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Mark Gurman Responds to Last Week's Apple Device Leaks

satchmo said:
Yep. Smaller, faster, cooler chips are great.

I just wish they’d put these chips into NEW product ideas that take advantage of this. That’s what Apple use to do…excite consumers with ‘one more thing’.
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We've reached the point in technology now where there's not going to be any more 'one more thing' products doing/looking like things no one has seen before. What's actually exciting are the capabilities brought by newer, more powerful chips, doing things on-device with excellent battery life, and not requiring services in a large datacenter.

I'm looking forward to replacing my Watch Ultra with a Watch Ultra 3 now that the blood oxygen functionality is back. I want the ability to play music on the builtin speakers, on-device Siri etc. that came with the Ultra 2, and I think the fact that, beginning in April, WatchOS apps uploaded to the App Store will have to have 64-bit support and be built with the WatchOS 26 SDK, is telling of something exciting to come.
 
I mean they upped the price of the iPhone SE to $599, so I really doubt a MacBook with an iPhone Pro SoC is going to be $599. Maybe $799 or if really lucky $749??? I just don't even see $699. Unless they go super cheap on the display panel in it also????
 
Sad there’s no MacBook Pro leaks. Supposedly M5 chips are being manufactured, but the only potential product for them coming soon is Apple Vision.

Last time iPads got the M chips first; this time it’s Apple Vision. Doesn’t that “M” stand for “Mac”?
 
A19 Pro in the Display...

This must be a confusion it's an M4 (or M5) Pro/Max and there is also RAM and flash storage in it and it has 4 Thunderbolt 5 ports, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Ethernet, Speakers, Camera and a Headphone Jack. Available in 27" and 32".

Or if really A19 Pro it's the new low budget 21.5" display Mac that is coming together with that rumored budget 12.9" MacBook.

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Dirk Pieters said:
You have to admit that those chip updates often are the only thing in updated products. I didn’t see other significant things during the last years in the air, mbp or iMac updates. My daughter has the M2 air, I have the M3. They’re literally the same.

My main work machine is still a 2019 Intel 15” mbp. I know I’ll need to upgrade sooner rather than later but every new mbp upgrade is just a faster chip, although I’ll need to decide between 14” and 16” and it will be a bit thinner and lighter than what I have now but - again - that has been the case for the mbp for years now.
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That makes a G4 Mac different from your 2019? The chip, cause everything else has been the same, that’s true for all manufacturer, unless they reinvent computers , tablets or phones we are gonna get specs bump as it has always been.

There’s very little you can’t do with a G4 (sure it’ll be slow) but other than higher res video and speed, there is very very little the g4 can’t do that your 2019 mac can.

It has been like that for ages, faster computer….better specs in the meantime we lost, the floppy, the cd, the dvd so instead of adding as you can see we are removing (it’s a good thing not a bad one, and it was possible due to specs bump on he / ssd), everything is specs bump.

Given the right developer and tools the original iPhone could still be working today, supported (yes slow) and could do almost 80% of your current phone, the other 20% is due to specs bump in camera gps signal and so on.
 
Zapski said:
These “predictions” seem an awful lot like informed hypotheses. Anyone who watches Apple should have been able to get in the ballpark of these updates. It’s just the usual roadmap with nothing surprising or groundbreaking
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That is pretty much what Gurman does. He doesn't really have insider knowledge than someone that just follows Apple for fun. You have to listen/watch analysts that have insights on the supply chain. Gurman doesn't have that.
 
yabeweb said:
That makes a G4 Mac different from your 2019? The chip, cause everything else has been the same, that’s true for all manufacturer, unless they reinvent computers , tablets or phones we are gonna get specs bump as it has always been.
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What I meant by "same" is same look, same chassis ... like the mbp, imac and airs of recent years.

I get it that Apple can't make them thinner and lighter every year. So we get a "proper" new model every (what?) 3/4 years? I don't consider design changes and proper new models as "same". But the years between model upgrades are always the same: a bit faster and a bit brighter.

That's why I hope the rumors of that A-powered laptop are true. First because I could use something like that. Second it's a chance for Apple to build something new, with (hopefully) some funky colours. But, knowing Apple, they'll probably release it with 8gb of ram, for a year or 2, then in year 3 give it 16gb of ram and sell the memory upgrade as the best thing since sliced bread.
 
t0rqx said:
My cousin works aa an engineer at Apple. He confirms that M4 depends on how much stock leftover to implement the M4. Apple knows it won't sell.
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An engineer really wouldn't be involved in that sort of decisions in any way, shape or form.
 
jlc1978 said:
It would open up a whole new market segment because of the price point. Assuming Apple maintains its margins, they could even make a play for the educatinal market currently dominated by ChromeBooks. It could also be an attractive alternative for businesses looking for a basic machine since it would be price competitive with PCs.
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As an education-only laptop (or batch purchase only computer) it may make some sense, for students including younger ones. For the regular consumer in their stores and regular website as it would generate much less profit than their current models it makes a whole lot less sense because it takes so much profit potential away. For that use, I think it makes no sense. We're missing something here.
 
Most of these new products are just simple updates with a new chip. Think they should all be released by next year's WWDC. Waiting to know more about M5 chip and the improvements it will bring.
 
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Zapski said:
These “predictions” seem an awful lot like informed hypotheses. Anyone who watches Apple should have been able to get in the ballpark of these updates. It’s just the usual roadmap with nothing surprising or groundbreaking
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Exactly, Gurman jumping on and saying bs like "I already reported new iPads are in the works for next year", yeah, just shows what a clown he is.
 
dz5b609 said:
An engineer really wouldn't be involved in that sort of decisions in any way, shape or form.
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He is. Cause they also need to considerate firmware, integration and compatibility with all components. As the M5 differs slightly as every gen. They implement a lot of detailed code that go beyond usage.
 
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