You just explained the biggest issue on how they are handling the studio. You got a laptop (something I cannot use) because you were unable to get the studio.
Exactly this. You know what would have made people purchase them? BY HAVING AN M3 ULTRA!
I seem to remember reading that the M3 is made on a process with poorer yields and that they are keen to move away from it quickly for that reason.
Do hotels provide you with an HDMI cable or would you have had to bring that in lieu of a USB-C to HDMI cable?
More often than not the TVs in hotel rooms connect to a box via HDMI that you can use. I've also used Chromecasts and a Firestick in the past, but they can be a pain in the ass with WiFi, so I'd rather just plug in my laptop. Sometimes you can't access the back/sides of a hotel TV, which would be game over if they hadn't already wired in one HDMI cable to connect to a box. All less of an issue for me these days, as I'm in hotels for about 5% of the time I was 6 years ago.
Odd that. Neither is the quote “at least one Mac model that will get more dramatic changes” (or anything similar) in the linked article.
In which Marvel Universe is the HDMI a professional port? Students do have to do presentations too. It's a terrible upselling tactic when third party adapters are dirt cheap and what they only achieve is annoying their users. Besides, a MacBook Air is not just about being cheaper, but a different class of product. Smaller, lighter and totally quiet. For me the Pro is not only more expensive but also a worse product. Not having an hdmi port just adds to the ever growing list of annoyances that might one day make me to show the middle finger and leave the whole god damn ecosystem.
People defending this nonsense strategy usually think about 1-2 generational upgrades. But most people upgrade less frequently or simply when their existing machines die. Imagine your machine dies now, and the replacement lags behind two generations, simply because they are lazy and/or they think this somehow maximizes profits. Wouldn't you be utterly displeased? And this time they can't blame Intel, I was hoping one benefit of using their own designs would be more frequent and predictable upgrades.
Yeah, the worst of both worlds. A bigger, heavier machine with the same limitations as the Air but with and hdmi port for 200 or whatever more. Yay!
Are you joking, right? Price and thermal issues, just to name the two most obvious problems.
USB-A can do usb 3 gen 2, aka 10 Gbpss, so no, that port isn't wasted. And usb-c can also be limited to 480 Mbps, as demonstrated by Apple on the iPad 10...
If you’re the sort of person that keeps your Mac until it dies, I can’t help you. I like to take advantage of the high resale value of a Mac and typically swap it out every 3 years or so, sometimes up to 5 depending on what’s changed with the platform.
And a better display and speakers. I wouldn’t buy it personally but that extra money gets you more than just the HDMI port. And guess what, better speakers and a fan weight more.
I just bought a Space Black M3 Pro MBP 14" 6 weeks ago. I knew the M4 Macs were not far away but I just wanted a better display, extra ports, speakers, and the color of the M3 Pro, otherwise my M1 MBA is still a rockstar. I really don't notice any speed difference in the apps and tasks I do day to day between my M3 Pro MBP and M1 MBA. M1 was a real step change. Next Apple product for me will be the iPad Mini 7.
MacBook Pro is a worse product than the Air? What Marvel universe are you in? They are both great products, but the MacBook Pro has additional ports (TB4/USB-C port on the right is clutch), much better display and speakers, more power, more base RAM, more base SSD storage. What universe makes that a worse product? A better way of saying that would have been the wrong product for some people. The Air is more than enough for most people, but that doesn't make the MacBook Pro worse.
Please notice the "for me" part, thanks. The pro doesn't have more ram, and it has the same cpu with marginally better thermals. I don't care about it's display and speakers. The Air with same ssd is still cheaper.
I don’t think Apple will allow for a base M4 MacBook Pro to exist alongside M3 Pro/Max ones. That’ll confuse professional users. If they update the laptops, I believe they’ll just release all variations.
That's not how this works, and you should know it. Btw, I'd trade the magsafe for a hdmi in a heartbeat, so still just three ports
