canukstorm

citpeks said:

dysamoria said:

I’m surprised Lightning doesn’t carry digital audio. I wonder why I thought it did.

It does.  The Lightning to 3.5mm dongle is actually a DAC (and a good one, as well as one of the cheapest things Apple sells(!)), so it's receiving digital output from the port.  The constraint is either in the maximum bitrate it, or the APP's DAC supports.

Either Apple is being disingenuous with its statements, or there is some sloppy reporting occurring.  Maybe both.

"Is it still going to sound very good? Almost certainly. The AirPods Max sound exceptional — even with AAC over Bluetooth, and plugging in can make the experience richer. But if you’re a stickler for the technical details, this is why the AirPods Max can’t pull off lossless audio in the truest sense. It also leaves Apple in an awkward spot where other high-end headphones that do support digital audio when hard wired — over USB-C, for example — could deliver the full lossless audio that the AirPods Max can’t."

https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/17/22440788/apple-airpods-max-lossless-music-explainer-spatial-audio

Dibiase said:

canukstorm said:

discountopinion said:

I do not need this iPad Pro but oh boy do I want it. the iPad Air 4 is enough for my use case at the moment. 

2021 iPad Pro with the M1 is a brilliant move in terms of product positioning as personally I always felt that the iPad Pro value prop was limping along a bit since the soc tended to be an interaction of the iPhone soc. Now it is more positioned with heavy workloads and helps Apple to build further efficiencies of scale for the M1 chip.

I wonder if there would be a future option to run Rosetta 2 on the iPad and if having a magic keyboard and trackpad connected then to flip into a macOS emulation mode similar to how iOS apps can run under macOS. The M1 certainly provides the infrastructure to enable all sorts of convergence use cases in the future.

With the iPad Pro now having the M1 and still starting at $999 (for the 11"), I wouldn't recommend the iPad Air ($599). For an extra $200 you get so much more (ProMotion, FaceID, Center Stage, 8GB / 16GB RAM, double performance, quad speakers, better mics)  and it's worth it even if only for the future proofing. In addition to that the iPad 9 is rumored to get the A13, 4GB RAM, laminated screen, 10.5" screen. To me, the iPad Air is stuck between a rock and a hard place.   If someone is asking my recommendation, I'd say get the entry-level iPad if interested in only basic tasks otherwise fork over the extra $200 for the 11" iPad Pro.

Am I missing something here?  $599 to $999 is another $400 not an extra $200.  

discountopinion said:

I do not need this iPad Pro but oh boy do I want it. the iPad Air 4 is enough for my use case at the moment. 

2021 iPad Pro with the M1 is a brilliant move in terms of product positioning as personally I always felt that the iPad Pro value prop was limping along a bit since the soc tended to be an interaction of the iPhone soc. Now it is more positioned with heavy workloads and helps Apple to build further efficiencies of scale for the M1 chip.

I wonder if there would be a future option to run Rosetta 2 on the iPad and if having a magic keyboard and trackpad connected then to flip into a macOS emulation mode similar to how iOS apps can run under macOS. The M1 certainly provides the infrastructure to enable all sorts of convergence use cases in the future.

lkrupp said:

tht said:

DAalseth said:

canukstorm said:

lkrupp said:

Chip shortage or new iMac? Could be either.

Mark Gurman is hinting at a new iMac to come

https://twitter.com/markgurman/status/1383132513728532482

I’d bet on a new M1 24” model. 

Interesting that the 27 “ is not yet showing shirt supply though

I think it would be great to have an M1 24" and 30" (what sizes they are) models. Fanless and for $1000 and $1500 respectively would be awesome. I think a lot people just want a large display and just enough performance to web surf. The M1 can do that admirably.

Lets hope they have new iMacs. It's been so long.

While it’s perfectly okay to dream, the dream of a high performance iMac for $1000.00 is pure fantasy, let alone one with a 30” screen for $1500.00. People need to get over the dream of a cheap Mac that competes with a low end Windows box. It ain’t gonna happen.