That begs the question of whether it's smart to upgrade now, or wait for Apple silicon Macs to launch.

Apple's transition to its own in-house silicon for the Mac line is a big deal.

We've already seen a decline in Mac sales as users wait for Apple's new machines rocking some variant of its powerful A-series chips.

As Apple releases these machines, they are likely to come with other new features or optimizations that its Intel Macs don't have.

We may not see that now but in future versions of macOS, there will likely be Apple silicon-specific features that won't pertain to Intel machines.

Apple will continue to release Intel Macs for at least the next year or so as it slowly makes the transition to Apple silicon.

Support for those Macs isn't going away anytime soon, so you can buy a machine now and expect it to work for many years as always.

As mentioned, current rumors point to the first Apple silicon Macs to be the 13-inch Pro and MacBook Air, with others following those.

If that is truly the case, users will have to wait at least until 2021 at the earliest before they are able to buy an Apple silicon 16-inch MacBook Pro, Mac mini, iMac Pro, Mac Pro, or any other new Mac that is set to debut.

Users typically want to keep their machines for many years, so it may be a safer bet to wait for a second-gen Apple silicon machine before jumping on board for Apple to refine the design.

If you are reliant on Windows in any way, that is yet another reason to stick to Intel-based Macs that are able to run Boot Camp as that feature is set to be retired with the Apple ARM transition.

If you're in the market for a Mac, there are plenty of aggressive deals going on now, long before new Apple Silicon Macs hit store shelves.

My son pretty smart informed engineer bought Macbook Air through Apple's education promo.

He said, Intel based MACs will be supported for a long time so bottom line decision is ...

When Apple is releasing a new operating system it's often creating a half year long void and wait for the developers in the music, synth and audio industry (which I'm in) to catch up with stable drivers, because of Apple changing around a lot of stuff

Should you wait for Apple Silicon to upgrade to a new Mac