Apple unveils M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max, the most advanced chips for a PC

Re:Apple unveils M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max, the most advanced c... by CharlesW on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @11:27AM (#38086319)

> and what makes you think windows users update their devices every single generation?

They don't, but the difference is that Windows users generally don't know or care about processor generations. In contrast, it's common for Mac users to know they have an "old" Intel-based Pro, an M1 Air, etc., and to use that knowledge to help determine when it might be time to upgrade.

You can test this by asking Windows users what CPU they have. For the few who know and who have an Intel CPU, you can ask what their Brand Modifier¹ (i3/i5/i7) is. If they know that, you can ask what the 5-digit number following the Brand Modifier is — the first two digits are the Generation Indicator¹. I'd be surprised if more than 0.01% of Windows users know this.

¹ Intel's name

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Re:Apple unveils M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max, the most advanced c... by read_if_gay_ on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @11:39AM (#38086535)

man, that's a whole lot of mental gymnastics to justify scummy benchmark practices from apple.

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Re:Apple unveils M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max, the most advanced c... by CharlesW on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @11:54AM (#38086816)

How are they scummy? The M3 vs. M2 performance improvements they showed looked pretty modest.

My interpretation while watching the event is that this is a company persuading x86 holdouts to upgrade to Apple Silicon, and maybe some M1 users as well.

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Re:Apple unveils M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max, the most advanced c... by read_if_gay_ on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @11:44AM (#38086620)

like everything you said could apply to nvidia gpus as well

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Re:Apple unveils M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max, the most advanced c... by sgerenser on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @01:47PM (#38088639)

Intel's CPU naming strategy used to drive me nuts when trying to talk to anyone at work who knew "just enough to be dangerous." Why is X so slow on this machine, it's got an [6 year old, dual core] i5! It runs fine on my laptop and that's only an [1 year old, quad-core] i3!

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Re:Apple unveils M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max, the most advanced c... by w0m on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @09:10AM (#38097722)

> it's common for Mac users to know they have an "old" Intel-based Pro, an M1 Air, etc., and to use that knowledge to help determine when it might be time to upgrade.

Not at all. I've worked with FANG developers with brand new M1 MBPs that had no idea what 'm1' meant until something broke.

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