• Bryanmsi89@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    I think TSMC’s 3nm has been a dud. Yields are lower, which constrains available chips and forces Apple to use more ‘binned” chips where something is wrong (GPU core doesn’t work right, memory bus is not fully functioning, etc) and also accept some chips that need higher power to stay stable.

    This leads to a weak generational leap and the odd proliferation of chip configs/chip options.

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    1 year ago

    To be honest, I fail to see any major performance differences between M2 Air and M1 Air.

    Not to say they’re not there, but rather the M series of CPUs are already very well optimized for typical day-to-day activities.

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    1 year ago

    i guess we are back to comparing COREZ AND MEGAHURTZ lol. people who take this shit at face value or “cost savings” are uninformed and doing themselves a disservice. apple is notorious for that but it isn’t always that.

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    1 year ago

    Apple … what are you doing? We are tolerating your upselliing pricing models since years, but now you really drive off the highway. Mother Earth M3.

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    1 year ago

    Do I have to upgrade my iPhone 14 space black titanium and s7 space black titanium now since the phone is so slow ever since the new one came out…

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    1 year ago

    I wonder what the base models SSD’s speeds will be… they really killed it with the introduction of the M1 so much that they have to degrade some things with each new release… it’s crazy.

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    1 year ago

    I have an m1 pro MacBook 14 I really don’t see the incentive to upgrade right now

    3-5 years minimum but one thing is sure I’m staying with Apple macbook pros…just so amazing