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These chips are incredible. Even my M1 MBP from 2020 still feels so ridiculously fast for everyday basic use and coding. Is an upgrade really worth it?
by TIPSIO 2y ago
These chips are incredible. Even my M1 MBP from 2020 still feels so ridiculously fast for everyday basic use and coding.
Is an upgrade really worth it?
- thimabi 2y agoI guess it’s only worth it for people who would really benefit from the speed bump — those who push their machines to the limit and work under tight schedules. I myself don’t need so much performance, so I tend to keep my devices for many, many years.
- jitl 2y agoI don’t think it will “feel” much faster like the Intel -> M1 where overall system latency especially around swap & memory pressure got much much better. If you do any amount of 100% CPU work that blocks your workflow, like waiting for a compiler or typechecker, I think M1 -> M4 is going to be worth it. A few of my peers at the office went M1->M3 and like the faster compile times. Like, a 20 minute build on M1 becoming a 10 minute build on M4, or a 2 minute build on M1 becoming a 1 minute build on M4, is nothing to scoff at.
- htk 2y agoI have a MBP M1 16GB at home, and a MBP M3 128GB at work. They feel the same: very fast. When I benchmark things I can see the difference (or when fiddling with larger LLM models), other than that, the M1 is still great and feels faster and more enjoyable than any Windows machine I interact with.
- sib 2y agoI do a lot of (high-end mirrorless camera, ~45MP, 14 bits/pixel raw files) photo processing. There are many individual steps in Photoshop, Lightroom, or various plug-ins that take ~10 seconds on my M1 Max MBP. It definitely doesn't feel fast. I'm planning to upgrade to one of these.