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> Also people that didn't need to upgrade their machines upgraded anyway cause the M1 jump was so significant. People keep perpetuating this myth, but the only
by Maursault 4y ago
> Also people that didn't need to upgrade their machines upgraded anyway cause the M1 jump was so significant.
People keep perpetuating this myth, but the only significant jump in performance from x86 was with the Air. With all other models, it was always as Apple does with new models, and what we should have come to expect (yet we always expect more for some reason and there is always disappointment at the performance increases of new models), which is incremental performance improvements. What was amazing about M1 was that Apple switched platforms without missing a step. In general, the first M1 models where only incrementally more performant than the immediately previous x86 models they replaced, just like the M2 models are only an incremental improvement over the M1 models they replaced, and just like every new hardware release from Apple... a fractional step forward and never giant leaps and bounds. After all, that's probably impossible, as Apple's new hardware is always cutting edge at release (except for the 1999/2000 G4 tower fiasco when the processor speed actually went down for one release).
- hbn 4y agoI'm assuming you're looking at some unimpressive cherry-picked numbers but in real world the performance is night and day. It's not mass psychosis -- give someone 2 identical Macs with the only difference being one is Intel and one is Apple silicon, they'll be able to tell the difference. Screen instantly turns on when you open it and gets you a fully functional desktop without you having to sit around while it loads things back into memory, apps start up faster, etc.
- natpalmer1776 4y agoYeah, it’s not really raw performance that is excels at, rather the tight integration of the entire platform that gives a much better experience overall. My code compiles in about the same amount of time as on an i7, but apps open faster, switching programs while a ton of apps are open doesn’t cause momentary pauses, and overall the platform feels much more responsive.