Hmm. I find the interesting part of this thread is all the deny at any cost comments. Apple has created a power/performance tradeoff that is way off the chart

Hmm. I find the interesting part of this thread is all the deny at any cost comments. Apple has created a power/performance tradeoff that is way off the charts from the performance path that Intel was on. The deniers keep saying there must be lint in the Intel machine, Apple's thermal design wasn't good, etc. There is plenty of hard data out there with respect to numerous Intel based machines. Intel cannot come close to the power/performance point that Apple is now occupying. Here is a different sort of data point. I have two Windows programs I need to run on my M1 Pro MB 16. One is an Intel binary and one has been recompiled to ARM. I am running them both under Win11 ARM on a Parallels virtual machine. I am getting better and more responsive performance than I ever did on dedicated Intel hardware. No noticeable fan noise or heat. It is really just a different beast than I have ever used before. Of course, native Mac apps are also much quicker. Here is another data point from my own machines. 2019 i9 MB Pro Geekbench single core score is 1024. x86 Geekbench single core on M1 MB Pro 16" (x86 emulation) is 1347. Native ARM Geekbench on Win 10 virtual machine running on M1 Pro is 1560. Native single core Geekbench on M1 Pro is 1734. Multi core is 12400. Look, Intel performance gains over the past decade have been incremental at best. It makes sense to be skeptical that Apple could change the rules like this. I suggest folks just get one of these machines and run their own benchmarks. Apple will give you a full refund, no questions asked for 14 days from the date you receive it. Don't just throw stones, try it yourself.