What to Expect From Apple This Spring: New Macs and More

[mxrider88]

I think they'd better introduce some form of AI to stay up to speed with microsoft and google otherwise their M276 processors with 2654 cores and 2TB of bandwidth built on a 0.0001 nanometer process and running at 180GHZ in the new Macbook Ultra Mega Hyper Pro Plus Max are gonna be very little appealing to the masses. Same goes for their glasses, contact lenses or brain implants.



Just my thought..


EDIT: forgot to mention, all the above in made with kryptonite and coming in rainbow colours, while thinking that privacy is a fundamental human right, obviously.

 

[Realityck]

I think they'd better introduce some form of AI to stay up to speed with microsoft and google otherwise their M276 processors with 2654 cores and 2TB of bandwidth built on a 0.0001 nanometer process and running at 180GHZ in the new Macbook Ultra Mega Hyper Pro Plus Max are gonna be very little appealing to the masses.

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Hey Siri, is Apple letting another AI opportunity pass by?

ChatGPT, Midjourney, Bard, Bing, and more: The generative AI arms race is missing a key player.

www.macworld.com

With Siri, Apple was at the forefront of bringing an AI voice assistant to the masses. As that technology evolved, Apple fell way behind, and now Siri is often viewed as a disappointment that can’t compare with Google Assistant or Alexa. When it comes to generative AI, Apple doesn’t even have a first-mover advantage as it did with Siri. Tech companies big and small are already shipping powerful tools. Without action, Apple will simply wind up making some of the hardware upon which our generative-AI-driven future will run.

Without realizing the power of this new technology in its own software and services, Apple will let everyone else define the state of the art for what could be the most important shift in computing in decades. Perhaps the company is okay with that, but as hardware sales flatten and the software and services side of Apple’s business grows, it really can’t afford not to be a leader in the generative AI revolution.

Without realizing the power of this new technology in its own software and services, Apple will let everyone else define the state of the art for what could be the most important shift in computing in decades. Perhaps the company is okay with that, but as hardware sales flatten and the software and services side of Apple’s business grows, it really can’t afford not to be a leader in the generative AI revolution.
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That is a good thought to ponder.
I wonder if Apple wants to use AR running on iOS/IPadOS, and MacOS and combine that with Applications that support AI powered tasks that can automate what you do in a series of steps for content creation in its many forms. Video, Music, Art and, creating papers on various topics. WWDC 2023 will be the place to show off the capabilities of AS SoC's.

Neural Engine built into its iPhone and Mac chips that’s capable of up to 15.8 trillionoperations per second, along with Core ML and machine learning APIs.

 

[wilhoitm]

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Hey Siri, is Apple letting another AI opportunity pass by?

ChatGPT, Midjourney, Bard, Bing, and more: The generative AI arms race is missing a key player.

www.macworld.com

With Siri, Apple was at the forefront of bringing an AI voice assistant to the masses. As that technology evolved, Apple fell way behind, and now Siri is often viewed as a disappointment that can’t compare with Google Assistant or Alexa. When it comes to generative AI, Apple doesn’t even have a first-mover advantage as it did with Siri. Tech companies big and small are already shipping powerful tools. Without action, Apple will simply wind up making some of the hardware upon which our generative-AI-driven future will run.

Without realizing the power of this new technology in its own software and services, Apple will let everyone else define the state of the art for what could be the most important shift in computing in decades. Perhaps the company is okay with that, but as hardware sales flatten and the software and services side of Apple’s business grows, it really can’t afford not to be a leader in the generative AI revolution.

Without realizing the power of this new technology in its own software and services, Apple will let everyone else define the state of the art for what could be the most important shift in computing in decades. Perhaps the company is okay with that, but as hardware sales flatten and the software and services side of Apple’s business grows, it really can’t afford not to be a leader in the generative AI revolution.
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I wonder if Apple wants to use AR running on iOS/IPadOS, and MacOS and combine that with Applications that support AI powered tasks that can automate what you do in a series of steps for content creation in its many forms. Video, Music, Art and, creating papers on various topics. WWDC 2023 will be the place to show off the capabilities of AS SoC's.

Not so fast! Google is making a fool of itself with Bard and everyone knows Microsoft is really good at killing products they buy including maybe ChatGPT! Microsoft is the kiss of death for anything innovative! Google is not the best at products either!

