• admin@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    I’d rather wait for the M3 release or whatever if it’s gonna be the same price for more performance.

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        1 year ago

        This is the reason I’m still using my 2012 MBP (with OpenCore Legacy Patcher).

        2015: “Ew, butterfly keyboard? I’m going to wait until they release non-butterfly keyboard models”

        2020: “They finally stop using butterfly keyboard, but M1 will be released soon. Might as well wait another year”

        2021: “Not all apps has been ported to ARM yet. I’m going to wait a bit to see how it goes”

        2022: “What’s that? M2 is going to be released soon? I can wait just a bit more”

        2023: “Wife just got an M2 macbook air and it’s really nice, but what’s this talk about M3 getting released soon?”

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        1 year ago

        Or you can get an M11 in an iPhone 8! (That’s actually a motion coprocessor, but I think Apple has moved away from that nomenclature in newer phones to avoid confusion?)

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          1 year ago

          They killed off the motion coprocessors, I believe. Now it’s just a part of the A-series, gone the way of the 80387.

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        1 year ago

        I said I would rather wait for M3, not that I would buy it on release. Hopefully by the time MV or M5 comes out whatever.

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      1 year ago

      The m2 was more expensive though (m1 air vs m2 air)

      And 3nm process is also more costly than 5nm?

      You cant be sure that prices wont increase

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      1 year ago

      The difference between the M2 and M1 was small for real-world applications, compared to the difference between Intel and M1, which was stunning.

      Go to the MacRumors buyer’s guide (https://buyersguide.macrumors.com/) and avoid buying a model when it’s very late in its release cycle, but otherwise it’s silly to keep waiting for a new model.

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      1 year ago

      I’d rather wait for the M3 release

      I wouldn’t.

      When the M3 comes out… the M1 will still be cheaper and effectively the same speed as the M3.

      Performance has diminishing returns - at a certain point it’s just “instant”. The M1 got there for everyday tasks, and the M3 won’t be noticeably faster for any of those.