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Apple's M4 has reportedly adopted the ARMv9 architecture

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Re: Apple's M4 has reportedly adopted the ARMv9 architecture

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Post by a-french-anon »

Waterluvian wrote: post #3
capl wrote: post #2

Hmm, I was thinking of buying an M3 Pro 16” this summer, but maybe I should wait then

Apple’s tempo is so regular that this has been a problem my entire adult life. I’ll buy a little later. I’ll buy a little later!

The way to exit that loop is to convince yourself that the next one will bring a truly lasting difference. Which is why I'm still waiting for GDDR7 GPUs with my 4GB RX 480.

Re: Apple's M4 has reportedly adopted the ARMv9 architecture

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Post by gtirloni »

yardie wrote: post #5
capl wrote: post #2

Hmm, I was thinking of buying an M3 Pro 16” this summer, but maybe I should wait then

I'm still on a i7 MBP because everytime I think I'm ready to update the next one is announced.

Besides maybe battery life (which is a huge win), anything you'd benefit from the M's? I only had a 2008 macbook so I'm curious.

Re: Apple's M4 has reportedly adopted the ARMv9 architecture

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Post by 2OEH8eoCRo0 »

Waterluvian wrote: post #3
capl wrote: post #2

Hmm, I was thinking of buying an M3 Pro 16” this summer, but maybe I should wait then

Apple’s tempo is so regular that this has been a problem my entire adult life. I’ll buy a little later. I’ll buy a little later!

That's why my desktop CPU is 11 years old.

Re: Apple's M4 has reportedly adopted the ARMv9 architecture

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Post by asddubs »

spacebanana7 wrote: post #9
capl wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hehe yeah, same when I think about it… I guess best thing to do is buy on launch and update every 2-5 years.

If staying on the latest model isn’t important to you, there’s significant cost savings to be made from just buying the previous version.

so wait for M5 to buy M4

Re: Apple's M4 has reportedly adopted the ARMv9 architecture

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Post by opan »

yardie wrote: post #5
capl wrote: post #2

Hmm, I was thinking of buying an M3 Pro 16” this summer, but maybe I should wait then

I'm still on a i7 MBP because everytime I think I'm ready to update the next one is announced.

If you care about Asahi support, an M1 or M2 would probably be better short-term anyway.

Re: Apple's M4 has reportedly adopted the ARMv9 architecture

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Post by benterix »

gtirloni wrote: post #12
yardie wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm still on a i7 MBP because everytime I think I'm ready to update the next one is announced.

Besides maybe battery life (which is a huge win), anything you'd benefit from the M's? I only had a 2008 macbook so I'm curious.

I can run uncensored models locally - slow but useable.

Re: Apple's M4 has reportedly adopted the ARMv9 architecture

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Post by Aaargh20318 »

The most incredible thing about the new iPads is that even with the crazy fast M4 chip MS Teams manages to crawl to a halt. Clearly it takes all the engineering skills of the largest and most valuable software company in the world to make text entry go at about 1 fps on a chip as powerful as the M4.

Re: Apple's M4 has reportedly adopted the ARMv9 architecture

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Post by MediumOwl »

spacebanana7 wrote: post #9
capl wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hehe yeah, same when I think about it… I guess best thing to do is buy on launch and update every 2-5 years.

If staying on the latest model isn’t important to you, there’s significant cost savings to be made from just buying the previous version.

It entirely depends how long you keep your devices. I try to keep my iPhones until release year + 6, so I would need the price of a previous version to be reduced by more than 1/6th on a new version release, which is usually not the case.

Re: Apple's M4 has reportedly adopted the ARMv9 architecture

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Post by MrFantastic »

Waterluvian wrote: post #3
capl wrote: post #2

Hmm, I was thinking of buying an M3 Pro 16” this summer, but maybe I should wait then

Apple’s tempo is so regular that this has been a problem my entire adult life. I’ll buy a little later. I’ll buy a little later!

I've had several devices fail right before the new model was released.

So frustrating.

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