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Considering that Apple ditched Intel for their own Apple Silicon chips it makes more sense comparing them (for now).

dvfjsdhgfv 6y ago
Well, yes, if you look back so to say, you can put an older Intel MBP and a new one with M1 side by side and get a comparison showing the latter fares better. But when you look into the future, if you are a customer considering a purchase of a new laptop with Apple Silicon, they would benefit from a comparison with the top Zen 3 offerins, even though such a comparison might be much trickier than the one with Intel.
- EricE 6y ago
  The new Zen 3 offerings are indeed tantalizing. Even if you never buy an Apple Silicon Mac, the kick in the pants it has no doubt delivered to both Intel and AMD benefits all of us. And as a friend keeps reminding me, this is their cheapest entry level processor :)
izacus 6y ago
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.
- zamadatix 6y ago
  The latest 13" x86 MacBook Pro released less than 1 year ago and is still for sale.
- slantyyz 6y ago
  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.
- gumby 6y ago
  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.
- timothyduong 6y ago
  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.

Well, yes, if you look back so to say, you can put an older Intel MBP and a new one with M1 side by side and get a comparison showing the latter fares better. But when you look into the future, if you are a customer considering a purchase of a new laptop with Apple Silicon, they would benefit from a comparison with the top Zen 3 offerins, even though such a comparison might be much trickier than the one with Intel.

EricE 6y ago
The new Zen 3 offerings are indeed tantalizing. Even if you never buy an Apple Silicon Mac, the kick in the pants it has no doubt delivered to both Intel and AMD benefits all of us. And as a friend keeps reminding me, this is their cheapest entry level processor :)

izacus 6y ago

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.

zamadatix 6y ago
The latest 13" x86 MacBook Pro released less than 1 year ago and is still for sale.
slantyyz 6y ago
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.
gumby 6y ago
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.
timothyduong 6y ago
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.