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14” M1X Is anyone regretting buying the 13” M1 ?

TheRealAlex said:
I mean Apple duped everyone with the M1 MAcBook Pro 13” like people are mad in less than 8 months here comes a 14” M1X with 4 USB4 aka Thunderbolt 4 ports. Like game over.
A 12 Core M1X and a 16 Core GPU.

I’d be furious.
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That’s nothing.
Wait 8 months after that, and they’ll offer 17 yes you read that right seventeen inches M2Y with 6 ports like BFG 2000.
A 18 core M2Y and a 24 Core GPU. Screw that, two of them! People are mad.
 
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No regrets here. I got the M1 Air which for me is inexpensive enough to justify getting whatever M1X model ends up coming out 8 months to a year later.
 
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I genuinely do not get posts like this.

Apple have duped nobody and people are *not* mad. The vast majority of people that purchased a 13 inch M1 will be absolutely fine with their MacBook. There will always be one or two entitled moaners that will bitch about a new model coming out and they should, as always, be ignored. That sort will never be happy.

There are always going to be new models coming out, always.
 
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Apple didn't dupe anyone, everyone on this forum understands that more powerful processors are going to be in the bigger machines, its no different from Intel Macs...

I have zero regrets, the 14" is going to be more expensive, and the M1 still beats all previous Macs in its class.
 
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We have lots of M1 13" Pros and the staff are loving them (especially the Touch Bar!) , but 20 hour battery life and everything happens more or less instantly with next to no heat and no fans roaring on Teams... yeah , we must feel really duped.
 
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There's always something better being released. But the M1 was a huge leap for the existing 13 inch and Mac Mini lines. I don't think anyone is going to have any regrets especially considering the price points. Most people probably wont get close to even using that amount of power, and if you do - even common sense will tell you that something more powerful was in the pipeline given that there was no update to the higher end 13 inch MBP and 16 inch MBP (without having to dig through internet forums)
 
It was well-known when Apple first introduced the m1 series Macs that these were in fact "introductory models", the first of their kind, and as such were not going to be "super-well equipped".

Why do "the pioneers" have the arrows sticking out of their backs...?
 
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bsamcash said:
No regrets here. I got the M1 Air which for me is inexpensive enough to justify getting whatever M1X model ends up coming out 8 months to a year later.
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That was my thought process for my $599 M1 8GB Mac Mini. I have not complaints about this machine at all, it's very impressive.

I'm more of a maxed-out MacBook person (and then use that as a docked desktop at home), and my MacBook wasn't keeping up with what I needed to do at home (teaching with Zoom and all my open apps and tabs were killing it). This will hold me off for a year-ish until they come out with the MacBook Pro I need (which I'll max out with RAM, 1 or 2 TB, and bump the processor if they have any options, and then keep 5-7 years).
 
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TheRealAlex said:
No this is,unheard in the PC industry
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Do you even pay attention to the PC industry? There's always new models being released, with newer processors, videocards, displays, etc. In fact, the Windows side of the equation is actually worse, since they refresh their lineups three times a year. Apple made it clear at WWDC that the transition from Intel to Apple Silicon would take two years to complete, which means by design that the initial M1 models will be superseded by newer models with better processors, more ports, etc. before the transition is complete. That's not a case of Apple "duping" anyone, not is it "unprecedented."
 
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the 14" was rumored even when the M1 Macs came out, so everyone knew. And it's also probably coming in at a starting price of ~$1800 or so, not as a replacement for the M1 MacBook Pro.
 
QCassidy352 said:
the 14" was rumored even when the M1 Macs came out, so everyone knew. And it's also probably coming in at a starting price of ~$1800 or so, not as a replacement for the M1 MacBook Pro.
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I really don't see Apple keeping the 13" and 15" MacBook Pros and adding the (rumoured) 14" and 16". I think some replacing will be happening.
 
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garylapointe said:
I really don't see Apple keeping the 13" and 15" MacBook Pros and adding the (rumoured) 14" and 16". I think some replacing will be happening.
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well the 15" is already gone and replaced by a 16". My guess is that they will introduce a new 14" that replaces the current 4-port 13" and a 16" that replaces the existing 16", and then at some point, maybe later in the year or early 2022, they will replace the M1 MacBook Pro with a 2-port 14" version. So I agree with you, but I think it's likely the 13" and 14" will live side by side for a little while before the lower-end model gets updated again.
 
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Maybe someone will be upset but there won't be many. Most folks don't pay as much attention to what Apple is putting out in terms of Macs these days and just buy a new one when they need it. The regularly scheduled fall iPhone release is known by all and that people wait for, but Mac updates have been too irregular so it's just kinda buy when you need and trust that it will last you 3-4 years.
 
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TheRealAlex said:
I mean Apple duped everyone with the M1 MAcBook Pro 13” like people are mad in less than 8 months here comes a 14” M1X with 4 USB4 aka Thunderbolt 4 ports. Like game over.
A 12 Core M1X and a 16 Core GPU.

I’d be furious.
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I don’t think even the M1x will be Apple’s last ever processor. I’m betting there will be an M2, and M2x, and even more processors over time.

I know most other manufacturers stop development of chips after their first generation but Apple is braver than that and will continue to develop. We’re going to get new laptops with faster hardware and better screens. Mark my words, it’s an inevitability.
 
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Apple_Robert said:
There is nothing to be furious about. I bought the Mac I wanted at the time. When new tech comes out, it doesn't make my current Mac worthless

People who get upset about something like this are people who have equated self worth with what tech products they have. That is why it is so important for them to show others what they have.
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Well said.
 
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I bought a 2020 Intel Air in May, M1 shipped 6 months later. I bought a M1 in January 2021. I wanted a new Mac in May and bought what I wanted. I didn't really need a M1, I just wanted one because of all the hype. It did not disappoint. I was not duped in either case and knew exactly what I was buying. When the Mx ships later this year I will probably skip it, but that itch might need scratching again...
 
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