That OLED strip does not consume a lot of power compared to the rest of the machine, it's almost negligible.
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That OLED strip does not consume a lot of power compared to the rest of the machine, it's almost negligible.
It will certainly be a big step in the wrong direction if they have less customization than the iMac Pro, which still has a socketed CPU and RAM slots. I think the big one for MP is going to be accepting standard GPUs. That alone would be a huge olive branch to the Pro buyers. More drive bays would be a close second.
Tell you what. Here’s an idea. Shall we leave this speculation ‘story’ ‘til next year?
Chances are there will be more definitive information and it will all make more sense because presently we may as well pin the tail on the donkey for all the use of this “iexclusive”.
Yeah? Makes sense? Good.
Bit of a pointless endeavour for now. Agreed? Super.
We’ll wait then. Fine. Right. Great.
Chances are there will be more definitive information and it will all make more sense because presently we may as well pin the tail on the donkey for all the use of this “iexclusive”.
Yeah? Makes sense? Good.
Bit of a pointless endeavour for now. Agreed? Super.
We’ll wait then. Fine. Right. Great.
Next!
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Revisions are important, I just wish they felt more integrated into the current and previous product line. For example, offering an iPhone SE, an iPhone 8 and then and iPhone X. Where is the logic in that? Why not just call the iPhone X the iPhone 9? Give the iPhone SE an name like iPhone 8 mini?
What you are saying about the mac buying experience is true, it is far better than buying a PC. The draw is HOW simple and straightforward it is. Its not as bad as buying a PC, but there is room for improvement. The Macbook Pro Vs the Macbook Air is a big one. The iPad Pro vs iPad vs iPad Mini is another. The iPhone models.... ugh
It's only the beginning of the end for Hacks if at all. Newer versions of macOS will support new Tx chip but they also have to support the old hardware too. Five years till after the last of the new (all touchbar/Tx) Mac range is released would be the logical death knell for Hacks unless they can find a work around.
If the CEO and overall management within Apple don't change, the Mac will be dead well before the Hackintosh. If these guys continue in charge, they are going to iOS-ize every smart bit that Apple used to have.
What’s more likely is that Apple offloads specific tasks to the ARM chip such as IO and maybe kernel operations. I don’t see Intel chips going away anytime soon.
No - too minimal. Many people don't need to be forced to buy top-end processors and GPUs just to get t a bigger screen for WP/DTP/Web design/coding. Xeon and workstation-classGPUs in particular mean a huge price jump that, if you're not doing paid 4k+ video, 3D modelling or other CPU/GPU-intensive work you probably can't justify.
More like:
Mass-market ultrabooks: MacBook: 12" (ultra-light), 13 (like current non-TB MBP) and 15" (or maybe 12/14/16") i5 iGPU
Portable workstation: MacBook Pro: 15" i7/mobile Xeon, decent GPU
Mass-market all-in-one: iMac: 21", 27" up to i5 (6 core), dGPU
Pro all-in-one: iMac Pro: 27" Xeon, workstation dGPU
Mac Mini/Mac Pro: whups, too late, all the potential customers will have either bought iMacs or moved to HP/Dell by the time you've pre-announced these at WWDC 2018 and started shipping them the following Xmas.
Why? Out side the tech enthusiast bubble, many, many people are using a computer today for exactly what they used a computer for 10 years ago. All the other big PC manufacturers offer affordable entry-level machines with standard-res screens. It ain't broke, and it don't need fixing apart from minor updates.
With you there. Don't use major user interface features - that you want to see well supported and understood by users - to arbitrarily distinguish price points. While we're at it, I assume that there is some technical justification why iDevices can support force touch or Apple Pencil - but not both. If not... dumb.
...and as for the iPhone, while there may be room for one affordable "iPhone Classic" model, the line-up is supposed to be "good, better, best" not "year-before last's model", "last-year's model", "whups we rushed this out in case the X was late" and "reassuringly X-pensive" (aka. we'd like to make a seamless, bezel-less iPhone but haven't been able to crack through-the-display cameras and fingerprint ID so here's one with a big notch cut out of the display and no touch ID).
Don't count Apple out. They can still implement security holes in future macOS releases like they did with High Sierra.
https://www.macrumors.com/2017/09/25/macos-high-sierra-security-vulnerability/
https://www.macrumors.com/2017/11/29/apple-fixes-root-password-bug-security-update/
I don't care, I buy a Mac to use(d) (OS X)macOS, anyone using OS X/macOS on a non Mac is a thief.
