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Apple Announces Announcements Next Week: What NOT to Expect
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Would be cool to have that square face logo as the animated avatar AI on Mac/iPhone/iPad
Yes ironically those Intel chips in the old 12" Macbook were called 'Intel Core M3, M5, M7 etc', they were quite weak in performance but still ran Mac OS solidly. Now imagine Apple silicon like you said in them, its a whole different proposition. The base MBA pretty much now takes this spot in the lineup now in terms of price/performance.
Need an Apple TV with AI upscaling for audio/video. Hi-Res audio support and passthrough. .. you know, all the things that the competition already has.
And have a MacBook Air with better performance than a MacBook Pro? Not happening.
In Rome, Italy, all standard configs are available for pick-up today in each of the Apple stores.
Just looked on the site - the M2 air is labeled as "new" right now. I guess because m3 was recently added to the choices?
I wouldn't mind it jumping to M4. The surface pro laptop I bought super cheap years ago from my old office when it closed was barely useful when it was new. I wouldn't mind a fairly cheap spare laptop, especially if the M2 Airs drop in price following an m4 air announcement.
Presumably because the Mac Studio will be using the M4 Max and M4 Ultra, which are probably taking longer to develop than the M4 and M4 pro.
The update that I would like to see:
30 inch iMac with the same microprocessor and memory options as a MacBook Pro.
Still using my 27 inch iMac. The Mac Studio+Studio display is overpriced and is the wrong form factor. I left Dell because I liked Apple’s large screen all in one iMac.
By eliminating the large screen iMac Apple has killed my reason for buying a second computer.
If I am going to be stuck with a box and cables, I will just use my existing Macbook Pro 16 and have the same mess of cables as a Mac Mini or Mac studio.
For some a basic 24 inch iMac is fine. Unfortunately, Apple Silicon hasn’t been good to me.
30 inch iMac with the same microprocessor and memory options as a MacBook Pro.
Still using my 27 inch iMac. The Mac Studio+Studio display is overpriced and is the wrong form factor. I left Dell because I liked Apple’s large screen all in one iMac.
By eliminating the large screen iMac Apple has killed my reason for buying a second computer.
If I am going to be stuck with a box and cables, I will just use my existing Macbook Pro 16 and have the same mess of cables as a Mac Mini or Mac studio.
For some a basic 24 inch iMac is fine. Unfortunately, Apple Silicon hasn’t been good to me.
No, MacRumors needs to make their headlines clearer (or stop with the clickbait altogether).
I liked my 12" too because it was so light. But the screen size was too small. So I got most of the time back to my 17" MBP and later to newer ones with 15 and 16".
The 13" MacBook Air is almost as small and light as the 12" MacBook had been, it's also fan-less and with a redesign it could be thinner and with less or no bezels at all also smaller than now. It has much more upgrade options and not only one port that wasn't even Thunderbolt.
Is the M4 iPad Pro with that expensive keyboard stand even lighter and smaller? Can't be much also there is no macOS and again only one port.
I never had a M1-M3 MBA or one of the newer iPads in my hands.
An iPad can never substitute a Mac for me. It's something completely different and I never liked it. I also never really liked any kind of touch devices like iPhones. I need a real keyboard with enough hub and feedback, a mouse and a real OS, that it's not annoying to use for me.
What I don't understand is the Apple TV thing. I mean: the MacRomors Apple TV page still says "don't buy, updates soon". But then in the articles about what to expect and what not to expect, Apple TV isn't even mentioned. It's been displaying "updates soon" for a few months now, so when does the MacRumors staff actually expects updates then if not next week?