Google employees criticize CEO Sundar Pichai for ‘rushed, botched’ announcement of GPT competitor Bard

In addition to a slide in its stock, Alphabet is facing criticism from employees following the announcement of its ChatGPT competitor this week.

www.cnbc.com

 

[mrr]

A new color?
I want the iPhone to support the Apple Pencil.

 

[AdamNC]

27 inch iMac with the M2Pro Please.

 

[mxrider88]

Not so fast! Google is making a fool of itself with Bard and everyone knows Microsoft is really good at killing products they buy including maybe ChatGPT! Microsoft is the kiss of death for anything innovative! Google is not the best at products either!

Google employees criticize CEO Sundar Pichai for ‘rushed, botched’ announcement of GPT competitor Bard

In addition to a slide in its stock, Alphabet is facing criticism from employees following the announcement of its ChatGPT competitor this week.

www.cnbc.com

Microsoft is not the same company of the 2000’s.. Microsoft is very well managed, has a great CEO that is very passionate and they are delivering really good products.
I have friends that were once fitting the strictest definition of Apple fanboy that switched to surface and surface studio computers and they are really happy with it. They keep telling me how less buggy the software is compared to the Apple stuff.
Microsoft will very soon (I imagine) integrate OpenAI into windows and let you do amazing things with excel etc. What’s Apple doing? My iCloud doesn’t even sync reliably, that’s what they are doing.

Apple hardware is absolutely top notch nowadays but it comes with awful software and people are starting to take note. Show people what GPT can do with Edge and you’ll start seeing a migration.

This is how I see things.. I might be wrong, I hope to be.

 

[CarAnalogy]

Assuming there is a Spring event, it should be the most anticipated event in a very long time — in part because it will hopefully be a live event which we haven’t seen since 2019!

I just hope they get Joz, Ternus, or Fed to announce the headset — none of poor presenters they have been using just for the sake of diversity.

Those are credited as the actual team leaders of the products they are presenting. They are poor presenters. You can question a lot of things about it but at least there is a reason.

They will have Hair Force One do the VR presentation.

 

[sjsharksfan12]

I want Apple to come out after Halftime of the Super Bowl and say we are making a number of improvements to Apple Music.

 

[JM]

Bold comment! New Apple Watch band colors will be there. You should be saying; I quit Apple if there are no new Apple Polishing Cloth colors this year.

Indeed. I want a Kim K Polishing Cloth!! It's that or I'm going Android! I'm done with Apple!!!

🤣

 

[6787872]

i have no doubt the headset will be amazing. just know the price is gonna be out of reach unfortunately.

 

[CarAnalogy]

Microsoft is not the same company of the 2000’s.. Microsoft is very well managed, has a great CEO that is very passionate and they are delivering really good products.
I have friends that were once fitting the strictest definition of Apple fanboy that switched to surface and surface studio computers and they are really happy with it. They keep telling me how less buggy the software is compared to the Apple stuff.
Microsoft will very soon (I imagine) integrate OpenAI into windows and let you do amazing things with excel etc. What’s Apple doing? My iCloud doesn’t even sync reliably, that’s what they are doing.

Apple hardware is absolutely top notch nowadays but it comes with awful software and people are starting to take note. Show people what GPT can do with Edge and you’ll start seeing a migration.

This is how I see things.. I might be wrong, I hope to be.

My major issue with Microsoft is that they have turned Windows into a “service” and they are constantly ****ing with it and breaking it, and mostly using it as an ad platform. Their actual enterprise products are not bad but everything consumer facing is kind of a nightmare to deal with.

When Apple starts taking over my entire screen trying to trick me into signing up for a subscription service, or when I try to launch my browser, or any of the other nasty tricks Microsoft has been pulling lately, then we’ll see. Until then Apple is by far the best choice for an actual personal computer.

If what they have done to Edge is any indication of what they will do to ChatGPT (which they only invested in and did not develop by the way) then it’s going to be Clippy times one million.

