With many people saying that they don't see a need to upgrade their existing M1 Mac, a big bump in single core performance would make a viable entry level option.
benoau · 14h ago
This is exciting in terms of competing with the cheap-laptop market including Chromebooks, they should be able to do something incredible in that space if they price it well.
MY only worry is they might restrict it to the Mac App Store like Windows RT tried, to stop it eating into MacBook Air sales.
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With many people saying that they don't see a need to upgrade their existing M1 Mac, a big bump in single core performance would make a viable entry level option.
MY only worry is they might restrict it to the Mac App Store like Windows RT tried, to stop it eating into MacBook Air sales.