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Apple Event Rumors: iPad Pro With M4 Chip and New Apple Pencil With Haptic Feedback
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M4 with the files app before we see a M3 MacPro / Studio with actual Finder.
Don’t need generative AI to keep my laugh track going!
Don’t need generative AI to keep my laugh track going!
Gurman throwing everything at the wall now to see if it sticks. I’d be SERIOUSLY surprised if Apple chose to debut the M4 in the iPad!
I don't like using Infuse on my external monitor... it's buggy when it comes to playback (unable to use play/pause controls).
I would recommend going with OutPlayer if you are looking for a video player app specifically for outputting video onto an external monitor, it does the job well.
Yes. But only when they shared the processors from the iPhone, and if I recall only once or twice. If memory serves which could be wrong.
If Apple releases M4, Gurman will make himself a legend.
I hereby state with 99.9% certainty that Apple will release the M4 sometime in 2024-2025.
BTW, Gurman had basically said the same thing as my statement above, since as mentioned earlier, he has now provided three possible periods for release: spring 2024, fall 2024, and late 2024/early 2025.
OMG, a 24 inch iPad Pro...I can't wait to open one of those up at breakfast at my local Denny's or First Watch!
I thought they did that already.
I wouldn't be surprised if it WAS ready now.
Not sure I'd like that. I usually have my iPad with a Logitech or Apple keyboard, so I'm not touching the iPad.
Are you not paying attention? It's a great tool for most anything I need to do. Sure, I still use Mac and PC for most stuff, but I can put together a packet of information with photos, charts, graphs, and little arrows pointing to all the weird and wacky stuff I want the reader to grok, and I can do that all with my iPad.
I was in a bad car wreck a couple months ago, and my old iPad got bent. It's almost an unnoticeable bend, but it's there. Just to be safe and maybe NOT burn down my house, I'm budgeting now for a replacement. After that, I'll take this one off my cell accounts and probably will recycle it.
My iPhone 12 Pro Max was supposed to get replaced with the 15. But I decided to wait for one more year. So when the 16 Pro Max comes out, it damned well BETTER be improved over the 15. When I get the 16, I'll drop the 12 from my cell plan and recycle the old 10 I have...might keep the 12 around the house for a fancy WIFI-only remote control of sorts.
And it will work for me going forward, too. I don't upgrade every year. But when I upgrade, I want the latest. I have an Apple Watch 4 and 6, and would like to get a new watch too. Then I'll drop the 4 from my cell plan and recycle that too.
That made me laugh almost as hard as the old guy working at Home Depot this morning. I can't tell you his joke; not in mixed company, though. 🤪
Apple is due to report earnings in 4 days. They need one massive gobsmacking blowout of earnings and sales, but I don't think they're going to get it for the quarter just ended. Maybe M4 iPads, iMacs, and whatever else can be pushed out the door can make the difference for the quarters ending in September or December. Hell's bells, I say put the M4 into the Homepod if it makes money!
Apple needs to paint or get off the ladder!
I do enjoy your analysis of things going on. Carry on, good sir; carry on!
This goes back to what I said above. Apple needs a blowout quarter. Followed by another blowout quarter. And then four more after that. If the M4 gets them there, then investors won't be crying over M3 spilled milk.
That's a funny picture.
Be straight. See above; I was in a really bad car wreck when some pot smoker was going the wrong way on the freeway and hit me nearly head-on. That's when my iPad got knocked around like a pinball in the old "Terminator" pinball game. I'm okay, and that's the most important thing. But the iPad didn't have a seat belt, and wasn't heavy enough to make the passenger airbag deploy.
And be straight and true. Oh, wait...I said that already...
Or we want a straight iPad. Gosh, it's only a SMALL bend!
Or if he sees that my iPad's casing is bent. Oh the HUMANITY!
Don't forget, there's always the "radio waves give you brain cancer" warnings, even though the phone is closer to my family jewels than it is to my cranium! Or the "looking at screens too much make you anti-social" warning, even though I never really know where the damned phone is in my house at any given moment in time, which forces me to use "find my" to find it! 😏
an iPad with M4 running macOS. now thats what would sell. Touch macOS on an iPad.
