Re: [NEWS] M4 is dead ... M5 is coming

From	Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system, comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject	Re: [NEWS] M4 is dead ... M5 is coming
Date	2025-02-23 21:45 +0000
Organization	People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
Message-ID	<m21j72FtmrU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
References	<vo0hjg$2hn1r$1@dont-email.me> <0001HW.2D6A8A590058AE2170000447738F@news.supernews.com>

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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. 

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JR

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[NEWS] M4 is dead ... M5 is coming Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2025-02-06 09:27 +1300
  Re: [NEWS] M4 is dead ... M5 is coming Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2025-02-05 22:06 +0100
  Re: [NEWS] M4 is dead ... M5 is coming Jay <jay@jay.xyz> - 2025-02-14 05:22 +0000
    Re: [NEWS] M4 is dead ... M5 is coming Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2025-02-14 19:39 +1300
      Re: [NEWS] M4 is dead ... M5 is coming Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2025-02-14 08:50 +0100
  Re: [NEWS] M4 is dead ... M5 is coming WolfFan <akwolffan@zoho.com> - 2025-02-22 17:42 -0500
    Re: [NEWS] M4 is dead ... M5 is coming Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2025-02-23 13:43 +1300
      Re: [NEWS] M4 is dead ... M5 is coming Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2025-02-23 05:25 +0100
    Re: [NEWS] M4 is dead ... M5 is coming Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2025-02-23 21:45 +0000
      Re: [NEWS] M4 is dead ... M5 is coming Anonymous <no_email@invalid.invalid> - 2025-03-19 15:50 +0000
        Re: [NEWS] M4 is dead ... M5 is coming Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2025-03-20 10:28 +1300
          Re: [NEWS] M4 is dead ... M5 is coming Johnny LaRue <xxxxxx@yyyyyy.zzz> - 2025-03-19 23:44 -0400
            Re: [NEWS] M4 is dead ... M5 is coming Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2025-03-20 18:45 +1300

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