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Looks premium, eco-responsible, powerful, just like the M4. And the M3. And the one before. Does anyone know what exactly changed this year?

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https://www.apple.com/mac/compare/?modelList=MacBook-Air-M4,...

- m4 -> m5, same core number and distribution, "neural accelerators", higher memory bandwidth

- max storage increased from 2 to 4TB (and probably an extra kidney in price)

Everything else is strictly identical.

The marketing blurb claims 2~3x the performances of the M4 for AI stuff (I assume that's the neural accelerators), 20% for CPU tasks (compiling), 40~80% for GPU tasks (gaming and 3D rendering).

4TB was available before, maybe only coupled with a Max CPU, which seems not available yet for M5.

I’m comparing comparable configurations. You can get 128GB ram and 8TB storage on an m4 max, and 512GB ram and 16 TB storage on an m3 ultra. Neither is relevant to the M5.

This is great but it's apples to oranges until they have Pro & Max variants we can directly compare against the M4 line.

Comparing the models which correspond exactly is apples and oranges? In what wonky alternate reality do you live?

Not to mention the M4 pro and max released 6 months after the M4. If that holds for M5, it won’t be this year.

The number, which means you should upgrade.

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