What to Expect From the 'Scary Fast' October 30 Apple Event

[Gloor]

Honest question, why do you need M3 in Air? Air is not a product thats about performance. So why do people keep asking for this?

If you need the power, you go for Pro, if you need office and light stuff, the M2 is plenty fast.

So honestly, why do you need M3 in Air?

Release a 13” M3 Air you cowards.

 

[Homy]

Windows 10 and 11 is far better experience out the box for general office productivity.

I mostly use a Mac but this negative view of windows is from the 90s! (Only Vista and maybe Windows 8 were disappointing)

I can’t wait for the day when Mac is the preferred choice in the enterprise. There is no innovation in the PC space.

Not many people have talked about this but I hope the base M3 will support more than one external screen natively, the one screen limitation is so ridiculous!

IBM: Our Mac-Using Employees Outperform Windows Users in Every Way

IBM is claiming some profound improvements for macOS versus Windows in business operating environments, but it's not clear the gains are coming from the OS difference itself.

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IBM: ‘Mac users are happier and more productive’

IBM, which has embraced Apple hardware in a big way, says the employees who use Macs are more likely to stay at the company – and are more productive. The insights came at this weeks Jamf Nation User Conference.

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Google to employees: 'Mac or Linux, but no more Windows'

We first heard rumors of this policy change a couple of months ago, but now it's made the papers: the Financial Times is reporting that Google is phasing out the use of Windows internally, as employees are migrated to either Linux or Mac OS X on machine turnovers or new hires. The policy change...

www.engadget.com

Google wants employees using Macs, not Windows or its own Chromebooks

In a presentation at the LISA ’13 conference earlier this month, Google explained that it’s managing a fleet of over 43,000 Macs its employees use, …

bgr.com

 

[Warped9]

Honest question, why do you need M3 in Air? Air is not a product thats about performance. So why do people keep asking for this?

If you need the power, you go for Pro, if you need office and light stuff, the M2 is plenty fast.

So honestly, why do you need M3 in Air?

Nobody wants a "slow" computer just as everyone will go for high speed internet if they can have it.

Apple has clearly (mostly clearly) distinguished the Air and Pro lines. The Airs are for the general consumer market, but that still includes lots of business people who want/need a solidly performing machine without breaking the bank. Apple's M series processors allow the Airs to do a respectable degree of "pro" work insluding video editing a 3D modelling in addition to all manner of general purpose needs people have. Thats always going to be appreciated.

The Pros are for those who are doing seriously heavy lifting and are willing to pay for it.

The 13in. MacBook Pro is now the oddity. The Airs with M2 and soon to be M3 make the 13in. Pro completely pointless.

 

[henry72]

IBM: Our Mac-Using Employees Outperform Windows Users in Every Way

IBM is claiming some profound improvements for macOS versus Windows in business operating environments, but it's not clear the gains are coming from the OS difference itself.

www.extremetech.com

IBM: ‘Mac users are happier and more productive’

IBM, which has embraced Apple hardware in a big way, says the employees who use Macs are more likely to stay at the company – and are more productive. The insights came at this weeks Jamf Nation User Conference.

www.computerworld.com

Google to employees: 'Mac or Linux, but no more Windows'

We first heard rumors of this policy change a couple of months ago, but now it's made the papers: the Financial Times is reporting that Google is phasing out the use of Windows internally, as employees are migrated to either Linux or Mac OS X on machine turnovers or new hires. The policy change...

www.engadget.com

Google wants employees using Macs, not Windows or its own Chromebooks

In a presentation at the LISA ’13 conference earlier this month, Google explained that it’s managing a fleet of over 43,000 Macs its employees use, …

bgr.com

I love Google's approach

"Google's IT leaders apparently feel that Microsoft's OS represents too great a risk across the enterprise to leave it in place."

 

[Gloor]

Of course but there is a point where you don't see any difference.

Doing emails and browsing (for example) on M1 or M2 Ultra is just the same. So of course everyone could want M2 Ultra but that doesn't mean you should get it.

Different machines go for different purpose.

My point was, that the OP I referred to didn't probably 'need' the power. He just wanted it and hence my question.

Choose the right machine for the task. No need to go overboard. Simple

Nobody wants a "slow" computer just as everyone will go for high speed internet if they can have it.

Apple has clearly (mostly clearly) distinguished the Air and Pro lines. The Airs are for the general consumer market, but that still includes lots of business people who want/need a solidly performing machine without breaking the bank. Apple's M series processors allow the Airs to do a respectable degree of "pro" work insluding video editing a 3D modelling in addition to all manner of general purpose needs people have. Thats always going to be appreciated.

The Pros are for those who are doing seriously heavy lifting and are willing to pay for it.

The 13in. MacBook Pro is now the oddity. The Airs with M2 and soon to be M3 make the 13in. Pro completely pointless.

 

[Lioness~]

Honest question, why do you need M3 in Air? Air is not a product thats about performance. So why do people keep asking for this?

If you need the power, you go for Pro, if you need office and light stuff, the M2 is plenty fast.

So honestly, why do you need M3 in Air?

Because you want the latest and the best possible in the lightest Mac, which is the Air, as of now.
What people need is always relative to a lot of things, not just regarding one user direction.

 

[mrr]

I would like to see a 27” iMac not the puny 24”.

 

[SoldOnApple]

I bet it'll be Scary Expensive.

