Gordon.

goodness your good.
all excellent points.

yep i always have stayed behind the tech curve. its just gear lust often for more processing power…lol…but of course the cost is the increased heat due to
that higher power (due to the laws of physics ).
… as well as the money cost.

some of these processor prices are getting silly….especially as tech gets rapidly obsolete.

one of my brilliant uk physics profs had a great saying ive remembered all my life…
'a problem (bulge) pops out on the surface of a balloon in one area..and you think as a tech/engr youve been very very smart in solving THAT…only for the problem to pop out (bulge)..in another part of the balloon ' !
…we have 5ghz processors…but there are negatives.

this is why i think the i3 12300 is a nice compromise for music production…
cheap and powerful…unless one goes 'bonkers;' on resource heavy plug ins.
(one reason i love reaps is the resource stats built in.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rNcqZJ0RLE

The narrator is from the UK .

i figured if intel lost biz due to the apple silicon there would be a response from intel with lower cost processors…eg i3 12300…and i'm betting there will be more interesting lower cost processors coming from amd too.

Mike.

much as with my tech background i like the 'm' range silicon processors.
(and i laud apple for this strategic step)
i wanna see how they handle thermals/laws of physics etc as they move up in processing power.
eg m3//m4//m4// etc etc

i'd love a 'cheesegrater' but i cant afford one due to family commitments.
the mini needs more ports/upgradeability.

best

om

New Song "PRETTY GIRL" for my wife...Dec 2023
(my vocs....mixed for good earbuds.)
https://soundcloud.com/alfsongs/prettygirlrbfinalcalfsongsdec2023mp3
(and rock song THE STALLION and bluegrass song... BANKER MAN....90 songs useing bb/rb.)