Because the M1 was too good, a qualitative leap over previous Macs and really every other laptop and even some desktops back in 2020. Now, Apple Silicon is just iterative.

Me either. I guess it's just fatigue, at least for me. I also don't really get that excited by new LLM releases either. Not to say the tech isn't impressive, but I guess all the hype has me inured.

For me going way back, it was exciting when I had to save a bit (but not too much!) for a new 512 DIMM, and when I opened the box and smelled the chip smell, put it in always worried I was going to fuck it up, and then computer literally felt faster that next boot...that was pretty fun!! Now it's like oh great $5k for a slab of stone that can do pretty much anything, neat. I still think computers are cool, just not particularly exciting.

Because it's the same shit every year for the past 5 years with the M line. 2010 to 2015 was a major improvement, 2015 to 2020 was a major improvement, now they pretty much solved the computer/laptop problem for 99% of people. I'm on a 16gb m1 air, I see absolutely no reason to update.

Because a Macbook M1 is fast enough to do anything and most people aren't running local LLMs

It excites me, since I am finally going to replace my 2019 Intel MacBook Pro!

Because it was always a vapid distraction from life.