Is it just me or is there more hype for the Mac October event than the iPhone event??

[Bodhitree]

It will be interesting to see how they have built on the M1, and whether Intel’s fears are justified. The M1 was a strong start, but now we get to see a more Pro architecture I think, and a glimpse of where the new Mac Pro is heading.

I have bought my goodies this year, an iPhone 13 Pro and a 24” M1 iMac, so I don’t think I will be adding any additional hardware to them for a few years, but I’m excited to see where they will take things. Looking forward to the event!

 

[whirldy]

More people are excited for the M1X macs than the iPhones and I am one of them. I fully get the the M1X Mac is just way more interesting than an iPhone.

I won't be buying them anytime soon but I am VERY interested in the M1X as a tech nerd.
Anyone else feel the same??

Can't wait for next week!!

Dopamine IV-drip continuing…. 😵‍💫

 

[VotingforSnoopy16]

No, it's not you. An iPhone comes out every year, a MBP is lucky to come out every five years. This is an exciting moment for designers waiting for the past two years for a MBP with some power. I almost jumped to PC, b/c I was tired of waiting for Apple.

 

[andyr77]

I am just waiting for a 27" iMac replacement

 

[GadgetBen]

Yes, I can't wait because the Watch update sucks and MacBook Pro is where my money will be going along with new AirPods.

 

[Jára Tyky]

I think you mean Apple Watch and iPhone update as well..

 

[Lihp8270]

I’m waiting for peoples reactions when the Touch Bar is finally replaced with real keys.

Only for the rest of the keyboard to become a giant touch pad with no real keys and just a giant touchy screen with haptic feedback

 

[xxray]

Maybe in the tech community, but overall, I think there was more excitement for the iPhone event because of how successful the iPhone is worldwide.

I was personally more excited for the iPhone event because I knew I was ready to upgrade, but I’ve only had my MacBook Pro 2.5 years and will likely keep it for another 2-4 years, or maybe go iPhone + iPad only by that time.

I also find it kinda hard to get super excited for Macs because Apple already seems slow to improve with the iPhone, but on Macs, it feels like it’s like 3 times as long to get major improvements. It feels like the Mac has been neglected for the past 5-10 years until M1, but still, they still kept all the same outdated bodies for the first gen Apple Silicon devices.

I think, objectively, the Mac is more exciting though, just because it’s a more transformative product with Apple Silicon and the potential new generation of body style.

 

[susanou]

yeah
a new iPhone? ok just another phone.
a new Arm macbook? yeah it's something great, more exciting device

 

[-BigMac-]

More people are excited for the M1X macs than the iPhones and I am one of them.

Seems like you’ve already surveyed the worlds population, no need for the thread title😂

On a serious note, I would disagree.
The sheer volume of iPhone users in the world, the amount of time an iphone is spent in the hands of the owners. You would find iPhone hype grossly outnumbers macs, if you actually surveyed.

 

[UltimateSyn]

I’m approximately 10x more hyped

 

[jlocker]

Not excited, saying goodbye to EGPU, saying goodbye to Bootcamp and Windows on a Mac. Lost internal upgrading a couple of years ago. At least Apple could have figured out how to add a SSD stick. Microsoft Xbox series X at least has this as an option. The only way Apple will win me back if they get smart and build a Mac mini tower or Mini Mac tower that has some upgrading of the product.

I am not going to spend $3000 every three years on a product that should last at least six years. The longevity is way too low now vs cost on the Apple products now. I can buy a Chromebook for $650 and has linux on it with a Intel 11 gen i5 processor.

 

[TracerAnalog]

I bought a MacBookPro16,1 last year(?), and it's been a rather disappointing thing in my life. Lagging, stalling, and downright seizures. Typing along, and the system is still on the word I typed over a minute ago. I haven't opened a case because others inflicted with the same diseases say all Apple does is want to swap it, and/or then deny there is a problem. It was an unexpected purchase due to me waiting until my butterfly keyboard got 'bad enough', and was outside their generous repair/replacement time. It generally works well, but goes through fits of obstinate behavior and sullen mood... Not impressed, disappointed actually, but at least the keyboard works. Small victory there... It does *seem* better with the new update, but I haven't been using it as much either.

That’s strange and unacceptable. I’ve never seen that on any of my Macbooks, ever. Did you migrate from an old Mac, or was this a ‘fresh’ install? In my experience it is better to install everything on a fresh system, than to port from an old one.

I am most interested in the Mac mini with an affordable Apple monitor (32’ please, with 120Hz)… one can dream.

 

[Schmed]

More people are excited for the M1X macs than the iPhones and I am one of them. I fully get the the M1X Mac is just way more interesting than an iPhone.

I won't be buying them anytime soon but I am VERY interested in the M1X as a tech nerd.
Anyone else feel the same??

Can't wait for next week!!

Here, here! The new supposed chip architecture is as much a leap forward as the original M1 was to then comparable intel chips. We're talking Mac pro performance with four times the ram and graphics power for the price of an I7...If you do video editing, logic, high end graphics work - you're gonna be in hog heaven. Regarding iPhones, I have a 12 Pro Max, so the 13 is ho hum. I'll wait for the 40+mpx camera chip, flat back, no notch, in screen fingerprint reader, and full speed wireless charging.

 

[Tozovac]

Last time I bought a new MacBook Pro was 2014. I don't recall when I bought my iPhone 7+ but I'll assume five years ago. The performance upgrade on the phone is great but I spend a lot more time on Macs than on my phone.

