I’d consider buying a used iPhone 13 mini.🤔
A large M-series iMac can not be replaced by anything else. 🖥️
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What to Expect From the 'Scary Fast' October 30 Apple Event
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A large M-series iMac can not be replaced by anything else. 🖥️
I don't think a console is coming but it'd be very easy for Mark and other leakers to not know about it. It doesn't need to be an entirely new product. It can seem just like a new AppleTV in the pipeline.
By now I'm starting to be most interested in the M3, Pro, and Max performance improvements. With the huge leap forward for the Snapdragon X Elite, then 2024 looks like we'll see some real competition in the laptop ARM-space 🤩.
Edit: well that and a M3 mac Mini, but that's not in the cards ....
Edit: well that and a M3 mac Mini, but that's not in the cards ....
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That's an instant order from me. I just need something like this, and I bet lots of Macintosh professional users are not that satisfied with the current products for the heavy lifting tasks. External GPUs compatible with all current apple silicon Macintosh computers would be a game changer. But I wouldn't get my hopes that high, those professional users are too small of a fraction of Apple's customers.
It's the people on the US East coast who are calling this a "night" event.
I, in California, have called it a "commute time" event. 5PM is around peak traffic jam.
If they can update the chip on an annual basis, they should update all Mac models on an annual basis.
Thus far, Apple's track record appears to be roughly 18 months per update - IF M3 pans out for tonight.
I had a dream and I now know. It’s an x86 iPhone that can plays games and it includes a pair of PCIe-x16 slots for eGPU. And you can buy an optional set of wheels and use it as a motorized skateboard
And I almost forgot, it has a USB-C port on the bottom
And I almost forgot, it has a USB-C port on the bottom
Hardly. Weight is one of the central issues with laptops and the reason the MBA is so popular (it is much lighter than MBP, besides being cheaper.)
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FIVE pm …. PACIFIC time ….
Cook really is that irritating kid you just want to punch in the face.
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FIVE pm …. PACIFIC time ….
Cook really is that irritating kid you just want to punch in the face.
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Theres been rumours about a games console for years - https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2...ing_on_a_nintendo_switch-style_hybrid_console
It would be nice if it happens
It would be nice if it happens
Hard to imagine that Apple would cater to the East coast nighttime/Halloween tie-in for an M# cpu launch.
But - this is an all-around strange situation - so who really knows. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
5 PM is perfect for me. Get home about 4:20. Make some coffee. And watch the event on my 80 inch TV.
- 47.6% of the continental US population lives in the Eastern Time Zone
- 16.6% of the continental US population lives in the Pacific Time Zone
- The highest amount of revenue Apple makes out of any time zone on the planet is Eastern Time Zone(Americas is the highest revenue region)
- Apple likes money hence Apple would cater to the East coast nighttime
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Hopefully they will replace iMac with new wireless display and nano M3 combo. The downsides of iMac are too much: No battery, so must stay plugged in to a big UPS. Can’t be used as monitor. CPU can’t be upgraded. Thermal throttling and fan. Wires plugged in to back look ugly and are hard to see (yeah, both).
If no 27"+ iMac comes out I won't buy anything. Eventually maybe a Studio model when my current iMac is no longer fast enough. (Starting up from external 2TB Thunderbolt 3/4 SSD has helped it out a lot!)
For me, the 5K IPS monitor is critical - so the all in one package is just a good choice vs Studio+display. With a new/fast Mini it's possible that could be an upgrade route from a 3.7GHz/64GB as well but I really want to get my 2TB+ SSD startup drive INSIDE the Mac.... a big reason why I'm looking to upgrade. Cracking the existing iMac open and adding one is an option but not worth it IMO.
The 2 fan 24” M1 iMac never had thermal throttling, it was only the cheapest model that suffered that with one fan, 2 less ports, and a 8/7 SoC. Never understood why Apple even sold that. Otherwise I ran some games that put a constant elevated temp on the 24” and at worst it ran about 85 C. Ventura/Sonoma
Unlikely… Apples commitment to long term OS support is atrocious.
Remember problems with their early cloud storage solutions, lost data? No end of support dates?
Very very few enterprise customers would be happy with the current support situation.
It is always infuriating when Apple cheaps out on their premium-priced products.
The Air gets throttled when it runs too fast. Plus having to plug cables in to a laptop makes it hard to use as laptop. How about taking the hot CPU out of the laptop and putting it in a separate little box that connects wirelessly to the laptop. So the laptop itself doesnt need to do high performance stuff or connect to cables.