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  • iPhone Air was almost portless, but concerns about EU regulations prevented it

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    Why would they think it's a good idea to remove port when it can be used for high speed data or recharging more efficiently? 


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  • MacBook Air with M4 & Mac Studio with M4 Max, M3 Ultra have arrived

    netroxnetrox
    I ordered it with upgrades. It said it'll deliver on 17th. Then 13th. And now, it said it's delivering today! 

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  • First Mac Studio M3 Ultra benchmarks significantly outpace the M2 Ultra

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    programmer said:

    My use case: I do a lot of editing in Final Cut Pro, mostly HD but some 4K, and some of the projects are 30 minutes long. Is it worth it for me to buy a Mac Studio with M3 Ultra? Twice as many horses which aren't that much weaker
    I'd say that in your case, no if you own a Mac purchased since the M1 or last generation of Intel with discrete cards (AMD). 

    Video and image editing does not require "deep computation" - M4 Max is blazing fast - it does the job very well. You don't even need 64GB of RAM - it makes no difference at all.

    Mac Studio with M3 Ultra seems targeted toward users who use AI LLMs and scientific computing where loading massive amount of datasets into RAM can make a huge difference. LLMs are often around 4GB at a minimum (and produces laughable outputs) to 128GB with better outputs. For AI to work efficiently, they need to be loaded into RAM. It may be cheaper to just use the AI servers than to buy Mac Ultra 3 but if a person truly wants everything "offline" then Ultra 3 is suitable. You can tell that Apple is targeting them by offering massive 256GB or 512GB as an option and advertised about running the LLM in RAM. 


     
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  • Apple finally accepts that 64GB is inadequate for iPhones and iPads

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    I am pretty sure it has to do with manufactures stopped making 64GB chips so Apple had no choice but to move up to 128GB. It just makes no economic sense to keep making low capacity storage. 


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  • Mac Studio gets an update to M4 Max or M3 Ultra

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    The fact that M3 Ultra now support up to 512 GB RAM is pretty amazing. It's great for large scale LLMs. Ultra 2 would only support 192GB at max. 


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