And Apple’s answer is a resounding NO!
After all, they already make a lot of money on laptops.
Or hadn’t you noticed?
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I don't think they'll do that either, but OTOH, I don't see why not.
To put it another way, if the N3E process (on which M4 will likely be produced) is already in high volume production with decent yields, there probably isn't really a strong technical reason to stick with M3 for the new iPad Pro.
TSMC said that N3E was in volume production by late 2023.
3nm Technology - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
TSMC’s 3nm technology (N3) will be another full node stride from our 5nm technology (N5), and offer the most advanced foundry technology in both PPA and transistor technology when it is introduced. N3 technology will offer up to 70% logic density gain, up to 15% speed improvement at the same...www.tsmc.com
Ummm yeah, anyhow it's not going to happen so.....
Yeah if they’re gonna go 2ish years without an update they don’t want a $1000+ iPad Pro that can’t do all the AI they’re launching in iPadOS 18 for 2 more years
Exactly. If users are interested to download GeekBench ML for iOS or macOS, they will find out that Apple's coreML can actually be run either on CPU, GPU or Neural Engine. Moreover, there are some coreML frameworks officially supported by Apple on Github, and performance metrics indicate that those applications can be run on a combination of CPU, GPU and NPU, with the specific combination determined by the fastest. For example, normally for base M chips, NPU will be the fastest. However, in the case of M-Max series, GPUs are so massive and powerful that coreML on GPU will be faster than on NPU. So at the end of the day, it will just be a matter of speed and power efficiency. I believe that all M series chips will have the opportunity to benefit from Apple's new AI-focused OS, and I am really excited about it.How can we have a windows 11 with a variety of AI in use with intel pro processors without NPU, and then speculate Apple implementing AI is so dependent on the M4's NPU? Yes some things can be speeded up, but it's Apple's applications and operating systems that need the love.
It’s to embrace all the AI that’s going to be announced at WWDC. They can’t have an iPad Pro that can’t run all the new AI for 2 more years
Maybe, but Apple would need to improve many other things A LOT to be able to get my money, In particular, a much improved iOS for far superior operation, navigation, & file system etc and/or the ability to run some form of macos. IOS still remains no where near satisfactory for professional use, more kind some kind of kiddie's tinker toy.
And the other thing is that with new & no doubt very expensive keyboard, that should genuinely be able to operate as a laptop replacement (including a proper OS as above), and actually be manageable in your lap with proper balance sp as to not fall over all the time.
And the other thing is that with new & no doubt very expensive keyboard, that should genuinely be able to operate as a laptop replacement (including a proper OS as above), and actually be manageable in your lap with proper balance sp as to not fall over all the time.
Wow everyone with the new rumor of the iPad Pro having an M4 chip is sure going to now really going to disappoint some buyers. Do you all think this will result in more people hanging on to their earlier iPad Pros if M4 is a no show? I may be in the group with my M1 iPad Pro. I am probably in the minority as the other upgrades rumored may not be as compelling vs. the potential higher price of the next iPad Pro.
I for one have a backup plan if there is no M4 in the immediate release. I’m going to buy stock in flying cars!
Gurman said they are coming in one week!!!
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I hope m4 is correct, an iPad without future proofing AI capabilities would be very disapointing
truthfully, I have ZERO interest in any Generative AI stuff. So much of it was trained by stealing from others that even ethically trained ones feel weird to me
Apple's not in a position to rest on their laurels this year and just do the regular old, hey it's a new screen, but we put in a chip that's outdated soon. Gotta swing big this year.
Maybe the AI assistant on the M4 will allow you to turn the iPad Pro into a MacBook replacement? “Hey Siri, turn this iPad into a Mac.” 😅
They’re not going to give us a full version of MacOS on the iPad— for that, they’ll introduce a whole new product line: a MacBook Pro with touch capability.
It’s obvious, it is the new iPad calculator app. The M1/M2 chips just weren’t powerful enough.