Unfortunatly it isn't very difficult to predict that Apple will launch something less versatile and more expensive than previous machines.
Better yet, drop the 12" MacBook with its useless single USB-C port. Keep the Air and update it.
I prefer the slightly larger screen, better keyboard, and more ports on the Air. Oh, and the Magsafe connector. It's been a life saver.
I would love to know how those Apple benchmarks are calculated. Yesterday on my 2017 MBP I exported a 60 page book from InDesign to jpeg. The area above the keyboard on the right got so hot I burned my finger and of course the fan sounded like a jet engine.
My water-rcooled desktop with an i7 quad core and GTX 970 runs GPU intensive things about 50 times faster and can run 24/7 for weeks at 100% without getting past slightly warm air coming out.
I don't get all the people who believe the lastest Apple Ax at 10 watts is comparable to a GTX1080 at 250 watts. But if it were true, why aren't those people making a fortune mining Etherium on inexpensive mac hardware with minimal electricity costs?
I work at a university and the notebook I see the most of is the MacBook Air, Apple would be stupid to get rid of a machine with that price point. If Apple removed the bezels of the 12” MacBook and made it a 13 or maybe make it a tad bigger at 14 and gave it an i5 option they could get rid of the MacBook Air.
They have done that before, they had a 12 inch PowerBook and a 12 and 14 inch iBook and then killed them in favor of the 13 inch MacBook. Here’s what I would like to see.
14 in MacBook with core m starting at $1099 with i5 option
14 in MacBook Pro with real graphics and i5 with quad i7 option starting at $1599
17 in MacBook Pro with the same ports as the iMac Pro and that crazy fast SSD starting at $2499
They have done that before, they had a 12 inch PowerBook and a 12 and 14 inch iBook and then killed them in favor of the 13 inch MacBook. Here’s what I would like to see.
14 in MacBook with core m starting at $1099 with i5 option
14 in MacBook Pro with real graphics and i5 with quad i7 option starting at $1599
17 in MacBook Pro with the same ports as the iMac Pro and that crazy fast SSD starting at $2499
The simple fact is the new models will only be able to handle twitter and email writing, as for heavy tasks, you will need the imac pro, full spec, forget any sort of editing, unless you mean using text editor, the macbooks will be vastly underpowered and banned from post purchase upgrading..basically from the factory to the landfill!!
I think they should drop the Touch Bar and instead focus on a keyboard/trackpad combo that is all screen and can adapt to certain apps and situations.
The Air is now old it needs removing in favour of the MacBook in my opinion, the MacBook is thinner lighter and has a Retina display, I do agree that they should make a bigger version tho at least 13” and make it a little more powerful and able to run things like Final Cut Pro X.
So these machines will presumably come with an Apple designed T3 Chip?
Remember, T3 was "Rise of the Machines."
Face it, T1 and T2 were just warmups, T3 WILL activate SkyNet, in which case we are screwed, haha.
In all seriousness, I do not mind Apple adding these chips to help with certain things, however, what I do mind is having to have another Mac to restore the Macs with T1/T2/T3. Fix that Apple.
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Also, this person does not realize that the glowing Apple logo, took zero power as it was just part of the backlight of the display.
Remember, T3 was "Rise of the Machines."
Face it, T1 and T2 were just warmups, T3 WILL activate SkyNet, in which case we are screwed, haha.
In all seriousness, I do not mind Apple adding these chips to help with certain things, however, what I do mind is having to have another Mac to restore the Macs with T1/T2/T3. Fix that Apple.
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Also, this person does not realize that the glowing Apple logo, took zero power as it was just part of the backlight of the display.
So true. 8 cores and 32GB of RAM isn't enough for anything! You need 18 cores and 128GB of RAM. I mean, if you don't have as much RAM as some people have SSD space, what's even the point?
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So does this mean that Mac is going to be incompatible with everything and everyone again like they were back in the mid 90's when I was the only one in my friend group who used them and was the only one who couldn't open up attachments and see stuff all other people could see with ease.
That got about 100x better once Apple started using Intel.
Are we back to those days again?????
That got about 100x better once Apple started using Intel.
Are we back to those days again?????
What I want is a computer with a 3 or 4 terabyte hard drive, 10 ghz clock speed, 20 core processor, the native ability to VM every OS with little to no degradation a 20 K screen, and a video graphics card that can handle 10 times that graphic throughput at 360 FPS.
I never said my requirements were sane or possible.
I never said my requirements were sane or possible.