If I purchase a MacBook Pro M1 Max, MacBook Air M1, MacBook Air M2, MacBook Pro M1 Pro...-any Apple Silicon MacBook, will OpenGL be supported?
I'm currently developing an application with the following software versions and libs:
- JDK 17.0.2
- IntelliJ Ultimate (this isn't very relevant though, but I got it for free from school)
- LWJGL 3.2.3 (includes OpenGL)
- JOML 1.9.23
I have not been able to run the application on my MacBook Air, which contains an Intel processor. It did not occur to me until hours of research that OpenGL (Java) has been deprecated since MacOS Mojave. However, I heard that it does work on Apple Silicon/ARM based computers.
I don't see how this would work, since both Intel and Apple Silicon run computers still run MacOS where OpenGL is deprecated. Therefore, I would like to double check whether OpenGL (running the previous software specifications) would indeed be compatible with any of the Apple Silicon MacBooks listed above (despite OpenGL being deprecated).
Alternatively, I have had to run Windows 10 on Boot Camp in order to test my games and run them abroad, which does not run at desirable speeds...
If there are any alternatives that allow OpenGL support on my Intel processor based MacBook Air, please let me know.
Otherwise, if anyone could point me towards a discount or deal I could strike for a Apple Silicon MacBook discount for High School students, it would be greatly appreciated (yes, I'm still in High School so I'm trying to do anything possible to avoid buying a new MacBook or at the very least not one at full price).