No idea what A55 is, but my mac and ipad will connect to my hotspot in a matter of seconds if they dont’ see a known wifi network. cell modem on macs would have happened by now if it was going to.
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What Next for MacBook Pro? Four Upgrades We're Likely to See
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Apple seems to not want FaceID on the Mac, so I don't think we should expect that.
It's hard for me to be thinking about upgrades when I haven't even received my M1 Max MBP yet.
The only thing I would really want is for them to keep up with the new standards (and I'm sure they will).
It's hard for me to be thinking about upgrades when I haven't even received my M1 Max MBP yet.
The only thing I would really want is for them to keep up with the new standards (and I'm sure they will).
What makes you think otherwise? The iPad has had cell service since 2010ish. What makes you think they are going to add it to a Mac at this point when they haven’t for the last 11 years. Mac’s in general arn’t used like iPads. Most places people are willing to sit down with a laptop have wifi. The situations that don’t, the cell modem in literally everyones pocket works just as well…even if it doesn’t autoconnect it at most takes a minute to connect.
Not saying I would personally pay for a data plan for my mac when teathering is free, but it's rather ironic that Apple sells a watch with a cell modem but you still can't get a Mac with one.
Not a fan of face id in its current form. Always have issues, unless I'm at a perfect distance and angle, okay for an iPhone but fails too often on an iPad. Laptop would be worse.
It’s because they don’t want too. Battery drain etc when you have bad cellular signal.
Yes, because famously, Apple openly talks about their plans for future products.
When Apple says "we're not doing X because you don't need it", they want to distract you. Steve Jobs said "why would you even want to play video on an iPod?" a year before introducing an iPod that supported video (and therefore likely after he had already internally decided that the next iPod was going to support video).
I don't see why things like FaceID and TouchID or Touch Bar and function keys have to be mutually exclusive? I missed out on the Touch Bar, and think that it could have been useful. More options are always good.
I'd also like to see a number pad on the keyboard. Good for number entry, plus some games I have use it for movement/actions.
I'd also like to see a number pad on the keyboard. Good for number entry, plus some games I have use it for movement/actions.
Well pardon me for fact checking:
Now, here is your "high Performance" Intel chip:
hmmm, doesn't look so high performance to me. also, needed more fans - Intel inside. Needed more power brick - Intel Inside. And was a toaster oven when connecting external monitors. I pretty much believe the 2020 MBP m1 has better speakers, they are awesome, but I could be wrong. update - the speakers look the same per the specs
For reference, I easily get 2 days, on the battery, it never warms up, I have yet to hear the fans in normal use - I did stress test it when I first got it - I heard the fans then, but was pretty cool when they were on and not very loud at all.
Yeah, none of those things are going to happen.
Especially with the current chip shortage, and just how Apple‘s update cycles have been working lately, don’t expect a new MacBook Pro until at the absolute earliest October 2022. More likely somewhere between March and June 2023.
There is not a chance that they introduce the M2pro and M2max only seven months after the M1pro/max.
This isn’t like the old Intel MacBook pros where the schedule was an absolute mess, or like the 2012 iPad situation where they rushed the fourth GEN out to switch everything over to lightning.
M1 series is here to stay for quite a while.
If rumors go to plan, which my guess is that they probably will, we will see the M1pro/max come to both a Mac mini and a 27 inch iMac in either Q1 (most likely March) or Q2 (WWDC in June) 2022.
The iMac will most certainly not be getting 12th gen Intel processors, it already got its last Intel update in August 2020. Everything from here on out, with the tiny possible exception of the Macpro, will be Apple Silicon only. Tim said the entire transition will be completed within two years, and the first Apple Silicon computers came out in November 2020. So that means you can expect by November 2022 that Intel will no longer be in the lineup.
And then the M2 MacBook Air will most likely come out in Q3 or Q4 2022, with the MacPro being The final product to switch over, probably coming right at the tail end of 2022.
Really, there's not a lot more you can stuff into a MBP.
At some point it's so super fast that any CPU improvements are negligible, which is the point of Intel's slow cadence. The M1 max is, well, pretty maxed out on the CPU side. More GPU? Bettery battery? Thinner and faster?
For the cellphone, just tether your Mac to your phone. Isn't everyone on unlimited plans these days?
At some point it's so super fast that any CPU improvements are negligible, which is the point of Intel's slow cadence. The M1 max is, well, pretty maxed out on the CPU side. More GPU? Bettery battery? Thinner and faster?
For the cellphone, just tether your Mac to your phone. Isn't everyone on unlimited plans these days?
Yeah, first of all I wouldn’t be that worried yet, as an update to the MacBook Pro most likely won’t be arriving for at least another 18 to 24 months.
The iPad Pro only gets updated once every 18 to 24 months, the iMac only gets updated every 18 to 24 months, the MacBook Air only gets updated every 18 to 24 months, so I wouldn’t expect this thing to be replaced until at least March 2023.
And either way, no matter when you purchase, there’s always going to be something better, brighter, faster, cooler in the future.
If you need a MacBook Pro, buy a MacBook Pro. You won’t be disappointed
I explained this earlier in this thread, but apparently nobody read before commenting.
There are no consumer unlimited tethering plans, at least in the US. Many are capped around 30-40 GB/mo and still only provide deprioritized data.
Putting a MacBook on a cellular plan would mean the possibility for actual unlimited data to your MacBook, and the option to potentially use prioritized data.
Hardware is not the issue. Problem is software availability on the Mac. It feels like 1 in every 1000 new desktop apps are actually ported to Mac. Not being able to play the latest AAA games isn’t an excuse on computers that cost over $2000. Work on this weakness FFS!
How is that ironic? It's obviously not just a watch so there are plenty of times where people would like to go out with just their watch to track fitness, listen to audio, or communicate. How many times are you out with your MacBook without access to wi-fi or your phone that can be used as a hotspot?
MicroLED is amazing, and I hope you're right. As time goes by, I'm feeling less and less sure that it will ever make its way to laptop or other large screen displays (outside of very expensive installations made for commercial/business customers). The fact that this stacked OLED approach even exists (in concept if nothing else) is indicative that the industry doesn't think something better is imminent.
Is it possible/likely Apple will add more dimming zones to their miniLED in the years ahead?
If you want to tether connection from your iPhone, fine. You can also tether your connection with iPad, but suprise, suprise, there is an iPad with cellular option. Why can't we have the same option with much more "pro" machine than iPad, specially now when battery life is less of an issue? If you don't need it then don't get it, but it is a much needed option.