How long will the last Intel Macs be supported? macOS Sonoma gives us some hints
How long will the last Intel Macs be supported? macOS Sonoma gives us some hints
Nearly 20 years of data show how Intel Macs are faring as Apple switches chips.
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Every day I use my Mac intel 16” I regret not waiting 6more months and get the M1 version.
Sold my 16 inch a month before the M1 came because I knew what was coming and I could spend that time away from a laptop. I got the full specced air (cause that’s what was release first) and that air was way snappier and equal or faster for my tasks (programming, photo editing) than the almost maxed out 16 inch. Best decision and you should switch asap.
I’d rather wait for the M3 release or whatever if it’s gonna be the same price for more performance.
Why wait for M3 when you could wait for M4???
This is the reason I'm still using my 2012 MBP (with OpenCore Legacy Patcher).
2015: "Ew, butterfly keyboard? I'm going to wait until they release non-butterfly keyboard models"
2020: "They finally stop using butterfly keyboard, but M1 will be released soon. Might as well wait another year"
2021: "Not all apps has been ported to ARM yet. I'm going to wait a bit to see how it goes"
2022: "What's that? M2 is going to be released soon? I can wait just a bit more"
2023: "Wife just got an M2 macbook air and it's really nice, but what's this talk about M3 getting released soon?"
Or you can get an M11 in an iPhone 8! (That's actually a motion coprocessor, but I think Apple has moved away from that nomenclature in newer phones to avoid confusion?)
They killed off the motion coprocessors, I believe. Now it’s just a part of the A-series, gone the way of the 80387.
I said I would rather wait for M3, not that I would buy it on release. Hopefully by the time MV or M5 comes out whatever.
The m2 was more expensive though
And 3nm process is also more costly than 5nm?
You cant be sure that prices wont increase
The difference between the M2 and M1 was small for real-world applications, compared to the difference between Intel and M1, which was stunning.
Go to the MacRumors buyer's guide (https://buyersguide.macrumors.com/) and avoid buying a model when it's very late in its release cycle, but otherwise it's silly to keep waiting for a new model.
I’d rather wait for the M3 release
I wouldn't.
When the M3 comes out... the M1 will still be cheaper and effectively the same speed as the M3.
Performance has diminishing returns - at a certain point it's just "instant". The M1 got there for everyday tasks, and the M3 won't be noticeably faster for any of those.
I got an Intel mini at work just before the M1s came out and then an M1 MBAir for home use. I have noticed the latter runs circles around the former, even with Rosetta emulating Intel. My main reason for buying the M1 was that I liked the fanless (and therefore noiseless) design and saw it as a good fit for home recordings on my multichannel mixer, but have been quite impressed with its overall performance.
Ow, that hurts.. But on the other hand, when it came out, it was cutting edge tech if you were in the mac ecosystem! I remember seeing all those benchmarks and they fixed the fan throttling issues compared to the previous 15" macbook pros and had newly improved, studio-level mics/speakers 😄
I have a M1 air, and while it runs circles around the beefier intel macs, the screen and the speakers are shit. I wish I had waited for the M1 pros to drop.. I guess it's the circle of life, haha!
It was. I had been holding off because of the butterfly keyboard issues of the macs before. When it was released, that was my main reason.
It's the opposite for me. Every time I use my work M1 mac, I miss my personal Intel one. I have so many issues with the M1. It's by far the worst mac I've used.
I got an intel right when the M1's came out because I didn't want to be a guinea pig for the M1. I guess I will move up to M2 when those prices start to fall because the fan is a huge drag. Otherwise I love it; it was my first Mac.
Wanna do a swap?