hardware but pro softwares their future upgrades...

Hi,

If you don't care about waiting to purchase Apple Silicon MacBook Pro, you should wait till it's released.

Transition takes some times, especially high end Apple silicon MacBook Pro would takes couple of years to be released, I think.

Apple has previously released tools that allow the compiler to issue TWO different Binaries, one for each platform, which are provided to the customer together as a Universal binary. The customer's computer selects and executes the one appropriate for their hardware automatically. Last time, this process was completely seamless, and this time should be even better.

There is no point in waiting. Intel Macs work now, and will work for years to come.

Totally new hardware will always have some issues.

Your Mac will continue to run the MacOS that shipped in the box, and any software that runs under that version of MacOS, for as long as it can power on.

What you are asking about is how long future versions, which Apple has historically given away FREE to current Mac users, will continue to be available. In my opinion, you have been lulled into a sense of entitlement by Apple's generous policies. That is not a 'planned obsolecence' question, but more of a "How long will Apple keep pressing more and more marvelous free stuff into my hand" question.

No one can predict that answer.