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Apple Event Live Blog: MacBook Pro and iMac Updated With New M3 Chip Family
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He did one just for the iPod Hifi and new iPod sock colors. I’m not joking
half an hour to tell us that their new M3 series Macs are faster than their 2019 models. thanks apple. that was 30 minutes of my life i will never get back.
lol … a 30 minute Apple commercial for some spec updates. 
”Ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated? ah hah hah ha”
— Johnny Rotten, San Francisco January 14th 1978
”Ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated? ah hah hah ha”
— Johnny Rotten, San Francisco January 14th 1978
Star Wars atmosphere with mac pro untouched? My MBP 16 will stay a bit longer. I9 is still fast enough. No need to spend that 5000$+ bonus ;-). Sonora just works absolutely fine on it. I was a little dreaming about the Ipad mini. For me it would be perfect - but we'll wait it out...
Finally! This brings it into the family instead of being more of an afterthought.
What do you expect to get out of this that you don't get out of your M1?
The Magic Keyboards and mouse and trackpad are still Lightning. They did not change to USB-C. And no new Mac mini this time.
Yeah, but this was the case with Intel processors. They would only have events for major device changes and new categories.
The same will happen with apple silicon… it’s just an expectation now that it will gradually get faster. In the future it will just be a quiet CPU revision. The more exciting things are changes in architecture such as GPU caching etc.
Because it's really a Macbook not a Pro. Only supports single external monitor. It has the nice screen and other Pro Features but they really not doing anyone a favor by selling the M3 Macbook Pro.
This thought just came to mind. "Boy, that was scary stupid." LOL.
All in all, what I am reading here and there seems like these are fine upgrades. But wow, the way Apple can hype such an event is amazing. Like someone else said, this could have been in an email. Furthermore, let's not forget this was a pre-recorded event. It could have probably been broadcasted earlier. Meh. LOL
All in all, what I am reading here and there seems like these are fine upgrades. But wow, the way Apple can hype such an event is amazing. Like someone else said, this could have been in an email. Furthermore, let's not forget this was a pre-recorded event. It could have probably been broadcasted earlier. Meh. LOL
Actually the video clip of that would be cool to have as the Home Screen on the Mac now that we can have the Apple TV screensavers
It's $500 cheaper in America too. It's a much worse spec than the old cheapest 14", because this is a replacement for the $1399 13" Pro.
It is basically replacing the 13” MBP (which is now dead), but now with the 2021 14” MBP redesign case and screen.
Looks like they finally axed the 13” MacBook Pro
The rumor is that the M2s didn’t sell very well. In effect, the M1 was possibly the most successful Mac rollout in history, and coming in the midst of Covid helped a lot. IMO, their big problem is that M1 was TOO good. I still don’t see a good reason to upgrade from M1 at this point unless you just “need” a new machine.
That’s for the base model with the M3 chip and 8/512GB , not the M3 Pro.
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Wow. That's it? 30 minutes and it's over.
No new USB-C mouse or keyboards or trackpad?
Mark Gurman lied
New Magic Mouse With USB-C Port Expected at Apple Event Next Week
Apple will likely announce new versions of its Magic Keyboard, Magic Mouse, and Magic Trackpad for the Mac at its "Scary Fast" event on...www.macrumors.com
Apple will likely announce new versions of its Magic Keyboard, Magic Mouse, and Magic Trackpad for the Mac at its "Scary Fast" event on Monday, October 30, according to a report today from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. The updated accessories are expected to be equipped with USB-C ports instead of Lightning ports for charging.
Surely they’re not shipping new iMacs out with lightening mouse and keyboards?
I too felt that. They were begging!
Space gray is an option on the 14” MacBook Non-Pro
A giant Meh. This was why they did it after the market closed, so hopefully it would forget by morning.
So many opportunities to innovate, but just an iterative update with so many repeats that it was almost predictable. They could not even bake in AV! encoding support in their highest end machine? But, wait, it comes in Black. That makes everything better. SMH...
Speaking of predictions, with all of the mention of pushing Intel users to Mx, I am betting Apple will deprecate compatibility completely next year.
This was the biggest smoke and mirrors show I have seen from Apple in a very, very long time.
So many opportunities to innovate, but just an iterative update with so many repeats that it was almost predictable. They could not even bake in AV! encoding support in their highest end machine? But, wait, it comes in Black. That makes everything better. SMH...
Speaking of predictions, with all of the mention of pushing Intel users to Mx, I am betting Apple will deprecate compatibility completely next year.
This was the biggest smoke and mirrors show I have seen from Apple in a very, very long time.