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Re:Apple introduces M4 chip by Brybry on Tuesday May 07, 2024 @12:43PM (#40288077)
"This thing is incredible," Jobs said. "It's the first supercomputer on a chip.... We think it's going to set the industry on fire."

"The G4 chip is nearly three times faster than the fastest Pentium III"

- Steve Jobs (1999) [1]

[1] https://www.wired.com/1999/08/lavish-debut-for-apples-g4/

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Re:Apple introduces M4 chip by dijit on Tuesday May 07, 2024 @12:46PM (#40288115)
Thats cool, but literally last millennium.

And again, the guy has been dead for the better part of this millennium.

What have they shown of any product currently on the market, especially when backed with any concrete claim, that has been proven untrue-

EDIT: After reading your article and this one: https://lowendmac.com/2006/twice-as-fast-did-apple-lie-or-ju... it looks like it was true in floating point workloads.

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Re:Apple introduces M4 chip by seanmcdirmid on Wednesday May 08, 2024 @02:37AM (#40295016)
The G4 was a really good chip if you used photoshop. It took intel awhile to catch up.
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