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Btw, Apple wait times for in store Maxes is still 2 -1/2 weeks where I am. Guess you're in a more kind reality.
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Btw, Apple wait times for in store Maxes is still 2 -1/2 weeks where I am. Guess you're in a more kind reality.
In my area (major city in California) the base Ultra Studio has an Apple store pickup date of Aug 11, and BTO's are Sept 13. For the base and BTO Max Studios, it's Jun 22 and Jul 26, respectively.
Maybe you're in one of those PC-loving red states.
Perhaps the 8CPU/14GPU Pro ie 14.2 base with a max config of 10/16 BTO for +$200-250. (Get a 10/14 for maybe $100-150 less than the best) (Hopefully better thermals than a MacBook obv) Need more GPU you move up to the studio with the base max processor, then have the optional ultra if you are really pushing things.
I’m firmly in the CPU boat so I really don’t give a **** about the GPU cores 😂
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And now a 14" M2 MBA ...
Gotta love how people want to believe they want even though it’s been debunked by B&H staff.
While not fully understanding your last sentence, it is nevertheless poetry
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It’s interesting the world now in tech is you gotta prepare a page for every possibility because it might just happen
Well, it certainly helps drive traffic to B&H if their guess turns out to be correct since Google has already crawled that page. For 5 minutes of work, you’ve got free coverage for a weekend. Even the idiots at 9to5Mac think it’s real.
M1 Pro Mac Mini I will certainly consider.
M2 Pro Mac Mini is an instant buy. 16GB of RAM and 512GB of HD will be plenty enough.
I really want a Mac Mini now since Apple are ripping the piss.
£2,400 for a 16" MacBook even though the MacBook Air is almost perfect except screen size. The Air model I was looking at is £1,449 so I'd be paying £950 more just if I want a larger screen. Again, the current iMac is "perfect" for me except screen size. If I were to get a 24" iMac the one I'd get is £1,850. The cheapest Mac I could build with a 27" display would cost £2,496. If I got one at the specs I wanted then it'd be more.
So yeah I'll just wait for a new Mac Mini and keep using my PC's monitor and keyboard/mouse. I was going to buy one the other day but I checked the buyers guide and it says to wait.
£2,400 for a 16" MacBook even though the MacBook Air is almost perfect except screen size. The Air model I was looking at is £1,449 so I'd be paying £950 more just if I want a larger screen. Again, the current iMac is "perfect" for me except screen size. If I were to get a 24" iMac the one I'd get is £1,850. The cheapest Mac I could build with a 27" display would cost £2,496. If I got one at the specs I wanted then it'd be more.
So yeah I'll just wait for a new Mac Mini and keep using my PC's monitor and keyboard/mouse. I was going to buy one the other day but I checked the buyers guide and it says to wait.
Yeah exactly the same with that. I'm running 16/512 MacBook Pro and it's perfect. But I prefer desktop machines.
I'd be very surprised if Apple produced a full "M2" (as rumoured until recently) range (including pro and max, if not Ultra) before the next update of the "flagship" MacBook Pro range, which isn't expected until at least Q4, if not 2023. There was - what - 10 months between the regular M1 and the M1 Pro/Max and another 6 months before the Ultra.
Its the original M1 machines, now 18 months old = the Air, M1 Mini and 13" MBP - that are due for a refresh, which could be achieved by just the regular M2, or even the recently rumoured "not-the-M2" M1 refresh (I don't think Apple have ever officially mentioned a M2, let alone said that it will be 3nm, so that could still be called M2)
However, an M2 Mac Mini could still be interesting & give similar performance to the current M1 Pro (esp. the entry level 8 core version) and would probably be a good choice to anybody who just wants a Mini with a bit of extra grunt but doesn't care about more RAM (although the M2 could potentially offer more RAM) or an extra Thunderbolt port.
NB: Would a Mac Mini with a "Pro" chip be a Mac Mini or a Mac Studio?
Ugh keep that political nonsense outta here, politics are a plague enough, why let it pollute more things.In my area (major city in California) the base Ultra Studio has an Apple store pickup date of Aug 11, and BTO's are Sept 13. For the base and BTO Max Studios, it's Jun 22 and Jul 26, respectively.
Maybe you're in one of those PC-loving red states.
BTW not everyone is M'erican around here....
Over all point there are some Studio Mac's available, not none as the poster was trying to allude to.
At best, they will unveil a base model "M2" with a release date in a few weeks.
At worst, they won't even talk about M2 yet and will talk about it in October.
I just wish they would release an M2 Pro
But I know for sure it's not happening today.I'm astounded to see how this year's WWDC is a complete surprise from A to Z for me. I read the rumors every day here, but honestly they are so vague this year, they don't mean anything to me. Maybe the MBA rumours are the only ones getting more accurate, but then again, I'm not sure they will unveil that today.
Isn't it a bit suspicious that the person that created those entries in March chose the day before WWDC as the scheduled publication date?
I don't believe that explanation.
It could be either one of those two things:
- The products are indeed real and this is a genuine (accidental or controlled) product leak.
- B&H is looking for free advertisement.
My assumption is they were up for like a day before the Mac Studio came out, they took them down and then put them back up since another event is happening. Likely to get a jump on SEO.
Assuming that happened before the March event, WWDC hadn't yet been announced — for all we know, Apple could have chosen to hold WWDC next week, or last week, or even another week altogether! We're also well aware by now that the products are not, in fact, real.
Also, B&H was closed for orders this past weekend, and is closed for about another hour, for Shavuot. From what little business they could get out of listings for unavailable (and nonexistent) products from Ian Zelbo's followers and whoever on MacRumors thought to flip through this thread, they got none of it, because they shut down checkout on their website until they reopen. Pretty ****** advertising strategy if you ask me.
Again, you are refusing to believe the explanation of someone who works at B&H regarding how things get published on B&H's website. Not everything's a conspiracy — you know that, right?
And what, If they don't? What if there will be only an M2 Mac mini (without the bells and whistles)?
Maybe they want people to look after the Mac Studio, if they want more power...
The "phantom" M1/M2 Pro mini is the modal a lot of people would love to see....but it would potentially cannibalize base modal Mac Studio sales.
After all the wait we might end up with just an M2 upgrade with the usual 8GB RAM/256GB SSD base.
I guess we simply have to wait it out and see what Apple decides to do with that M1/M2 pro config option on the upcoming Mac Mini. The wait is tormenting! I need a time machine to whiz forward and take a peek.