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Re:Apple introduces M4 chip by MBCook on Tuesday May 07, 2024 @06:39PM (#40292366)
You’re right, it’s good enough for me. That’s what I meant but I didn’t make that clear at all. I suspect a ton of people are in a similar position.

I just don’t push it at all. The few games I play are not complicated in graphics or CPU needs. I don’t draw, 3D model, use Logic or Final Cut or anything like that.

I agree the extra power is useful to some people. But even there we have the M1 (what I’ve got) and the M2 models. But I bet there are plenty of people like me who mostly bought the pro models for the better screen and not the additional grunt.

Re:Apple introduces M4 chip by placeholderTest on Tuesday May 07, 2024 @08:23PM (#40293054)
The AX series, which is what iPads were using before the M series, were precisely the chip family that got rebranded as the M1, M2, etc.

The iPads always had a lot of power, people simply started paying more attention when the chip family was ported to PC.

Re:Apple introduces M4 chip by MBCook on Wednesday May 08, 2024 @01:13PM (#40300507)
Yeah. I was just using the A to M chip name transition as an easy landmark to compare against.