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Apple Introduces M4 Pro and M4 Max

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Re: Apple Introduces M4 Pro and M4 Max

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Post by JumpCrisscross »

mostlysimilar wrote: post #9

I'm happy that Apple continues to push forward, but I suspect my M1 Max from 2021 will last me a decade or more. It's just a beast of a machine. I hope they're also working on redesigning the MacBook Pro to feature a display without a notch. I'd buy that instantly.

> I suspect my M1 Max from 2021 will last me a decade or more

I’m still happy on my 2020 M1 normie MacBook Pro.

Re: Apple Introduces M4 Pro and M4 Max

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Post by mmwelt »

> It’s up to 1.8x faster than M1, so multitasking across apps like Safari and Excel is lightning fast

Is multitasking across a web browser and Excel slow on any CPU nowadays?

More seriously, though, it probably shows that CPU speed is not the bottleneck for most tasks nowadays.

Re: Apple Introduces M4 Pro and M4 Max

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Post by submeta »

I had ordered an M3 Max 14 inches with 48GB, 1TB, with 16-Core CPU, 40-Core GPU. When I picked up the device last week, the sales person told me I had the right to return it within 14 days because the M4 models were to be released soon. I had paid almost 4600 EUR for that.

Today I happily ordered the M4 Max with 64 GB with otherwise same specs for 4600 EUR!!! Yay! Will return the other device happily.

Thanks @Apple for a huge increase in specs for not even 100 EUR more :)

PS: I just needed the RAM, as my M2/16GB constantly was using swap memory of up to 16GB and was really slow for my taste. I don't do "heavy weight lifting" with it, just leave all apps and tabs open :D

PPS: I use VS Code, Emacs, Firefox (eats my RAM super fast :), and a ton of other apps, and in Firefox I use lots of web based apps (Figma, Lucid chart, Canva and some more)

Re: Apple Introduces M4 Pro and M4 Max

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Post by sbrother »

mostlysimilar wrote: post #9

I'm happy that Apple continues to push forward, but I suspect my M1 Max from 2021 will last me a decade or more. It's just a beast of a machine. I hope they're also working on redesigning the MacBook Pro to feature a display without a notch. I'd buy that instantly.

Same. I can't imagine much heavier use than what I have done to this thing for the past 3+ years, and it still just literally does everything I ask of it. I've never even kept a laptop this long; up until now I would upgrade every two years since it's my primary money-making tool. But I have zero reason to upgrade currently.

Re: Apple Introduces M4 Pro and M4 Max

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Post by pvg »

valley_guy_12 wrote: post #19
pkage wrote: post #15

Dupe of: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41995701 (171 comments)

Not exactly. Apple released 2 press releases today, the article you link to is about the laptops, this discussion is about the CPUs.

The HN dupe algebra goes by something like 'is the discussion going to be more or less the same'.
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