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  • Apple upgrades 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro with M2 Pro, M2 Max

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    Appleish said:
    So just a speed bump with no physical changes or new features?
    It comes with a price hike too, in Europe at least. The base configuration of the 14-inch M2 Pro model is 200 euros more expensive than the corresponding M1 Pro. Suddenly, MacBook Air M2 becomes much more attractive, with a more varied and interesting color choice as well.
    Alex1Nelijahg

  • Signs point to Apple Silicon M3 reveal at 'Scary Fast' event

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    Just a week ago, the top leakers were expecting M3 Macs in 2024, but have changed their tune and are now expecting an updated iMac and MacBook Pro with M3 during the "Scary Fast" Apple Event -- but some things don't add up.

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    24-inch iMac with M3 could be revealed

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    M3 Pro and M3 Max MacBook Pros too

    Online Apple Stores in many European countries still display the 14-inch and 16-inch M2 MacBook Pros as "new". Could this mean that there will be no updates for them in the upcoming event?

    If so, I guess it will be mainly about the iMac, introducing the new M3 chip, with the "pro" and "max" versions coming later in spring 2024 for the MacBook Pros. The iMac has been forgotten for two and a half years so far. Giving it now the M2 chip while the Macbook Air got it last year does not make much sense.



    Alex1NCheeseFreezewatto_cobra

  • Tim Cook talks the need for privacy and exciting AI, AR

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    xyzzy-xxx said:
    I don't believe anything Apple tells about privacy until image scanning (CSAM) on the device is finally declared to be dead. 
    It has already been explained that you have to opt-in to iCloud Photos syncing to enable CSAM scans.
    Until such time as some government mandates the scanning of images on device, irrespective of whether they're bound for iCloud Photos or not.  Apple will then "comply with all local laws and regulations", privacy be damned.
    It is more than clear that the CSAM scan is the excuse no one would refuse. The real goal is to put in place a technology that can be used by authorities for other purposes too. Besides, why it does protect against child abuse and exploitation if it can be turned off? Now that everyone knows how does this system work, real protection is going to be the exception.

    And having Apple saying that they will refuse government demands to scan for other content, is just ridiculous:


    Flat out liars.

    The idea of on-device scan technology has to be completely abandoned. A corporation should never get involved in such matters.

    elijahgbeowulfschmidt

  • M2 chip production allegedly paused over Mac demand slump

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    AppleInsider said:
    A dubious report claims that Apple allegedly paused production of M2 chips at the beginning of 2023, caused by an apparent slump in Mac sales.
    I cannot understand why there is still no M2 iMac, 10 months after Apple unveiled the M2 MacBook Air and 2 years after the original M1 iMac. Could what you say here (alleged production stop and sales decrease) be the reason?

    watto_cobra