the early 2023 machines will meet the needs of people just fine - only those who live for bleeding edge technology for its own sake might feel slighted. AND, the smart ones will wait another 8 months for the M3 machines to start popping up in the refurbished store. All is good. When I think of the hardware and Apple OS's from the mid 1990s, the current era seems like a golden time.
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What to Expect From the 'Scary Fast' October 30 Apple Event
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There was nothing like unboxing iMacs over the years- really beautiful products I’ve had the pleasure of using: iMac DV SE, Poly White, Aluminum with 27” Retina.
Somewhere along the way I got recycle fatigue though. There was nothing wrong with the display, but of course it all had to go with any upgrade. And kind of a pain to drag them out of the house 😂
Currently on Mac Studio + ASD. Parents with Mac Mini + Dell 27” 4k. Their upgrades will be $500 moving forward. Mine roughly double after trade in. Less of a complete product experience for sure… but maybe that’s become less of a priority with age 🤷♂️
Somewhere along the way I got recycle fatigue though. There was nothing wrong with the display, but of course it all had to go with any upgrade. And kind of a pain to drag them out of the house 😂
Currently on Mac Studio + ASD. Parents with Mac Mini + Dell 27” 4k. Their upgrades will be $500 moving forward. Mine roughly double after trade in. Less of a complete product experience for sure… but maybe that’s become less of a priority with age 🤷♂️
There have been rumblings that with M3 they could go with a base of 12GB RAM.
Candidly most people don’t need more for what they use a computer. But perception matters and the price point of Macs with only 8GB RAM and 256 storage makes for weird optics when you can buy cheaper devices with higher specs.
There can be a very blurry line between need and want such that want easily becomes need in someone’s mind.
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For sure 8gb Ram is out of the question. The mac ram modules for M3 will be of 12gb Ram
The Magic Mouse is incredibly ergonomic as it keeps your hand on the desk instead of floating on only the mouse. The scrolling function is second to none, far superior to a physical wheel. While the port placement is strange at first glance, the mouse looks better not having an exposed port. I’m a fan.
It makes seasonaly spooopy sense in Cupertino. (And it's nice to the users in Japan, HK, and so on)
This is a longshot but if Apple decides to target this one area of consumer computing it has never played in, it could offer a MacBook Pro Gaming Edition with a wilder finish instead of the usual silver and space gray.
I’m not a gamer-do many gamers use the iPad mini for gaming? I would think it would beat the iPhone for that.
"I must say, I'm genuinely excited for this event. For the first time in a while, I think there might actually be a surprise.… Personally, I hope it's something game related."
For sure Apple will comparing M3 with M2 in gaming, because we will have hardware ray tracing support and that alone will double the performance in any Ray tracing support games and also in 3dmoddeling/motion professional apps
For sure Apple will comparing M3 with M2 in gaming, because we will have hardware ray tracing support and that alone will double the performance in any Ray tracing support games and also in 3dmoddeling/motion professional apps
an ipad mini cannot beat the iphone. ipad mini doesnt have the M family , and now with ray tracing, is miles ahead
the only case the ipad mini will be better if Apple will place the A17 pro in it
Nahh, Apple has NEVER done a night event before, it’s not just being festive, it’s primetime.
I think they’re gonna launch a game console, hence why they made the VR headset, they announced them in opposite order like how the iPad was conceived before the iPhone.
if they wanted to announce a game console, would be so many rumours by now. So no game console today
Obviously, Apple isn't releasing anything new for the UK crowd, so just keep sleeping.
Apple analyst Mark Gurman said there would not be a fall event.
7 days later, Apple announced the fall event…
It's currently midday here in the UK and the Apple Store is still open and taking orders for 14/16 inch Macbook Pros.
I predict NO NEW MBPro models today. Definitely, maybe, not. Probably
I predict NO NEW MBPro models today. Definitely, maybe, not. Probably
I do like the Unix foundation of MacOS - apart from web development, it makes it a nice environment for a spot of coding and scripting (esp. if you use Linux as well and are familiar with 'bash' etc.) or even non-GUI stuff in. C/C++ - I've got stuff that will compile for MacOS or Rasperry Pi with substantially the same source code (although you do run into those annoying BSD/Posix vs. GNU differences...)
Also, for web development it helps that HFS/APFS is a Unix-like filesystem, and now with APFS its a doddle to create a case-sensitive volume for better compatibility.
That said, using a Linux VM with the same Linux distro and UID/GID setup as your target server is rapidly becoming the best way of doing things - and you can do that with either Windows or MacOS. Plus, Linux containerisation is becoming more and more important/useful, which usually means starting with a Linux VM, whatever the host OS.
Well, that's also true of MacOS - which is a "fully functioning Unix", but isn't a fully functioning Debian/Ubuntu/Red Hat/whatever Linux distro.
NB: Bizarro pedantry time: MacOS is Unix - they've got Open Group certification to prove it - Linux isn't Unix - probably because "Linux" is technically just a kernel (shared with Android, for example) not an operating system, so all the Linux distribution makers would have to certify their version separately (I guess by the time Red Hat et. al. got big enough to afford it, Linux didn't need the affirmation...) Plus, of course, most Linux distributions depend on the GNU tools which actually stand's for "GNU is Not Unix".
I can't wait to be totally exhausted watching the event, waiting for the stupid skits to end and for the actual content to come through 🤣
You don’t know what real innovation is.
Speculation has been that the event has something to do with Japan but who knows
Normally by this stage the rumours and press have converged on something resembling the truth.
This is a weird one, though, and I'd really hate to call it. The new M3 going straight into the 24" iMac before the MacBook Air got updated would be bizzarre. Could be that the status quo of the Mx/Mx Pro/Mx Max/Mx Ultra is changing.
What if rather than the rather messy:
M3 (unique die) + M3 Pro (cut-down Mx Max die) + M3 Max + M3 Ultra (2 x Max)
we're getting (with whatever names marketing stick on them):
M3 "Good" (unique die, closer to pro-level specs) + M3 "Better" (unique die, better-than-Max-level specs) + M3 "Best" (2 x Max)
...with the entry-level machines either sticking with M2 or getting a heavily "binned" M3 lite?
Then we could be seeing 14" and 16" MacBook "Goods" replacing the M2 Pro MBPs, and a 24" iMac "Good" (which would be a big step up from regular M1 and worth shouting about).