At this rate, even the M7 Ultra might not be a good buy, unless something changes in the next six months. Apple needs to rethink the software stack from first principles to catch up with CUDA, with all resources, and they can't even get it right, not to mention the hardware limitations. It is August 2026. They do not have native support for INT8/4 and FP8/4; they are not willing to scrap the M6 design and bring M7 early because there is an army of people who will buy whatever they offer.
Just remember Tibo's last interview: the next generation agents are not designed to run on consumer hardware.