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No more Java refills for Intel Macs after JDK 27, says Oracle

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Apple's final break with Chipzilla leaves another platform preparing to wind down support

Oracle is moving to stop maintaining the macOS/x64 port of the Java Development Kit (JDK) from version 27, which is expected in September.

JEP (JDK Enhancement Proposal) 8386091 states that "Oracle engineers will stop maintaining the macOS/x64 port as of JDK 27." A few days ago, while noting that the JEP was still in a draft state, a pull request to implement the deprecation was submitted by Mikael Vidstedt, senior director Java Virtual Machine at 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,...

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