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M4 24-inch iMac vs M1 24-inch iMac compared -- A muted upgrade for first-adopters
The number of cores isn’t the way to measure anything like this., if the cores keep getting more powerful, that’s what matters. They’re up to 50 trillion ops now. That’s a big increase. But A.I. (I hate that term!), uses everything in the sic in different ways and to differing extents.y2an said:Why does the M4 still only have 16 cores in the neural engine? The claim is that it’s 3x faster than M1 but is that enough for AI or is the GPU really doing the heavy lifting and they just have to keep the neural engine as a named feature for show?
believe me, if it were just a feature for show, Apple would have been gleefully called out on it.
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Craig Federighi says Siri won't become sentient, but it'll get better
I didn’t say it was trivial. You just did. It’s too bad people who don’t know how this works, comment.muthuk_vanalingam said:
If it is such a trivial point, why does Google pay billions of dollars to Apple every year.melgross said:
No, they didn’t. All it gives Google is the default position as the search engine. You can easily change it to another.danvm said:
Didn't Apple sold their customers to Google when they agree to make Google Search the default search engine in every Apple device? It looks like Apple get some billions from Google business practices, right?danox said:Google and Meta sell you to the highest bidder for profit, Apple like most retailers gets all the information from you (about you) when you buy something from them to complete a mutual transaction, Google and Meta have to dig into the cesspool/trashcan (internet) to get the same information thru Spy-net.Many people can’t grasp the how you make your money determines everything that you do afterwards in terms of how you conduct your business going forward, Google and Meta are night and day different from Apple and no amount of me too or feel good products or giveaways will change that. -
Craig Federighi says Siri won't become sentient, but it'll get better
Because people are lazy and they know it. It helps that Google is the best search engine. Google states in their quarterly reports where they make money from. And they make more than 50% of their money online from Apple.muthuk_vanalingam said:
If it is such a trivial point, why does Google pay billions of dollars to Apple every year.melgross said:
No, they didn’t. All it gives Google is the default position as the search engine. You can easily change it to another.danvm said:
Didn't Apple sold their customers to Google when they agree to make Google Search the default search engine in every Apple device? It looks like Apple get some billions from Google business practices, right?danox said:Google and Meta sell you to the highest bidder for profit, Apple like most retailers gets all the information from you (about you) when you buy something from them to complete a mutual transaction, Google and Meta have to dig into the cesspool/trashcan (internet) to get the same information thru Spy-net.Many people can’t grasp the how you make your money determines everything that you do afterwards in terms of how you conduct your business going forward, Google and Meta are night and day different from Apple and no amount of me too or feel good products or giveaways will change that. -
M4 24-inch iMac vs M1 24-inch iMac compared -- A muted upgrade for first-adopters
I doubt we’ll see that. Apple has previously indicated that the 27” was finished. The 24, being in between seems to be a replacement for both the 21.5 and the 27. Schools liked the 21.5. That was one of the biggest markets. The 24 isn’t much bigger. There have been rumors since the 27 was discontinued that Apple was coming out with a new “pro” model with a 32” screen, but I’m not sure I believe that.svencito said:The only thing I'm waiting for is the 27-inch sibling. 23.5' just won't do it for me.
my wife, who has an older 27” model, all decked out, wants a new 27 too. I told her to just get the 27 studio and a new Mini when Apple shows it to us, hopefully this week. That’s what I would do.
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Apple is readied for an entire week of M4 Mac announcements
If we were only going to get a couple of lower end models, I doubt Apple would make a fairly big deal about it as they are.mpantone said:It is extremely unlikely that we will see any products next week utilizing the M4 Max or M4 Ultra SoCs. 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.
Furthermore there are usually some hints when a new CPU is incoming: Geekbench results with mysterious device IDs, references in beta versions of the operating system, etc. There are no such teasers for the Max and Ultra variants of the M4 silicon at this point.
Other tech media sites (Bloomberg is one) have speculated that the M4 MacBook Air is coming in Q1 2025 with the Mac Studio to follow later. A good bet would be for the Mac Studio with M4 Max SoC to be announced at WWDC 2025 in June.
Another thing not to expect would be any drastic price cuts. It's not like TSMC's latest and greatest node is some sort of bargain offering. Tech media has repeatedly reported wafer price increases. Apple will be pass this along to customers, it's not like they are going to take a major hit to gross margins.
I also doubt the unveiling of a new Apple TV next week. I'm not sure what new silicon would bring to the table. Maybe a couple of minor features but certainly nothing major like a resolution increase. 8K video for consumer devices still isn't here yet even though NHK Japan has been doing terrestrial broadcasts for several years. An Apple TV that does 8K video probably won't come until the FCC migrates to 8K terrestrial broadcasts for US television stations.