 

[Phaseangle]

What about if instead of user upgradable ram the next Mac Pro has 4 - 8 slots for SOC modules and some PCIe slots with a ton of thunderbolt and other ports

 

[Rychiar]

Same here, but I honestly don’t know if it’s gonna happen. With the price of the Studio Display and the M2 and M2 Pro Mac mini, I don’t know if we will see this. I think all-in-one serves a great purpose, and I’m a fan. But unsure of what’s going to come with it beyond the 24”.

you are not alone. All of us who upgraded to the new architecture before it was pulled are anxiously awaiting too. I miss my stereo pair of HomePod minis! 2 months now I’ve been without them. Stuck in configuring and can’t do anything else

I don’t get why HomeKit got so bad for people but not others. Only issue I had with the new architecture is 2 of my thread bulbs reverted to bluetooth so I had to factored reset them. They work fine once reset though. I have many HomePods and no issues there

 

[Tyler O'Bannon]

I don’t get why HomeKit got so bad for people but not others. Only issue I had with the new architecture is 2 of my thread bulbs reverted to bluetooth so I had to factored reset them. They work fine once reset though. I have many HomePods and no issues there

Yeah, it’s been crazy. Some people have successfully resolved the issues, and the same steps for others have not worked at all. It’s been a mess for sure. I cannot get HomePod minis past configuring. I’ve done every method possible multiple times, some of those methods have solved for other people, and not others (like me). Craziness

 

[surfzen21]

Not sure why it's not on the roadmap here. It was slated to release in the Spring of 2023. It would be nice if Apple releases it in the upcoming Apple event in March/April.

15.5-Inch MacBook Air Expected to Launch in Spring 2023

Apple is developing a 15.5-inch MacBook Air that could launch in the spring of 2023, according to display analyst Ross Young. In a tweet shared with...

www.macrumors.com

The more the rumors around a bigger Air swirl the more I think this is going to be the right laptop for me. I guess I don't really want the 120hz screen

Larger internals with bigger passive cooling coupled with a faster and cooler M3 chip is more than Ill ever need.

 

[Tyler O'Bannon]

What about if instead of user upgradable ram the next Mac Pro has 4 - 8 slots for SOC modules and some PCIe slots with a ton of thunderbolt and other ports

Being able to add SoC’s in a module after purchase seems to be one of the only logical ways to expand within Apple Silicon. Add another M2 Max with x CPU cores, GPU cores, and RAM. Need more power, add another.

 

[Mr.Suave]

When is the Apple Pencil Ultra coming out?!


It will have a 200 day battery life and will be able to fill in anything you’re drawing with two swipes. It will cost $200 (or one dollar per % of battery).

And it will charge by plugging a usb-c cable into a lightening adapter that converts to a PS2 port… that isn’t on your iPad so you’ll have to buy the dongle… which doesn’t come out until next year at the earliest because of supply chain issues and because the dude who created it is on vacation…

 

[Mr.Suave]

Forget all this other tech. When is my 15” MacBook Air with the M2 Ultra, 64 GB of RAM and 8TB SSD coming out?! I like my tech like a Honda Civic with a V8 engine.

 

[Lcgiv]

Purple, green, maybe orange this year?

 

[Le0M]

I just want a new iMac! is it that hard?!

Hasn't the iMac design been upgraded just recently? It already made the switch to Apple Silicon, what else do you need?

 

[b.la]

Having seen owners of small businesses invest in the current Mac Pro for things like music production and tasks that sit closer to the entry of the machine’s capability, only to see the M series processors destroy that performance in a cheaper and more ‘future proofed’ machine, well it’s not a great look and I feel for those that trusted in the direction Apple looked to be going for their pro machines. I’d love for them to bring out a range of M series expansion cards to upgrade the current Mac Pro especially if they’re going to be using the same design. This could also answer the question about modularity, you might not be able to buy any RAM and put it in, but maybe you could buy Apple expansion cards. It’s keeps in line with Apple’s will for proprietary tech to sell you and gives user upgrades.

 

[Le0M]

Forget all this other tech. When is my 15” MacBook Air with the M2 Ultra, 64 GB of RAM and 8TB SSD coming out?! I like my tech like a Honda Civic with a V8 engine.

It already exists: It's called MacBook Pro 16".
Man... jokes aside, there won't be an Air as powerful as the Pro.

 

[startergo]

I speculate we could see future Mac Pros that are modular that incorporate SoC's on CCA's with their own bank of memory/storage. Adding additional storage or addition SoC's could scale per buyers needs.

While below is a rather unattractive example it does point that Apple could do a lot better if they change from PC towers to modular design.

Why speculating when we already know they gonna be reusing the case. We just don't know what is gonna be inside yet...

 

[segfaultdotorg]

M2 Ultra? Wasn't that a government mind control experiment?

 

[majus]

M2 Ultra? Wasn't that a government mind control experiment?

That was MK-Ultra.