Great review. Shows that the M2 is a great chip, but it isn't magic either. Consistent node advantages (and higher pricing) has allowed Apple to go wide and slow with its designs rather than narrow and fast like Alder Lake/Zen3 which aids power efficiency, alongside more extensive use of hardware accelerators thanks to Apple's greater vertical integration. End result is an awesome chip for 'content creators', and a good chip for general use. It is just a shame that Apple really don't seem to care about gaming (from a software and dev support perspective), as the hardware is obviously capable.
Personally I am not a content creator, so I'll be sticking with x86, but hopefully it keeps spurring Intel and AMD on to keep driving single thread performance and power efficiency. I'm not loving the current push for single thread performance at the expense of power efficiency as seen in Alder Lake, but hopefully that will resolve as Intel catches up node-wise with TSMC.
Personally I am not a content creator, so I'll be sticking with x86, but hopefully it keeps spurring Intel and AMD on to keep driving single thread performance and power efficiency. I'm not loving the current push for single thread performance at the expense of power efficiency as seen in Alder Lake, but hopefully that will resolve as Intel catches up node-wise with TSMC.