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  • New Mac mini arrives with redesign, powerful M4 & M4 Pro processors, more USB-C

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    macminion said:
    foregoneconclusion said:
    Apple should allow dual boot to tvOS.  B)
    How about a tvOS mode?
    Or just a tvOS VM.
    watto_cobra

  • Apple is readied for an entire week of M4 Mac announcements

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    mpantone said:
    It is crystal clear that Apple Engineering (both hardware and software) doesn't have the bandwidth to launch all four variants at the same time or in quick succession.

    I'm not expecting all 4 variants, but 3 is entirely possible.  They've already launched an M4 product, and adding a Pro/Max combo has happened several times.  I doubt we will see the Ultra arrive next week, but a fully M4/Pro/Max family is not out of the question and would be in line with previous October releases of the M1/M2/M3.  I'm not expecting an AppleTV update either.

    gregoriusmd_2Alex1Nmuthuk_vanalingamwilliamlondonwatto_cobra

  • iOS 18, iPadOS 18 will be available on September 16

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    nubus said:
    Apple Intelligence is the closest thing to vaporware and FUD we have seen for a decade or more. It reminds me of the demo I got of the Copland OS by Apple.

    AI will be part of iOS 18 - except that not a single part will. But some part will arrive October/November - as a beta. More parts will be delivered later (no surprise...). Regional support will expand but we don't know if UK can expect a beta or a final release this year and of what? Within 16 months 5 more languages with x functions while Google Gemini is supporting 45 languages today.

    Apple could have delayed iPad OS 18 and gone all-hands in order to fix iOS.
    I think this is a mischaracterization of what is going on.  "Apple Intelligence" is more of an umbrella term for all usages of machine learning across Apple's platforms.  There is a bunch of underlying tech that is already in place, or being added in 18... but it isn't directly user visible.  Instead all the services built on top of it will start showing up when they are working sufficiently well.  With training-based technologies, this can be tricky to get to a high enough quality bar, and experience in using these approaches needs to build up in each team.  So there are already some places "AI" is being used in iOS, and in the initial iOS 18 release those should be visible (e.g. Siri keeps getting better).  More services will roll out new features incrementally from now on.  This isn't an iOS vs iPadOS vs macOS (etc) thing... all those platforms probably share the same implementations, so if Apple is going "all in" to get things done, it will be on a service-by-service basis.  Their ML/AI experts will be running around getting one service after another up to a high enough quality to ship it.

    Copland was a major problem because it was all-or-nothing.  The whole thing had to reach a high enough quality bar, and it just never did.

    Whether ML/AI can actually deliver on its promise for each service is an independent question, which has the advantage of being able to treat these features independently.
    appleinsideruserwatto_cobra

  • Apple moving forward with iPad on a robot arm as your next smarthome purchase

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    The article says nothing about a device which is mobile.  It describes an iPad on an arm, presumably with a heavy base or mounting bracket. 

    I don’t see myself wanting one of these either, but I think there is a potential here, if the device’s movement is done well.  There is an opportunity to imbue a device with a kind of personality that we haven’t experienced before, outside of movies.  Right now all of our devices are inert and static, with the only “motion” being animations on a glowing screen.  Having a device able to articulate its own “head” has the possibility to imbue it with a life-like nature.  A non-mobile device avoids a whole host of problems.  This sort of animatronic movement has mostly been limited to cheap kids toys with silly canned movements.  A purposeful, solid, near silent motor device which you want to interact with for other reasons (i.e. HomeKit, Internet access, etc), and it uses motion to smooth the interaction… that could be compelling.  

    Consider that the voice interactions are going to become much more conversational.  Say you’re moving around your kitchen talking to it about a recipe you’re cooking, and it can track you so you can always read the screen.  Or maybe you’re on FaceTime while you’re moving around, and it stays pointing toward you.  Rotates/tilts its screen slightly like a dog when it doesn’t understand your question or instruction.  Nods or shakes its “head” to emphasize its audible answer.  

    Plenty of ideas to explore, and the way we get to the future is by trying some of them.  Over time devices will become more sophisticated.  You don’t leap into the robot market with the ultimate personal servant on the first go.  Trying things that make people go “wut?” is how you find the next paradigm shift.  Robotics is a potentially interesting and large market, nobody really knows what direction it’ll eventually go in, and this seems like an interesting first toe in the water for Apple.  I look forward to seeing what they come up with.
    watto_cobradewme

  • When will Apple upgrade all of its Macs to M4?

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    9secondkox2 said:
    M4 is old news now. 

    Forget about it. 

    What?  It has only shipped in 1 product, only a few months ago, and they haven't introduced the pro/max/ultra flavors.  You're delusional if you think they're going to M5 in the near future.  Process migrations are a massive transition, and Apple hasn't even moved their entire lineup to the latest 3nm process.
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