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If you just bought a new M4 iPad or Mac, then you've been scammed. The
new M5 chips are coming this year ... and no doubt the M6 will arrive
next year.
Forget the M4, the M5 iPad Pro and Macs
are on track for release this year
<https://www.macworld.com/article/2599225/rumor-claims-an-m5-ipad-pro-and-macs-are-on-track-for-this-year.html>
Apple really needs to slow down and stop making continual minor tweaks
(and gimmicky additions) to their products every year. All that does is
piss off the customer who just bought something and cause most people
to not bother buying the next new toy because another one will be
released soon. Apple also needs to simplify their over-complicated
product line-up, ditch the non-repair / non-upgrade designs, and get
rid of the silly MacOS codenames. Time to bring back Steve Jobs again!
;-)
If you just bought a new M4 iPad or Mac, then you've been scammed. The
new M5 chips are coming this year ... and no doubt the M6 will arrive
next year.
Forget the M4, the M5 iPad Pro and Macs
are on track for release this year
<https://www.macworld.com/article/2599225/rumor-claims-an-m5-ipad-pro-and-macs
-are-on-track-for-this-year.html>
Apple really needs to slow down and stop making continual minor tweaks
(and gimmicky additions) to their products every year. All that does is
piss off the customer who just bought something and cause most people
to not bother buying the next new toy because another one will be
released soon. Apple also needs to simplify their over-complicated
product line-up, ditch the non-repair / non-upgrade designs, and get
rid of the silly MacOS codenames. Time to bring back Steve Jobs again!
;-)
On Feb 5, 2025, Your Name wrote
(in article <vo0hjg$2hn1r$1@dont-email.me>):
If you just bought a new M4 iPad or Mac, then you've been scammed. The
new M5 chips are coming this year ... and no doubt the M6 will arrive
next year.
Hmm. I bought an M2 iPad Air. It was fast enough, and, more importantly, cheap enough, for my purposes. In a few years IΓÇÖll probably replace it with whatever'ÇÖs current then.
This is being typed on a 2014 Mac mini. It still works. I will probably be replacing it with a M4 unit later this year, and will keep that one for a decade, too.
I have no particular desire for new shiny, as long as current systems work.
A lot of people complain about "planned obsolesence", but the reality
is it is more a case of "enforced obsolesence" because you can't get
the parts to repair things (and in Apple's case, a fad of devices that
can't even be repaired / upgraded) or more usually people's own simple greediness to own the latest toy on the block even though their current device / car / etc. is perfectly fine.
On Feb 5, 2025, Your Name wrote
(in article <vo0hjg$2hn1r$1@dont-email.me>):
If you just bought a new M4 iPad or Mac, then you've been scammed.
The new M5 chips are coming this year ... and no doubt the M6 will
arrive next year.
Hmm. I bought an M2 iPad Air. It was fast enough, and, more
importantly, cheap enough, for my purposes. In a few years I’ll
probably replace it with whatever’s current then.
This is being typed on a 2014 Mac mini. It still works. I will
probably be replacing it with a M4 unit later this year, and will keep
that one for a decade, too.
I have no particular desire for new shiny, as long as current systems
work.
If you just bought a new M4 iPad or Mac, then you've been scammed. The
new M5 chips are coming this year ... and no doubt the M6 will arrive
next year.
Forget the M4, the M5 iPad Pro and Macs
are on track for release this year
Apple really needs to slow down and stop making continual minor tweaks
(and gimmicky additions) to their products every year. All that does is
piss off the customer who just bought something and cause most people
to not bother buying the next new toy because another one will be
released soon. Apple also needs to simplify their over-complicated
product line-up, ditch the non-repair / non-upgrade designs, and get
rid of the silly MacOS codenames. Time to bring back Steve Jobs again!
;-)
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On 2025-02-05, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
If you just bought a new M4 iPad or Mac, then you've been scammed. The
new M5 chips are coming this year ... and no doubt the M6 will arrive
next year.
Forget the M4, the M5 iPad Pro and Macs
are on track for release this year
Apple really needs to slow down and stop making continual minor tweaks
(and gimmicky additions) to their products every year. All that does is
piss off the customer who just bought something and cause most people
to not bother buying the next new toy because another one will be
released soon. Apple also needs to simplify their over-complicated
product line-up, ditch the non-repair / non-upgrade designs, and get
rid of the silly MacOS codenames. Time to bring back Steve Jobs again!
;-)
Can't wait.
On 2025-02-14 05:22:08 +0000, Jay said:
Can't wait.
You may as well wait because the slightly better M6 will be released
next year. :-\