You’re not wrong but I just bought the 2018 MacBook Pro (i9, 6 core) to replace my 2016 TB MBP. Both had an SSD but the new one blows the doors off the old one (video encoding, compiling code).
What I could use now is more memory on or near the CPU maybe like the iPhone A7+.
What I could use now is more memory on or near the CPU maybe like the iPhone A7+.