This is me too. My last MacBook was (still is) a 2014 MBA. For a while now I felt I’ve needed a MacBook upgrade but could not convince myself to get past the fact that every MacBook offering after that seemed gimped in some way, by either butterfly keyboards, thermal issues, limited ports, non-T-shaped arrow keys, missing discrete function/esc keys that I prefer, etc. But I’ve already gone thru 3 iPhones and 3 iPads in that time, where each upgrade was somewhat out of necessity due to slowing performance and/or wear, and where there was at least one iteration of each available that I was OK buying (i.e., no negative trade-offs that I could not get past).

So here we are at the potential dawn of the return to a function-over-form prioritization for MacBooks, and that makes me rather excited.

Plus some of the more “exciting” iPhone “features” are things I hardly need (and don’t need to pay up for). I don’t plan to compete with Steven Spielberg any time soon, so the hyper-camera is more of a novelty to me than anything else. But I am ready to use ALL of the upgraded features of a new MacBook.

 

[ricardobeat]

Phones and iPads are boring consumption devices that these days tend to just keep people stuck in a few awful social media hellscapes.

Whoever coined this phrase back in 2010 should have thought a bit harder.

I use my iPad for programming, drawing, writing and editing. The iPhone for shooting videos, photos, editing, work comms, recording audio, group meetings. You choose what you do with your devices, the software has caught up already.

 

[MauiPa]

Isn't this intuitively obvious to the average person on the street? (a quote from an old math instructor, gotta love it). The iPhone was an incremental update, better cameras, better battery, faster processor - general improvements. The new Macs are expected to feature an entirely new processor and laptop class. Seeing the M1s produced spectacular results agains the then current generation of Intels i7 and i9s, what should we expect here? Also great performance against the current (improved) generation of i7s and i9s.

Personally, I just bought a 13" MBP with M1 - wow. Speakers, performance, cool operation, long battery. I would love one of the new 14 or 16 MBP. Don't need that kind of power for what I do and I suspect for at least $500 more than I paid. so I'll stick, unless I'm just too tempted (no, please no)

 

[kc2kth]

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I was referring to the event in Oct 2016, introducing the new design of the MBP.

The irony is that according to the rumors, this upcoming event will do away with all of the bad design decisions that was introduced at the hello again event.

Your comment made me recall the “Back to the Mac” event in 2010. At that point the Mac line had been basically ignored for years in favor of growing the iPhone and iPad lines. This was the event that introduced Lion. It wasn't earth shattering, but it was nice for the Mac side to get some attention again.

 

[MauiPa]

Last time I bought a new MacBook Pro was 2014. I don't recall when I bought my iPhone 7+ but I'll assume five years ago. The performance upgrade on the phone is great but I spend a lot more time on Macs than on my phone.

I actually forgot to bring my 2014 MBP on a trip, was thinking about getting a new M1 anyway, so it got me to do it. Oh, I am so impressed. speakers sound fantastic, battery life, cool operation, performance, keyboard, and yes I even love the Touch Bar. I'm not with those whiners about ports, I simply bought a USBC to HDMI and a pair of USBC to hard drive cables. No dongle solution for about $25. truth, I also bought a dock with multiple ports and passthrough power, but I haven't needed to use it yet, but it works great when I tried it out.

That and I had an iPhone 5s, traded up to an X. Still working, still plenty fast for me. I would like a newer phone, but don't need it. I may get one, because due to some revaluation about AT&T, I am so ditching them

 

[PinkyMacGodess]

I didn't even have those issues with my Macbook Air 2018...
Typing and system is behind for 1 minute? something is very wrong with your device!

My Macbook Pro 13" 2020 (Intel, i5) is really fast, and I use it for heavy working all the time (like 2 Virtual Machines open while coding in a heavy IDE) without any issues.

But still it lacks in graphics power really bad, if the graphics of the new devices are as rumored (32-cores) and the display is really 120Hz, I'll upgrade ASAP.

I exaggerated, a little, but the lags are very bad at times, and then it runs fine for a while too. Some others here have said they are experiencing lags too, and not gotten very much help from Apple. It run, sometimes, like my 12 year old iMac... So disappointed...

 

[CloudMustafa]

Same here. I am more interested in Mac than Iphone. I will be trading in my 64GB I9 MBP for the new MBP. Can's wait. Will be selling mine on ebay.

 

[PinkyMacGodess]

Either you’re embellishing the heck out of what you’re seeing in your Mac, or it’s got something badly wrong with it. You’re not describing expected behavior of a MBP16”.

No kidding. Yes, it's rarely a minute, but is occasionally as long as 10 to 15 seconds. Usually it's 3 to 5 seconds. So disappointed...

 

[PinkyMacGodess]

That’s strange and unacceptable. I’ve never seen that on any of my Macbooks, ever. Did you migrate from an old Mac, or was this a ‘fresh’ install? In my experience it is better to install everything on a fresh system, than to port from an old one.

I am most interested in the Mac mini with an affordable Apple monitor (32’ please, with 120Hz)… one can dream.

Fresh install. I have thought of doing a fresh reinstall on it, but it's such a pain to spend that time, and its chances of success are usually not good... *sigh* Yeah, it's been disappointing, and almost shocking, but the restore dance is a long and well traveled route. And if it doesn't fix it, then begins the Genius Experience.

 

[joerdgz]

I've been waiting for this even since June!! 😂😂 I need a New MacBook Pro ASAP!!!

 

[PinkyMacGodess]

So, to my issues...

I experience the same thing, over and over, even just this morning. When editing a document, and using the arrow keys, it appears to stop on the spot I need to make a change, and as I start typing, or deleting, the cursor suddenly jumps one character to the left or right, and I have another character to fix. Over and over, most times I am doing that, it happens. I've gotten somewhat used to it. My IPP with the MKB works like a dream, and the MBP is a taunting obnoxious trickster. Clicking bookmarks, creating emails, working in Numbers and Pages, it just keeps happening, and yet sometimes (not very often) it's fine. If the Apple Store was closer...