If the criteria for AI is RAM then the chart would show RAM and not the CPU since there are certainly 32/64GB M1 MacBooks.
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Apple Intelligence Apparently Too Smart for M1 Macs After Listing Error
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While it would definitely ruffle some feathers, Apple’s customer base is only growing. It’s a unique phenomenon.
I would actually prefer it if Apple "Intelligence" wasn't supported on any my Apple devices, since it doesn't work anyway. Also, Apple "Intelligence" and "too smart" should never be in the same sentence.
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I anticipate Apple Intelligence with the same fervor as my next colonoscopy.
Religious people are hilarious. Religious and people stuck in time are even more hilarious. People always said these things about new tech, computers, the internet, etc. There's a lot of AI junk and scammers who use new tech to scam people, just like there were many shady and crap websites at the beginning of the internet. AI is here to stay and in a decade all the AI slop and AI gimmicks will be gone and AI will be used as a professional tool in many businesses.
(quietly) I won’t mind too much…Wait till Apple drops AI from the iPhone 15 Pro Max devices.
Wrong, it started with the M3 and then they re-released the M2's late in the game with 16GB standard. Right now at Best Buy the M2 MacBook Air with 16GB Ram is $700.
I for one am still using Bank Street Writer on my IIGS to write my reports. It avoids all the satanic ritual that comes with using the 2016 version of MSFT Word on my Mac. The spell checker is OK even if it tells me to "Eat up Martha".
Oh wait. BSW on the IIGS predates the Newton making my esoteric joke inaccurate both technologically and chronologically. Not that most people here would even notice as someone reading this post is googling Bank Street Writer or "Eat Up Martha".
At least I saved someone the trouble of cut and pasting from the Wikipedia article on either.
I use Chat GPT for a lot of things. As I've said before I don't let AI near my reports as they include sensitive personal information and getting them wrong can have a serious negative impact on people's lives. Besides, I still take pride in writing my reports.
Let me tell you, though. GPT is GREAT for tweaking old recipes. I've put some of my old recipes through it and people LOVE the changes. I've also put bits and pieces of old recipes I used to cook with my grandmother that I couldn't remember all of them an it's been great for that as well.
Also great for working on my car. Gives me step by step instructions with torque values for fasteners and parts lists so when I go to the store, I have a reference of everything I need to get the job done. Great for doing price comparisons as well.
As with any technology, it has its place. I'm sure there are some people who thing the internet is the devil. Personally, I stay away from social media as I think that's the ultimate brain rot. But not because I think it has horns and a pointy tail, I just got sick of having the political views of half my friends list shoved down my throat.
So the M3 Macs started the 16gb Standard but they also re-released the M2 Macs with 16GB RAM standard. And as far as iPads go, they all have 8GB Ram except the higher end Pro's but again iPadOS is a mobile OS and is optimized to use less. My point is maybe M1's were cut due to the 8GB Ram limitation. Maybe that can't cut specific models so they just cut the whole line. And 8GB M2's will run it but very bad? iPads are a different story because it's a mobile OS still based on iOS...
Actually, I expect the next major cut for AI features to be the M4, and for some of the most demanding upcoming AI features, the M5 given how big of an advantage it has with the GPU neural accelerators.
The 8GB limit was the only thing I could think of, yes there are M2 Macs with 8gb RAM but they were re-released with 16GB standard when M3 introduced the new RAM standard. And iPads all have 8GB RAM except higher Pro models. But again iPadOS is a mobile OS and maybe can use less resources.
Either that or it's a limitation on M1 Mac chips. (Could be the limitation called give Apple more money to update, lol)...
Except that many M1 Macs came with more RAM. If its a ram issue, then outline that. Instead they're killing off an entire generation of devices for no clear reason.
Maybe I should have said didn't come with 16GB RAM at initial release until the M4 line.
Apple doubles MacBook Air base RAM to 16GB on M2 and M3 models - 9to5Mac
In a surprise move, Apple has doubled the base RAM configuration on M2 and M3 MacBook Air models. Both MacBook...
9to5mac.com
10/30/24
Apple doubles MacBook Air base RAM to 16GB on M2 and M3 models
"In a surprise move, Apple has doubled the base RAM configuration on M2 and M3 MacBook Air models. Both MacBook Air models will now include 16GB RAM out-of-the-box, up from 8GB. The RAM increase comes without a change in price."
I’m pretty sure it’s a typo. There’s no way they’re cutting M1 Max models which didn’t come with 8 GB RAM, but keeping the M2 Air.
I wonder how many gigabytes of RAM does Image Playground really need… (and Genmojis, don’t forget Genmojis)
I do hope they eventually charge for Apple "intelligence", as it would be the easiest way to ensure it's FOR SURE not getting used on my devices (not subscribing).
Reality could be soaking in. The A16 iPad does not support AI at all with 6 GB RAM.
Apple could put the AI cutoff at 16 GB Macs. That would be honest given they bumped the baseline to 16 GB when AI was introduced.