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

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!”