> But then it does beg the question, why have the distinction in the first place if they are going to use the chips in other hardware. Originally I thought the

> But then it does beg the question, why have the distinction in the first place if they are going to use the chips in other hardware. Originally I thought the distinction was that the M series was meant to not give the impression that the Mac line was "underpowered" running mobile chips like on the iPhone. I suspect that was the original intention. My understanding is that the higher end M chips are essentially multiple lower end M chips glued together. I suspect that the jump from A-series to M-series is similar.