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CheeseFreeze said:

They may have a “great relationship with Intel” still, but nobody wants to buy an Intel Mac anymore, unless they are forced to buy it for very specific reasons. More likely people who want higher-end power, will wait for the new releases of Mac Pro, MacBook Pro 16” and the iMac range.

I didn't want to buy an Intel Mac at the beginning of the year as rumors started getting louder.   Then WWDC came and also A14.    A14 made it obvious beyond any doubt that a Mac built on this technology would rock.   With this debut Apple has delivered in M1 close to what I was expecting from a low end processor with better than expected performance.   

So at this point it would be absolutely nuts for most people to buy an Intel based Mac.   By the way one of the reasons I see M1 or Apple Silicon based Macs, as mandatory isn't so much the ARM cores but the fact that Neural Engine is in there.    Neural Engine is already making an impact on recently released third party software.   The reality is that M1 is pretty well balanced as far as the many subsections of the SoC goes.   The only thing that would have been nice is more performance out of the GPU but even that is pretty much industry leading.

jdb8167 said:

frantisek said:

Interesting to hear them but was there any real new information that we did not know or guessed?

We guessed but it is nice to get confirmation. For example, this clarified to me that even though I love the Air’s form factor, I’m unwilling to give up a lot of performance to get it. Given that the chips are the same silicon, it was unclear how different the speed was between the Pro and the Air. Now there is little doubt that the Pro will seriously out perform the Air. To the point that it might even look like a different CPU. No doubt now that I’m buying the Pro. 

This video was extremely helpful to me. I could have guessed this information but having it spelled out is much better. 

It still isn't clear to me that the Air will give up too much for what I might want it for.   For one thing I'm thinking the Air is a better solution than an iPad for travel, that mainly because of the keyboard.    On the other hand iPad has GPS and cell communications built in.    I may have to wait a bit longer.

jdb8167 said:

Can't wait. Such good software. Super resolution is TV and movie's mythical "enhance".

It is very satisfying to see that technology has caught up and then passed the future of Blade Runner.    Even without Super Resolution it just amazes me when I scroll around and zoom in on a high resolution image on a Cell Phone or iPad.   It is literally better than what was imagined in Blade Runner.

Maybe I'm too much of a geek but that was just one part of the movie that has stuck with me over the years.

spice-boy said:

I think the re-count in Georgia will be done before any of us gets Big Sur.

At least everybody will be a winner when they get Big Sur!

This article isn’t making a lot of sense.  Batteries to the best of my knowledge don’t use PCB material.  Maybe  the intent is to replace lead wires but I don’t see this having a huge impact on a company economically.