keithw

The problem with iPad Pros has never been the hardware.  It's the software.  Release MacOS for it and let people decide if they want to run MacOS or iPadOS on it.  Problem is, the iPads don't have a lot of RAM.

HandsomeSmitty said:

Watching Miani's DoobToob response to today's release, he's wondering why Apple would do this, and also why Apple state that possibly future chips might not get an 'Ultra' upgrade.

Dood--MONEY! Money has always been Apple's motivation with his incremental upgrades. Imagine what an M4 Ultra's processing power could be, and then consider why any Ultra buyers would NEED to upgrade ever again? Or how many people would settle for an M4 Max Studio instead of going the laptop routes.

"Money Money Mooooney!"

You're absolutely right!  By waiting until now to release the M4 Max Studio, they made an extra $1500 from me when I bought the M4 Max MBP back in December.  I was tired of waiting since they hadn't updated the Studio line in 2 years (and I was running a 2017 iMac Pro which now is a dinosaur.)

While it's nice that the M3 Ultra is now finally out, why did it take them over a year to release it?  (The M3 line came out on October 30, 2023!) Why didn't they release the M4 Max Studio at the same time as the M4 Max MBP?  If they had, I may have saved a few thousand $$$ since I got tired of waiting and bought the MBP.   And is the single core performance of the M3 Ultra the same as the M4 Max? Enquiring minds want to know...  But I guess with the 512MB memory capacity and the 80 graphics cores on top of the 32 CPU cores, the M3 Ultra should be killer LLM machine.

It would be great if they'd also release the M4 Mac Studio models!   Too late for me because I went the MBP route, but there are a lot of people out there waiting for this upgrade!

Let's HOPE the M4 Mac Studios arrive BEFORE the M5 starts shipping!