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“x86 OEMs almost never standardize a product family on a single CPU.”

Joel Hruskaextremetech.com ↗

Apple puts the same M1 in a $999 laptop and a $1,699 iMac. Intel sells a ladder of chips so every price step comes with a slightly faster one. Apple pulled it off partly because its old Intel iMacs were badly underpowered. The upgrade was easy when the last model was that weak.