How well the M series will do over time would be based on its comparative performance. For all the “not that impressive” gains of the M2, there still seem to be plenty of people that historically wouldn’t buy an Apple computer but are ‘begrudgingly’ buying Apple laptops due to M series performance. Have we seen anything that delivers a comparable value proposition, let alone a better one?
It seems natural that M series chips won’t forever be uniquely positioned ahead of the pack. I don’t think that anyone besides Apple actually wants that in the first place though. I have every expectation that they’ll keep up with the pack, or simply move back to third party chips, even if that means changing architectures, which Apple is not scared of doing.
Sure but..already the second gen didn't show gains _that_ impressive over the first one.
If M1 successors will start showing Intel 2010s gains gen over gen, it's not gonna do great.