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Re:M4 MacBook Pros use a quantum dot (QD) film rather than a... by kolinko on Saturday November 16, 2024 @12:43AM (#42154606)
I think Apple doesn’t communicate it because it makes some of the laptops with „the same” spec better and some worse.

I remember that was the case with ssds some time ago - some of the macbooks had a better one, some had a slightly worse one.

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Re:M4 MacBook Pros use a quantum dot (QD) film rather than a... by bzzzt on Saturday November 16, 2024 @03:26AM (#42155251)
The M3 line with 256Gb storage had a single SSD NAND chip which made it measurably slower than the M2 series with the same amount. Although irrelevant for most daily work it was a regression which seems to be fixed in the M4 line. Even then, I presume such a bit of bad news would trigger people looking for 'the best spec' to buy the storage upgrade.
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