Possibly, but we’re in interesting times that way. First we have the massive YoY improvements from Apple Silicon and we’re seeing the emergence of AI as a key platform for Apple. How important NPU improvements will be to being able to access future MacOS features remains to be seen. Also the YoY improvements have been massive in a cumulative fashion.Right. Understand. From my perspective, I just tend to buy more than what I need and then find that those machines age more gracefully.![]()
I mean look at the performance increases in 3 years for the M1 Pro and M4 Pro in the 14” MBP…

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