 

[zlt1228]

The disappointment is the lack of innovation at Apple.
Look at all the other laptop manufacturers. They are releasing new form factors, new features, new visual looks & honestly have started to close the gap on quality/luxury that Apple offered.

That being said, I could never use WindowsOS and even though the Mac OS is boring - it is still simpler than clunky windows (although the rate Apple is going, they will catch up soon)

IDK man. The new form factors an either gimmicks like the Duo screen ROG, or seriously dragged by Windows like the Surface. Not to mention the reliability of some of their product, or the fact that they would suddenly start updating the OS in your bag and sound like helicopters.

 

[Tetra84]

Honest question, why do you need M3 in Air? Air is not a product thats about performance. So why do people keep asking for this?

If you need the power, you go for Pro, if you need office and light stuff, the M2 is plenty fast.

So honestly, why do you need M3 in Air?

I want the power in the air form factor. I also need a new travel laptop by February, and I don’t want to be getting something that is just about to be replaced at that point.

 

[steve123]

Hopefully they'll redesign Magic Mouse. It's a bummer not being able to use it while it is charging

Yeah, worst product design ever. Probably why Jony Ive got shown the door.

 

[ghanwani]

Waiting for the 12 incher hoping it will be 2 lb.

 

[svish]

Expecting to see new iMac and MacBook Pros. Hopefully the iMac will still have bright colours.

 

[Warped9]

If the 27in. iMac was so damned popular Apple would have fallen all over themselves to introduce a revised version of it. But it’s been two years and it’s nowhere in sight. They obviously think the 24in. is a better bet for their AIO.

 

[peneaux]

Seems like great machines. Finally GPU power to play games.

I hope they don’t have that nasty Touchbar LCD instead of actual keys.

And Apple being Apple, I’m betting they will have an initial price of $2200.

I am buying an 13” air the day Apple moves to 16GB RAM. I refuse to give them money for the measly 8GB.

 

[altaic]

“Scary Fast” obviously refers to the Apple Car.

 

[lowkey]

I have a 14" MacBook Pro with an M1Pro and it's still an awesome machine with a fantastic display. Absolutely no need to upgrade to an M3 in 2024 and maybe not an M4 in 2025. Now if only my company would switch out those crappy, heavy, power-hungry, lap burning Dell laptops for a MacBook Pro - but this would eliminate too many IT jobs.

Yeah I’m still using my M1Pro 14” MBP. I’m still waiting on a few straggler software companies to port over M1 native audio plugins so I can finally run Cubase without Rosetta and get a decent power boost that way! Still another few years in this machine I’d say.

 

[SurferPup]

I'm just hoping for the USB-C accessories in Space Grey (or whatever color they call it now). Also hoping they are including the expanded Magic Keyboard with Touch ID

A USB C mouse released in lavender would be great and save me having to dye another black mouse.

 

[Chuckeee]

A USB C mouse released in lavender would be great and save me having to dye another black mouse.

That’s is exactly your problem. It is much easier to dye a white mouse lavender. To dye a black mouse, you have to bleach it first. 😉

 

[SurferPup]

Honest question, why do you need M3 in Air? Air is not a product thats about performance. So why do people keep asking for this?

If you need the power, you go for Pro, if you need office and light stuff, the M2 is plenty fast.

So honestly, why do you need M3 in Air?

 

[ngel22]

Honest question, why do you need M3 in Air? Air is not a product thats about performance. So why do people keep asking for this?

If you need the power, you go for Pro, if you need office and light stuff, the M2 is plenty fast.

So honestly, why do you need M3 in Air?

Because M3 will be more powerful and at the same time more power saving, eventually. And yes, I don't need that much power, that is why I'd run it full time on low power mode which would even give me more battery time and performance than the M2.

 

[killhippie]

I wonder if the M3 chips fix the iLeakage side channel attack issue present in all current M series and A series chips, its hard to exploit but its still an issue, more so on iPhones and iPads where you have to use WebKit, at least Apple fixed the so called ability to hide a users permanent mac address in 17.1 turns out it has not worked properly since its inception, iOS 16 got patched for that too but not iOS 15.

iLeakage attack steals passwords, texts from Apple devices

Nearly six years on from Spectre and Meltdown, novel method steals passwords, emails, texts

www.theregister.com

Apple Private Wi-Fi hasn't worked for the past three years

: Not exactly the MAC daddy

www.theregister.com

 

[antonrg]

I wonder if the M3 chips fix the iLeakage side channel attack issue present in all current M series and A series chips, its hard to exploit but its still an issue, more so on iPhones and iPads where you have to use WebKit, at least Apple fixed the so called ability to hide a users permanent mac address in 17.1 turns out it has not worked properly since its inception, iOS 16 got patched for that too but not iOS 15.

iLeakage attack steals passwords, texts from Apple devices

Nearly six years on from Spectre and Meltdown, novel method steals passwords, emails, texts

www.theregister.com

Apple Private Wi-Fi hasn't worked for the past three years

: Not exactly the MAC daddy

www.theregister.com

They pushed out an iOS 15.8 on the same day as 17.1. Monterey got pushed to 12.7.1. Wouldn’t those be patched?

 

[Kierkegaarden]

you don't want to fold your laptop screen into half just to see notifications ?
you don't want tiny always on screen on the laptop to see notifications ?
Apple should step up their game here in innovation

So your “innovative” idea is for Apple to put a screen on the outside of a laptop so users can see notifications?

 

[goobot]

I hope they add Face ID already to macs