wouldn't say disappointment, because this was to be expected when you consider that they are just "bigger" versions of the M2, which is using TMS 5mm and has been out since quite a while.
Because the new process will deliver a good step forward in performance and efficiency. We will have to wait for the M3 chips to get a significant improvement. These M2 chips seem to be about a 20% CPU and 30% GPU improvement which is not going to be worth upgrading from M1 chips for the vast majority of people. M3 on a 3nm process will be worth the upgrade for more people.
True, most people don’t need any kind of specific performance at all and could probably keep a modern laptop for 10 years. The people paying attention to performance benchmarks may have more performance oriented workloads that might benefit from the 50% to 100% increase we’ll probably see from M1 to M3.
I am really frustrated that the M2 Pro still only supports 2 external monitors.
I don't really need the power of the Max, I just need to be able to power 3 monitors. I figured with the power increase it would at least jump up to 3 this generation, but I guess not.
I was putting off buying a new 16" hoping the m2 would fix this issue, but looks like I am just getting the m2 max.
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I was putting off buying a new 16" hoping the m2 would fix this issue, but looks like I am just getting the m2 max.
It seems like an artificial limit to force some product segmentation.
And as such it comes across as very hostile towards customers.
I expect it’s going to be one of this things, regardless of how much GPU power you have, that the base model Pro won’t run more than 2 displays :-/
PC alternatives have been encouraging lately