Which are you referring to?
The Microsoft dev kit is available third fall, not the retail version.
We disagree. All laptop input is via keyboard, so touch ID is natural, easy-peasy. Face ID requires always-on camera, which is a security no-no.Having to reach all the way over to the laptop to use Touch ID is a bit annoying. Face ID would make that nicer (OTOH, it’s worse at consent). I’m not sure we’ll see that, though. The sensors take up too much space, and the benefit is minimal.
Given how recently the M1 Studios were released my guess is you will have a hella long wait for an M2 Mac Studio Max.Waiting for M2 Mac Studio Max at this point! The marketing creates a mental block when the lowest machines are on M2! 😂
At this point wait until October to see M2 MBPs, then decide. That is what I am doing with my 2016 MBP.Damn, I'm about to bite the bullet for a refurbished 14" MBP 2021. I still feel like that is the best call for my 13" MBP from 2016.
No. Not "Otherwise identical." V1 to v2 means thousands of lines of revised code, plus tech changes and performance improvement. What is "odd little beast" about that?The M2 Max is going to be an odd little beast.
So the M2 Max machine looks like it might just be a slightly faster version of the M1 Max machine. Otherwise identical.
Yup I see various models of M1 MBPs, including BTO, discounted by up to €450 at some major resellers here.the new M2 would be expensive for the next 6-12 months, especially in Europe because of the weak EUR.
so i just grabbed an M1 Pro 14“ 1TB with a discount of 25% on amazon.
Revised code? In the OS do you mean? In which case it will also be available on the M1 machines, so no benefit there.No. Not "Otherwise identical." V1 to v2 means thousands of lines of revised code, plus tech changes and performance improvement. What is "odd little beast" about that?
Relieved that there doesn't appear to be anything here that would cause regret for me buying the 16" 1TB M1 Pro - I'm quite sure I'm still not using a 10th of it's processing power and at £2,600 it's definitely not close to an annual or bi-annual upgrade. Wonder how long it'll be before I'm missing out on MacOS functionality because I'm only running an M1 chip though...
If I continue to get good video work, ideally I would like to upgrade my Pro Max every other year since $4,000 + is a lot to dish out once a year!Revised code? In the OS do you mean? In which case it will also be available on the M1 machines, so no benefit there.
I doubt any hardware improvements will be enough to make many people want to upgrade from an existing M1 Pro or Max. If you are a new buyer, sure, it would be worth waiting to see what happens.
During Intel chips they were plenty of spec bump years, no announcement. Like someone said, they turn it into an event announcement to play to up and to justify price bumps. Waiting for the bigger screen “air” (3nm?!), this thing is just too bulky and don’t need all that power, just moderate power.Ladies and gentlemen welcome to the new reality for Macs, where the design has been set* and won't change for a few years, so the only thing we can look forward to is incremental speed boosts from new M-series chips and yearly features added to macOS. Choose when you want to jump in when your desires and wallet are in congruence.
*except for the Mac Pro, which we should learn about shortly
I bought one of the last intel MacBooks (even got it refurbed) because I had to have it right as COVID was starting. I'm trying to figure out if it's worth selling/trading in for a new Apple Silicon machine, but my needs right now are just so modest...
They could, but don't want to ruin Christmas for everyone? And especially not for themselves!i dont see why apple would release another macbook pro this year they can wait till next year with the 3nm itll be more of a upgrade
It's definitely the price that's the issue for me.At this point wait until October to see M2 MBPs, then decide. That is what I am doing with my 2016 MBP.
Revised code everywhere, including on the chip. When any designer anywhere evolves a design it gets improved: more elegant, less kludge, different things broken ;~), etc. Not "Otherwise identical" as you stated.Revised code? In the OS do you mean? In which case it will also be available on the M1 machines, so no benefit there.
I doubt any hardware improvements will be enough to make many people want to upgrade from an existing M1 Pro or Max. If you are a new buyer, sure, it would be worth waiting to see what happens.
That's cool. I saved >$1k by buying my 2016 MBP after the 2017 version came out.It's definitely the price that's the issue for me.
The main issue is that Apple's displays cause eye strain/headaches and are unusable for me. Performance-wise I'm not a demanding user. The 3:2 aspect ratio on Surface Laptops is so refreshing.oh boy, you're gonna be disappointed. laptop 5 is gonna be just a processor bump to Raptor lake, and pro 9 will be a step up, but with Intel chips they just don't perform. MSFT better pray that Qualcomm can make some decent arm chips
laptop 5 is gonna be just a processor bump to Raptor lake,
Is it? I can’t find specs, a date, a price, anything.
- ARM64EC allows apps to run on Arm hardware with a combination of ARM code that runs natively and x64 code that runs through emulation.