mjtomlin

Rogue01 said:

According to the first picture, they claim PCalc is going to make Vision Pro worth buying???  A $3500 calculator?  Really?

There is no such thing as spatial computing.  That is Apple's marketing spin for AR.  Look up the definition of AR and that is exactly what Vision Pro is.  Apple will really have a hard time claiming their device is not AR, when it actually is AR.  "Augmented reality is an interactive experience that enhances the real world with computer-generated perceptual information."  That is exactly what Vision Pro does.  Another article had the best description for Vision Pro - It is an answer looking for a question.  The AR space is dead, always has been.  Plenty of surveys have been done and once the novelty wears off, the goggles sit in a bookshelf.  No one wants to wear goggles for hours.  No one wants to spend $3500 for a pair of goggles to run iPadOS apps, or PCalc.  No one will put on goggles to create a Word or PowerPoint document.  This is a product that doesn't solve any problems because no one has any interest in AR.  And that is Apple's marketing problem.  They won't be able to convince anyone that it is a 'needed' product.  It is not an iPhone solving a problem with bad smartphones.  For $3500, I would rather buy a Mac Studio and a Display and do so much more with it.

The killer tech at CES was the transparent Micro LED TVs.  Those demos were incredible.

macxpress said:

mjtomlin said:

macxpress said:

Perhaps Apple will release MacPro with an M3 Extreme of some sort? They need to do something to differentiate the Mac Pro from Mac Studio other than it has PCIe slots. More CPU/GPU power, higher RAM capacity would definitely separate it from the Mac Studio for those who really need the power and capacity. Make it actually worth its $6-7,000 starting price tag. 

Given the performance of the M3 Max, I wouldn’t expect an “Extreme” variant at this point. The Ultra is going to be a monster. The Mac Pro is just going to be an option for PCI expansion.

Then Mac Pro isn't long for this world if that happens to be the case. They aren't going to continue development of a system very few will buy with the same exact specs as a Mac Studio minus the PCIe slots. The cost to keep the Mac Pro going just won't make any sense. There won't be enough buyers who need PCIe slots to make up the costs to maintain the Mac Pro line. 

macxpress said:

Perhaps Apple will release MacPro with an M3 Extreme of some sort? They need to do something to differentiate the Mac Pro from Mac Studio other than it has PCIe slots. More CPU/GPU power, higher RAM capacity would definitely separate it from the Mac Studio for those who really need the power and capacity. Make it actually worth its $6-7,000 starting price tag. 

TSMC customers that include Apple will increase orders for second generation 3nm process wafers

avon b7 said:

anonymouse said:

gatorguy said:

ericthehalfbee said:

Apple basically said “fuck you” to Google.

I’ve repeatedly said Apple should counter Google’s shame campaign by announcing they’ll support RCS when Google opens up their RCS APIs for everyone. Including competitors like WhatsApp or Telegram.

Google has their own RCS APIs in Android but Samsung is the only one allowed to use them. Developers have asked and Google has done nothing to allow other Apps to implement RCS via their system and use E2EE.

So Apple did one better and said they’ll work with standards bodies to improve RCS.

Now Google’s hopes of a messaging duopoly are finished.

... So don't stake your hopes on Apple coming to our rescue riding a white horse. ...

Our rescue? Don't you mean your rescue, Android users' rescue? Those of us living in the land of blue bubbles don't actually need rescuing at the moment, thank you very much.

We mustn't forget that for millions of iOS users, Messages is not a viable option right now due to a lack of feature parity with other platforms. The result is that those users simply stop using Messages altogether. 

Those users would probably like to be 'rescued' in some way, as, as things stand, they aren't using blue bubbles at all. 

I agree that this move is likely something done to appease the EU. Whether it is enough or not is currently unknown. 

I guess Apple is striving to do the absolute minimum to cross the line of interoperability here.