For people in the market for the “fastest Mac money can buy”, “integrated graphics” is of little concern. If they need and can buy a new Mac that performs twice as well or better than the one they have in every way, the only thing that matters is, “How soon can I get it?”
Until they get back to the point where the same configuration has two separate prices and two separate model numbers, they haven’t come close to their old complexity yet
It was “about 2 years” in the PR, didn’t listen to the keynote again, though.
Is your thinking that the Intel i5 (3.2GHz 6‑core 8th‑generation Intel Core i7 if you upgrade it) outperforms the M1? I haven’t looked into this model specifically, but I guess I could do some googling at least on the benchmark results.
No, I mean as a BASE option. Because of the SoC’s RAM requirements and the fact that the M1 Pro’s already being made with 16 GB of RAM as a base configuration, Either:
Who promised you that?
For people in the market for the “fastest Mac money can buy”, “integrated graphics” is of little concern. If they need and can buy a new Mac that performs twice as well or better than the one they have in every way, the only thing that matters is, “How soon can I get it?”
I mean, folks have paid over $6,000 for a MacBook Pro with integrated graphics, a few thousand more isn’t far fetched
You mean the same Steve Jobs who had three different Mac laptops, three different Mac desktops, four different style of iPod… you see where I’m going with this?
They already do. They sell phones and phone accessories, tablets, and computers.
Here's what Apple is the best at: Making beautiful and easy-to-use computers with premium materials.
Ok. When I said the top-end Mac mini is here now, I meant that the Mac mini WITH M1 processor is currently the highest performing Mac mini anyone can buy.
If you upgrade a current 8GB RAM system to 16, it’s $200. However, if they replace the current baseline 8GB M1 system with a base 16GB M1 Pro, I’d figure the cost delta would be more than $200.
Oh, no question, I’m just guessing anyone who buys a future Mac Pro very likely won’t have that decision to make, even if they’d really like to be able to make that decision.
The problem is not that Apple doesn’t have focus, they DO have focus, just not focused on the things some folks WANT them to be focused on.
There are also rumors of updated Mac mini and a 24" external monitor, a 27" external monitor and some other monitor with Apple silicon. Also updated MacBook Air and Pro with M2 generation SoC.
Apple is working on a number of new products that are set to launch this fall, and Bloomberg's Mark Gurman says that it will be "the widest array" of new devices that Apple has introduced in its history.
In his latest "Power On" newsletter, Gurman explains that Apple is working on four new flagship iPhones (iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Max, iPhone 14 Pro, and iPhone 14 Pro Max), an updated low-end MacBook Pro, a refreshed larger-screened iMac, a new Mac Pro, a redesigned MacBook Air, second-generation AirPods Pro, three Apple Watches (Series 8, SE, and Rugged), a low-end iPad, and new iPad Pro models.
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That is nothing compared to the Apple of today. Nothing lol.
I don't know what Apple plans, but not all professionals need "a boost in graphics", or need one as well as a boost in CPU power. If they want to have the option to replace the GPU separately, the current Mac Pro does that for them. A "mini Pro" is likely going to have to give up some flexibility the larger version has. But I will agree that i miss the degree of configurability we used to have, with the PDP-10 for instance. Now there was a machine with room for expansion!
I’m totally willing to be wrong and find that the Apple Silicon Mac Pro could have some esoteric proprietary technology that allows for some modularity. However, of those folks that Apple talked to about their workflows prior to releasing the Mac Pro, if their feedback was that they never touch the internals and only upgrade the whole system every 4-5 years, then Apple having a non-upgradable Pro would be just what those few big customers would want (like the current Mac Pro is what those few big customers would want) at a price only those big customers would want to pay.
Yes, but the iPod lineup proved that Steve didn’t follow de original 4 product grid, instead expanded it to cover “niche” markets. Apple of today is doing the same exact thing, but in every product line
