Eric_WVGG

cloudguy said:

Eric_WVGG said:

I personally wouldn't go near an Intel Mac today, and advise anyone to try to hold out, but buying one is neither crazy or stupid.

So buying one is crazy or stupid for you but not for everyone else? How do you figure? Especially since they still won't exactly be cheap if you know what I mean.

Because I know that my needs aren't the same as everyone else’s. 

cloudguy said:

 Apple is still selling Intel based Macs for the next 2 years. Not only are they still being sold, they are still being manufactured. So if you give the ARM-based Macs this new revolutionary design, who on earth is going to buy the Intel-based Macs and why?

Anyone who needs a 16" Macbook Pro, an iMac, or a Mac Pro, for starters.

Apple has pledged 7 years of OS upgrades, which is similar to how long they supported PowerPC Macs during the last transition.

I personally wouldn't go near an Intel Mac today, and advise anyone to try to hold out, but buying one is neither crazy or stupid.

oh, one other interesting bit of fine print: the Air defaults to 7-core GPUs, probably chips that came off the line and aren't quite up-to-snuff. 8-core is available as an option. 

Mac Mini, $100 cheaper

Macbook Pro M1 13" w/ 16gb RAM and 512gb SSD, $100 cheaper than identically spec'ed Intel 

No signs that the M1 in the Pro is any faster than the Air. All the speed comparisons used the same line: "faster than 98% of PC laptops at the same price." 

I've always thought the 13" Pro was the worst-of-both-worlds model, more true now than ever. I'm pretty sure all you get from it is a Touch Bar that most people hate, and a bigger battery… even the RAM options are the same!

oh, I guess the 13" Pro has a fan, so could conceivably turbo-boost a lot longer, better sustained GPU performance.