My concern with the M1 macs is the cost of the memory, $200 for 8GB. Perhaps more memory isn’t required, but as I have 40GB in my iMac I will reserve judgement for now.
I think I am somewhat in favour of
@podperson idea of the move to metal being version 8. It seems like a lot of effort is going into this transition. I think at the very least supporting the new chips would be a new version (easy to remember which version supports what).
If it were me and depending on the effort I might consider the M1 version as a different product. I might even be tempted to go that way for metal support too.
Basecamp do something similar, they support all their old version for as long as they are in use, though I think the old versions only get security patches.
That said it’s a different sector with a different model, as its a web based app.
As a tinkerer the only competition Cheetah has for my money is MoI 3D (though its not a direct competitor), and haven just gotten an Air4 what I really really want is an iPad version of either that supports the Pencil. I think that is a very compelling use case.
But given 3D dev is beyond me, I guess I have to listen to what my mother used to say, “I want never gets”
@Martin thank you for the updates and for all the efforts to keep Cheetah up to date.