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I've had the M1 Max MacBook for about a week.  It's like going from DOS to Windows 95, or from Windows 98 to OS X, or from my old dumb phone to an iPhone....etc.  My old intel MacBook seems that outdated in comparison. Speed is incredible and NO fan noise/heat. Insane.

1. There was an Apple shareholder motion asking Apple to diversity its supply chain (Vietnam/India) so that it relies less on China.  I voted yes on that motion, and I would say that this also applies to the US as a whole. We need to lessen our manufacturing dependence on China: it's a brutal authoritarian state.
2. There's speculation that in a war with China, the US and/or its allies would destroy all of TSMC's facilities in Taiwan if China invaded and if it becomes likely that they would fall under CCP control.  Both of these issues are national security concerns that have to be addressed. I think that it is reasonable to assume that the US would not be able to depend on Chinese made goods/manufacturing if there is a conflict over Taiwan.  

TDLR: dear Apple, diversify your supply chain, or better yet, get out to China. 

elijahg said:

System settings is still much worse than the old one. 

The old system settings UI showed you everything on one screen.  I find myself constantly scrolling up and down in the new iOS like system settings (despite the search box at the top), and has anyone noticed how the control panel in Windows 10/11 looks more and more like the old MacOS one? I agree with you that the old UI was much better. 

SpamSandwich said:

Stonks to the moon incoming.

Apple stock at $144/share is undervalued.  It Apple stock had the same PE as Tesla its stock would be north of $350/share. 

JSR_FDED said:

docno42 said:

auxio said:

Very nice!  I'm so tempted to pull the trigger on a similar machine...

Don't wait too long or you won't get it until next year.  I just refreshed and now shipping dates for that config are Dec 10 - Dec 23rd (!)

Yes - wouldn't wait too long. I noticed when I placed my order, the eCommerce site seemed to be a bit laggy - bogged down no doubt because of all the traffic perhaps?

The site failed on me twice before the order went through.  16'/32gb m1max version. November 3-5 delivery. Traded it my old intel 16" 2 month ago and got $2k for it, so I'll only have to pay around $2K for it. Not too shabby.  Hopefully I'll get used to the notch. Ugh.

Not updating until Apple releases a USB-C iPhone.  I'll have to wait another year I guess.