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I literally just bought a brand new core i9 MBP 16" an was hoping it would see me good for the next 5 years
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I literally just bought a brand new core i9 MBP 16" an was hoping it would see me good for the next 5 years
I literally just bought a brand new core i9 MBP 16" an was hoping it would see me good for the next 5 years
You are still within your 14 day return window
There's no reason it won't?I literally just bought a brand new core i9 MBP 16" an was hoping it would see me good for the next 5 years
There's no reason it won't?
I've just ordered a Mac Mini.
Apple have said they'll support Intel for "years to come" but who knows how many that is? It could be just two or three years of supported OS updates after which you're SOL and won't get any more updates as they'll all be for Apple Silicon based devices, meaning you'd have to shell out for a new one and the Intel one has now tanked in value. Considering they say they'll have the products transitioned within two years leads me to believe it won't be long after that when they drop Intel support.
Apple have said they'll support Intel for "years to come" but who knows how many that is? It could be just two or three years of supported OS updates after which you're SOL and won't get any more updates as they'll all be for Apple Silicon based devices, meaning you'd have to shell out for a new one and the Intel one has now tanked in value. Considering they say they'll have the products transitioned within two years leads me to believe it won't be long after that when they drop Intel support.
Something like the below shows what is possible
80 Core 3.3Ghz 250W chips currently shipping, with 128 Core chips targeted for next year
https://www.servethehome.com/ampere-altra-max-targets-a-128-core-arm-cpu-shipping-in-2021/
The concern is that the 30% drop is (I assume?) compared to the current Intel CPU's? Ryzen 4000 "Renoir" is now landing in many laptops and is absolutely spanking Intel. For example a Ryzen 4800u eight core 15w laptop CPU is beating an Intel 9750H six core 45w. So that 30% drop is, at best, a 50% drop compared to Renoir. It's significant. In two years both Apple and AMD will be faster but who will advance most?
So after just taking delivery of a brand new Intel 16" Core i9 with 32Gb ram and an AMD 5500M 8Gb I am starting to wonder if I should be returning it. I bought it as a managed to wreck my 2014 MBP with a liquid spill hence the need to buy this machine I am typing on (and loving) right now. I have until the 3rd July to fill in the returns form and take things from there but I really do not know what to do, I just laid out £3300 for this machine and was hoping it would see me through the next 4 to 5 years but now I am starting to wonder. Arrrrggghh!