People expect macs to compete with 1,000 watt systems with an i9 and a 4090.
If you repeat the same rumor numerous times that doesn’t make it more likely. This has reached cry wolf status, it’s even questionable it happens at 18 months.
Yea it all depends on what you wan't. If you want silence and coolness, then Mac. If you want phenomenal cosmic power while you burn your legs and cry about your $3k electric bill, then PC
This forum is a cesspool of obsessive Apple haters who set themselves up reading baseless rumors on the daily and take out their frustrations here when they don't end up happening. They expect a perfect world where supply chain issues, the pandemic, laws and regulations affecting big corp, a recession, and tensions in China doesn't exist.
How much of that is because Mac Rumors pundits were right about the designs, and how much is simply because we're moving from a period in which consumers bought a ton of tech for working from home or keeping themselves amused during lockdown, into a period where people's wallets are being clobbered by the increasing cost of living (not to mention the credit bills notched up during the pandemic)?
Yes, but what have they done for us in the last 6 months?
I'm sure the transition and the releases would have been better if we didn't have COVID and all the lockdowns in China. China is a mess with COVID at the moment and lifting the lockdown, is just going to make it worse.
It wasn’t the design. There were massive bugs and issues. Camera issue is the biggest one. 5 minute test from Apple would have caught it.How much of that is because Mac Rumors pundits were right about the designs, and how much is simply because we're moving from a period in which consumers bought a ton of tech for working from home or keeping themselves amused during lockdown, into a period where people's wallets are being clobbered by the increasing cost of living (not to mention the credit bills notched up during the pandemic)?
I get the impression that a lot of tech companies had a windfall during the pandemic and are now acting all surprised when sales drop back to normal levels (if not below).
Also, Apple's plans almost certainly got badly disrupted by recent history - we don't know the details because Apple are not known for washing their dirty laundry in public.
Yes, but what have they done for us in the last 6 months?
And still studio ultra does compete.
nope, he still is, based on my experiences buying macs and pcs over the last few years.
Yep I agree. I don’t have a 40 series but I do have a 3080 Ti. And even my 16” MacBook Pro M1 Max does a better job at some things. But people cling to benchmark numbers and even if Intel is 1 point higher Apple is doomed.
Should have said I use a 14" max too. I am more impressed with the laptop than the Studio, given the size. Very impressive.
