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There's a new set of Apple silicon Macs that go all the way up to 64 GB of RAM, although you'll pay a premium for it.

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premium = an arm and a leg.

My 7 years old Lenovo laptop mounts 64gb of RAM and 2 1TB ssds.

It costed less than a Mac M1 Pro 7 years later.

I suspect that your workload that uses 64 GB of RAM and 2 1 TB SSDs could benefit from an extremely fast processor.

The point is that I can find the performance I need for half the price.

The price of an M1 Pro it's not justified by a slightly faster CPU, no matter how low the power usage is.

I could understand 20% more, but not two times.

Also: most of my workflows wouldn't work natively on ARM Macs.

That doesn't mean Apple doesn't have a great product with a big market.

They simply will never be mainstream.

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I wouldn't be surprised if Macs continue to gain market share in the years to come with their CPU lead

I would!

CPU alone doesn't sell notebooks to non-tech people on a budget

Such as a high end Ryzen, which eats the M1 for breakfast ? Sure.

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