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The only reason they’re selling MacBooks with Intel is bc they haven’t updated the whole line yet. They did the entry level models for MacBook, Air, and mini. T
by kleinsch 6y ago
The only reason they’re selling MacBooks with Intel is bc they haven’t updated the whole line yet. They did the entry level models for MacBook, Air, and mini. They’ll do the rest when they roll out the M1X (higher end first party chip) later this year to the rest of the line.
Look up the performance stats, for loads running flat out or using GPU, M1 is insanely faster. People are replacing their two year old $5K top of the line MacBooks with an entry level M1 and seeing massive real world performance gains. That’s the point of this article - why would anyone pay $2-3K for a used 15” MacBook Pro that retailed for $5K in 2018 when they can buy an M1 that blows it out of the water brand new for half the price?
There are still limiting factors (if you need ports, more RAM, etc) since these are entry level models, but the rumors about the next gen MBPs coming in H2 of this year sound like they’ll tackle those easily.
- rubicon33 6y agoWould you say it's worth waiting for the M1X if one hasn't already picked up an M1?
- jurmous 6y agoM1X will be a lot faster with multicore loads. So if you are daily depending on heavy multi core payloads it will be worth the wait.
- diebeforei485 6y agoI think the best reasons to wait are: - Needing support for more than one external monitor - Needing a larger screen - Needing more ports - Needing more RAM or more internal storage I don't think it's worth struggling with a slow computer until the end of the year if you'll eventually buy a "spec bump" of the current two-port M1 macbooks.