Apple Likely to Launch M4 Macs in November

[chucker23n1]

Perhaps it would be time to have two tier of memory, the one on the package and then a second level on the motherboard? (Tim's police will put it in jain for this but ..... Maybe user upgradable?)

Adds a lot of complexity. You may be able to do it if you explicitly tell apps to use a certain memory bucket.

 

[Chuckeee]

It is now on the Package, not sure how easy it would be to add to add such a big amount.

Perhaps it would be time to have two tier of memory, the one on the package and then a second level on the motherboard? (Tim's police will put it in jain for this but ..... Maybe user upgradable?)

Isn’t that effectively the same as swapping to a SSD

 

[TFK.]

I’ll upgrade from my M1 Max when there’s a hardware redesign.

Same, but when? Should we wait till M6 or M7

 

[F23]

when the MC(ourage) chip is released

 

[steve09090]

Isn’t that effectively the same as swapping to a SSD

Exactly. It be like using some kind of swap file, that already exists in the system. A second tier of RAM is pointless.

 

[familychoice]

Might be time to upgrade my M1 Mini to an M4. It’s done the job over the last few years, but not without the occasional issue. More ports would be useful, as well as the speed boost.

I’d be tempted to upgrade my Intel MBP too, as it chugs compared to the Silicons, but lack of funds and crap trade-in prices probably rule that one out.

 

[cjsuk]

Boring I know but after much deliberation, I'm not going to bother with an M4.

My M1 Pro MBP is still absolutely fine. The gains in CPU looking at the M4 benchmarks are marginal for my use cases, I don't really need any more RAM than 16Gb and I still have 265Gb free on a 512Gb machine. I might get a few seconds off a denoise in Lightroom but meh. Applecare runs out in March 2025. I'll probably just renew it for another year. The thing just rots as a desktop plugged into a studio display. Battery health is still at 97% (!) after nearly 3 years.

My biggest recent win on hardware was going back to a wired mouse. Logitech G203 + LinearMouse. That has had far more value for me than throwing money at a new CPU. The UI on macOS feels snappy and not laggy again. That cost £15, not a whole new computer.

 

[jonnysods]

It's watching what Apple do to the Mac lineup that has my attention much more than iPhones this year. Their processors are all over the place, and curious to see what hardware changes are coming.

 

[TimeOrMoney]

So Apple will finally admit that 8GB is not enough…

 

[Verloc]

AV1 hardware encode or GTFO.

 

[acgmph]

My 2011 Mac Mini needs an upgrade. November can’t come soon enough

 

[cyberone]

Now newest-gen screen like iPad Pro?!

 

[IvyKing]

Exactly. It be like using some kind of swap file, that already exists in the system. A second tier of RAM is pointless.

Except for the fact that RAM doesn't wear out, but flash does. this is NOT a new idea. The CDC-6600 had extended core storage, which was designed to swap data in and out of the primary core storage (RAM done with magnetic cores) in 1964. BTW, the CDC-6600 is considered by many to be the first RISC machine.

 

[sddave]

But the election is the 2nd Tuesday in November (November 12)

Edit: I was incorrect, it is November 5th. Hey at least I am willing to admit when I’m wrong 🤷‍♂️

Technically, I believe Election Day is the 1st Tuesday after the 1st Monday. So yes, in 2024, Election Day is Nov 5th (but Election Day can never be Nov 1st, although it could be Nov 8th). Sorry, too geeky, I know.