Time to upgrade from my Intel i9 16" with 5600M. I have never experienced the heat problems others have, but would like to move to Apple Silicon.
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Gurman: 'M4 Mac Launch' is 'Next Week'
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Thank you for calling YouTubers content creators. They are in no way proper journalists. I almost gagged when Max Tech tried to call himself a journalist in one of his past videos.
You won’t have because you have the 5600M
I upgraded from a 16” i9 with 5500M to a 16” M3 Max and that i9 cooked, especially with an additional monitor hooked up.
I kinda need a laptop now while I’m currently dealing with a medical issue.
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I'm waiting for the Mac Pro to get updated
If Gurman makes enough guesses then at some point Gurman will get it 'right'.
It's hard to imagine anyone at Apple has time to press play on a pre-recorded video event as they have a very busy week ahead
I am very close to upgrading from my 2011 iMac. It really comes down wether the base M4 Mini can support a 5k2k display at 10bit and 120+hz without issues, or if I have to wait for the M4 Studio..
My eyesight is ***** so I only use FHD monitors and have lots of them.
How many of these do you reckon an M4 will run?
How many of these do you reckon an M4 will run?
I don‘t think that’s Apple’s style. They usually leave that stuff to third parties. It sort of implies the Mac mini doesn’t come fully equipped and one needs to buy extras just to make it work. I would like one of these to go with a separate Studio Display I have not being used.
Dual-monitor will be the standard going forward. Starting with M4.
I do get it for the 14” base MBP with 16GB of RAM. If that’s true, and it’s $1499, that’s a really good deal that really makes the $1499 for the base M3 MBP seem like they got screwed over - to get more RAM, Thunderbolt port, and black option is nice (including the same 120Hz display). And I think that also means more RAM standard in the higher end versions - would be nice if it’s 32GB standard with M4 Pro (one would think 24GB standard minimum or else most would be far better off with the cheapest model).
So it’s long overdue to get the proper amount of RAM in Macs. Also, I suspect the Mac mini and iMac will come 16GB RAM standard. It seems like Apple finally gives into the pressure (as they have long understood) that $2.86 for an extra 8GB of RAM is a necessity and they shouldn’t be charging $200 for it nor selling obsolete systems with 8GB RAM day one. I mean the base iPhone 16 has 8GB of RAM. It’s asinine that they sell 8GB in current Macs. They should really upgrade every model of MBA with 16GB of RAM also - like right now, not wait for M4. Just do it all ready. And if they want to sell the whole Made for Apple Intelligence bit, 16GB makes so much more sense.
I also agree that the M4 itself is an extremely minor upgrade over the M3. But I think the die interconnect will bring an impressive improvement over the M2 Ultra in the M4 Ultra.
neither of those machines will support said configuration... such a monitor doesn't exist and won't until thunderbolt 5 comes into play...
I still think Apple may offer an additional box that has a lot of expansion ports for the new Mac mini. I mean, why have third parties make the accessories money when Apple can do it themselves?
What about Thunderbolt 4 is insufficient for displays? TB4 already supports 8k at 60hz. I have a 5120x2160 (which is more than 4k) at 120Hz, and it already seems like crazy overkill.
The Russian leaks suggest that the M4 is a step change for single core performance versus the more modest gains for the M2 and M3. Single core performance matters a lot more for average users. It makes sense that you would only see a step change every four years.
These likely won't come out until Spring. Same goes for the Studio, it'll likely come out in February/March.
it won't do 5k at 120hz. not enough bandwidth.
HobeSoundDarryl
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If it's AppleTV (re)sized, conceptually it also going to be lighter. A stiff HDMI cable can make it hard to keep an AppleTV facing straight ahead. What will keep this cute/tiny "Micro" Mac from being yanked off the desk or readily twisted by accessory shifts, etc. For example, I plug in an optical drive and then move it a bit for better access. Does that risk rotating/moving this Micro? If I barely move the HDMI cable in the AppleTV, it can significantly rotate.
A reason for Apple to make an accessory is to put some weight back on this desktop to hold it in place. How (modern) Apple-like to break out some heft to scratch the "need a redesign" crowd's itch, keep the price the same or raise it a bit and then make a towards-essential accessory at an added cost to be able to have one feature that comes with any of the existing design: it's heavy enough to hold its spot on a desk. Geniu$ by APPL. 💰💰💰
Else, just think this trough: how are you buyers going to keep this Micro from moving at relatively light touches/shifts of cables/shifts of power plug, etc?
HobeSoundDarryl
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I have that monitor too and feel the same. I suspect this crowd wants TB5 so we can be introduced to the NOT 10K oddball resolution but something odder like 9.875K or 11.25K or whatever non-standard resolution Apple will usher in next at "magical" & "incredible" Apple premiums vs. 8K/12K/16K standards that already exist or will eventually exist at market-competitive prices. And here's hoping we can pay maybe $2K separately for a proprietary-connector monitor stand instead of a paltry $1K.
