More powerful hardware makes tasks that were previously not considered end-user tasks feasible for end-users, just give it some time.
Comment on Apple introduces M4 chip
metaStatic@kbin.social 4 months ago
the M1 is still overkill for 99% of ends user tasks.
GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
junderwood@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Agreed! My trusty little M1 air has been my absolute favorite computer I’ve ever owned. It’s just so darned capable and entirely silent. It does everything I need it to do and then some. I’ll upgrade sometime, but for now long live the wedge!
Alto@kbin.social 4 months ago
The primary benefit for the average consumer tends to be longer battery life due to the same task using less power, in theory anyway.
abhibeckert@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Sure but my iPad already lasts a week on a charge.
Alto@kbin.social 4 months ago
Sure, if you use it for an hour a day, you're not gonna notice it much. And I'm not disagreeing that a lot of the software sorely needs to be improved. The people who are going to notice aren't you. They're the ones using their devices all day for work or similar.
abhibeckert@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I spend about 10 hours a day doing “real work” - computer programming, on a desktop Mac with an M1 chip. It’s way faster than I need.
WereCat@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Yes. And instead of taking advantage of that they shrunk the battery to have thinner tablet instead of better battery life.
bamboo@lemm.ee 4 months ago
The 13” version actually has a larger battery than its predecessor.
KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
The primary benefit is they can now include RAM and GPU on die to increase the SKU cost for consumers.