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| From | Anonymous <no_email@invalid.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.misc, comp.sys.mac.system |
| Subject | Re: [NEWS] M4 is dead ... M5 is coming |
| Date | 2025-03-19 15:50 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <vrep48$163u9$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <vo0hjg$2hn1r$1@dont-email.me> <0001HW.2D6A8A590058AE2170000447738F@news.supernews.com> <m21j72FtmrU1@mid.individual.net> |
Cross-posted to 2 groups.
Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote: > On 2025-02-22, WolfFan <akwolffan@zoho.com> wrote: >> On Feb 5, 2025, Your Name wrote >> (in article <vo0hjg$2hn1r$1@dont-email.me>): >> >>> If you just bought a new M4 iPad or Mac, then you've been scammed. >>> The new M5 chips are coming this year ... and no doubt the M6 will >>> arrive next year. >> >> Hmm. I bought an M2 iPad Air. It was fast enough, and, more >> importantly, cheap enough, for my purposes. In a few years I’ll >> probably replace it with whatever’s current then. >> >> This is being typed on a 2014 Mac mini. It still works. I will >> probably be replacing it with a M4 unit later this year, and will keep >> that one for a decade, too. >> >> I have no particular desire for new shiny, as long as current systems >> work. > > That's pretty common amongst Mac users. But claiming people who bought a > M4 Mac was "scammed" just because Apple dared to update the Mac line > with faster processors is downright loony. 🤔 > > People who bought last year's Macs weren't scammed. Apple just > refreshed some Macs, as usual. Wasn’t the big complaint that Apple updated their hardware too slowly? Well, that’s not the case anymore. The refresh cycle is just a little too fast now, but if the performance gain is worth it I say “Go for it!”
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