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How much of the cost of the device would be down to A-series vs M-series? I understand the huge volume advantage of the a-series but all the rest of the Mac would be similar, right? I’m going to just think this gives Apple a way to cut margins, maybe go down spec for some stuff and sell a cheaper Mac. Just upgraded my 4 1/2 year old M1 Air to a refurbished M3 for my travel Mac. Love it. Insta360 Studio, Lightroom Classic and Xcode all work really well. Would I buy this new A-series instead if it were out? It would have to have MagSafe,2xUSBC, at least 16g and be as fast as my M3 so I suspect the answer would be no.

9secondkox2 said:

longfang said:

9secondkox2 said:

Incredibly stupid idea. 

Apple already has the MacBook Air. 

Now they want to make an iPad with a keyboard but no touchscreen?

the iPhone SOC is for the phone. 

Don’t weaken the Mac just to have an even cheaper model. 

Sounds really bad. 

Why not? I’d love an updated sub 900g notebook for travel. As I age I just couldn’t be arsed to lug so much around unto aircraft. 

Sounds like an iPad would fit tje bill nicely. 

Not for me. The Max is a far superior tool for managing and editing photos and video. I really love having a real keyboard that is permanently attached. Tried the first usb-c iPad for travel and it wasn’t a be good experience. Lightroom is not up to the level of Lightroom Classic (which does not run on the iPad) unless you buy lots of TB of Adobe cloud storage and have good internet.

repressthis said:

I use my HomePods in stereo for a home theater, paired with an Apple TV. Really love the experience. An excellent product and I’m so pleased to have ditched my old jumbo sized 3.1 sounds system, never wanting to go back. But in 5 years when the HomePods are vintage, I wonder what’s next? Sonos... eh, maybe. 

Yes, this is a cool functionality that would go away. You can’t even use a single mini as he default output for an AppleTV so maybe Apple will add this ability. Sure won’t match your stereo HomePod setup quality but I use one Apple TV in my garage for exercise (Zwift in my case but could be fitness+ for others. Don’t need the best quality sound for that.  

Using on 11” iPad. At first I thought both iPad speakers and AirPods were both on. It sounded like sound was coming from iPad as I moved my head around but much better sound. Such an amazing improvement in experience. 

JWSC said:

I suppose everyone who takes part in these COVID-19 tracking solutions feels good about this work. And I’m sure it’s good work. But getting it deployed to the masses, many of whom will not voluntarily submit to tracking, is just too little and too late.

It may be a prepackaged solution for the next pandemic though.

I hope you’re wrong but fear you’re right about the US. So funny when you realize your cell company is tracking you already, not to mention Google and Facebook.