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I hope they fix the trickle up nature of the m3. It’s really dumb how the cheapest models get the new processor and the expensive ones get the processor when it
by daft_pink 3y ago
I hope they fix the trickle up nature of the m3. It’s really dumb how the cheapest models get the new processor and the expensive ones get the processor when it’s halfway out the door.
- ChrisMarshallNY 3y agoThat's because they get the lower performance stuff working first, I assume. The higher-spec stuff probably takes a lot of work and testing.
- alberth 3y agoThis is a standard practice in semi-conductors. E.g. Intel Xeon (enterprise) chips, lag to the consumer chips. AMD Epyc chips, lag to the consumer chips. Etc. It's easier to build the foundation "up" (more cores), than to scale it down (start big and go small).
- daft_pink 3y agomight be a standard practice business vs consumer, but I'm not a business buying without emotions to satisfy a goal and don't feel great about owning a $5,000 device with higher nanometer chips than the person who paid $1,000 just something for the folks at apple to think about.