Comment by ajross
4 years ago
The M1 is quite clearly a derivative of designs developed for and deployed first in iOS devices. It's great, really. But other than die size and instance count, it's just a "phone chip". It's an iPhone with more cores/cache/etc...
The upthread point wasn't that the "M1" wasn't good as a laptop chip (it is!), it was that the "Macintosh" product line is clearly evolving in a direction where it's a derived product from the main revenue-producing lines.
You're applying the thought of 'they use it on iOS so it's the mac thats shifting' way too hard on Apple just choosing a new architecture that suits their products best...
If the performance hadn't been what it is then I'd agree. But I'd say the vast majority of hardcore mac users are hyped about the new devices. That's a sign that they're keeping the mac as the mac.
I can't wait to move from my intel to a M* in the next couple of years when software support is fully there for audio stuff.