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Re:MacBook Pro M1X benchmarks have leaked by izacus on Monday February 22, 2021 @08:53AM (#26224500)
Why? The MacBooks aren't competing against their previous iterations (since you can't buy them anymore), but against their non-Apple competition.

When you'll be buying a new laptop, you won't be choosing between a 2018 MacBook and a 2021 MacBook, but between 2021 MacBook and offerings from Lenovo, Dell, Microsoft and others.

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Re:MacBook Pro M1X benchmarks have leaked by slantyyz on Monday February 22, 2021 @09:19AM (#26224806)
Well, I think the decision is a little more complicated.

If you are upgrading, OS inertia may prevent you from choosing a machine that doesn't run the OS you're currently on. So a lot of Windows users may not even consider a Mac, and vice versa.

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Re:MacBook Pro M1X benchmarks have leaked by zamadatix on Monday February 22, 2021 @09:04AM (#26224618)
The latest 13" x86 MacBook Pro released less than 1 year ago and is still for sale.
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Re:MacBook Pro M1X benchmarks have leaked by timothyduong on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @01:09AM (#26234290)
There's a Macbook Pro 16" that you cannot get with a M1 Processor. That's the one I have.

So yes, you can compare to the current gen and would be choosing between that.

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Re:MacBook Pro M1X benchmarks have leaked by gumby on Monday February 22, 2021 @10:58AM (#26225967)
You sure can still buy the old ones.

I suspect you will be able to for another year or so. See comment from me elsewhere on this thread for my reasoning.

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