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Why Apple's Macs can now ditch Intel x86 and shift to ARM
“Apple can certainly now also ship non-Intel Macs with an ARM CPU and not worry about optimized software support.”
Of course Apple can, but the point is would any people buy that ARM Mac? Why not? Well, the reason is the very existence of iPads. If people are satisfied with the capabilities of ARM then they buy smartphones or iPads. Why would they overpay for an ARM in a Mac enclosure? On the opposite side if people buy computers today, they do so for very specific purposes. We are not in the 2000s anymore, people are not newly discovering that charm called home PC with all its magic like ICQ, IRC, MSN, mp3, winAmp, DVD, DivX... That era where people were buying home PCs for general use has long gone. They now buy smartphones and iPads for that kind of use. Those who remain with PCs do so for very specific purposes. And that article would have a point if it were exposing those purposes and explaining why ARM would be preferable to Intel for each of those purposes. Otherwise hypothesizing like Apple could do this Apple could do that has no meaning. The point is why Apple is not into every this and every that.
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2019 Back To School Buyers' Guide: Choosing the right iPad or iPad Pro
I suggest always Macbook Air or Pro for college because I think every college student must acquire some programming experience and Swift in Xcode is excellent for that.seanismorris said:My sister has 4 children, the first has now been in college for a year.
My thought was 12.9” would be perfect when the first entered college, but at the time 12.9” was little changed from the original, so she bought a 2 in 1 Acer laptop ($700).
The 2nd child is now getting close to the last year of high school, and looking for a tablet/computer that will finish the last year and hopefully carry her through college (yes, ambitious).
When asking around (taking to college students) the iPad isn’t able to run the course software. I’m not talking about specialized software (mathcad, etc.) but the software needed to manage classes (submit homework? Ebooks, for discounted pricing). I know it can be used to take notes, and write papers, but that isn’t sufficient...
Taking notes with the Apple Pencil I’d think would be a big advantage, but if you need to buy another laptop that’s going to get pricey...
I’m helping with research, and the machine(s) will probably get purchased at Christmas. Currently, the MacBook Pro is favored with the Microsoft Surface number two. An iPad + a Windows laptop is considered, but at that price point the Surface would be better.
The original budget was $1000 but I think I talked my sister up to $1350 (MacBook Pro) to get a machine that could last 5 years (fingers crossed). Bottom line, without a bigger budget the iPad isn’t going to work... and anyone looking to use it as their sole machine needs to talk to the college they’re attending.
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Review: Apple's 2019 13-inch MacBook Pro is an excellent, inexpensive workhorse
They bought Macbooks by ten thousands since many years. If not, from now they will buy the only unhackable and the most secure laptop on the planet, or they will fall victim of cyber warfare to end with thousands of zombie laptops seized by botnets.entropys said:
Corporations buy HP And Dell laptops. The HP at least is comparable to this machine but both would have slower performing SSDs, RAM and SSD is upgradable. Usually the HP can act as a tablet and it will come with a pen. The SSD in say, an elite book would be 256 GB minimum, 8GB RAM and a comparable cpu, but has a lower res touchscreen. Price wise I would say comparable, maybe the MBP slightly cheaper! The Mac would be faster too.macplusplus said:
Do corporations buy that beast by ten thousands? Maybe they will, for their employees play the most demanding games easily on the corporate laptop. It has even AppleCare-esque service, when the motherboard burns during the gameplay they can make it replaced cheaply by a refurbished one, great for corporations !!!JokingJ said:Inexpensive is relative, but... This it ain't it.
As nice and insular as Apple-land can be, the rest of the personal computing world deserves some consideration when talking about value, and Apple missed the mark big time here.
Consider that for $1299 USD you can get a Razer Blade Stealth 13 with a 256gb SSD, 16gb RAM, 8th Gen quad-core i7, and with dedicated Nvidia MX150 (not to mention niceties like, you know, other ports or a reliable keyboard). That's a premium laptop from a reputable company that even has Applecare-esque service options available.
Value doesn't exist in a vacuum, and it's exactly this sort of nonsense that's been pushing would-be "pros" in the Apple space to consider a switch. This underwhelming and over-priced base model isn't changing that, however comparatively "inexpensive" it may be.
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Actually, the MBP is better value.
In AUD, a 256GB MBP RRPs at $2299 including 10% GST.
The HP elitebook x360 G5 is AUD$2905 on sale at the HP website with a $200 discount. It’s specs are:- Intel® Core™ i5-8250U Processor with Intel® UHD Graphics 620 (1.6 GHz base frequency, up to 3.4 GHz with Intel® Turbo Boost Technology, 6 MB cache, 4 cores)
- Windows 10 Home 64 – HP recommends Windows 10 Pro.
- 13.3" diagonal FHD IPS eDP BrightView WLED-backlit touch screen (1920 x 1080)
- 8 GB LPDDR3-2133 SDRAM (onboard)
- 256 GB PCIe® NVMe™ SSD
I would get the faster MBP with a much brighter and better screen, and a superior, easy to use trackpad. Let’s face it, touch screens are as underused as the touchbar, people really only use them for scrolling.
Just a quick search:
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/6-of-the-largest-enterprise-mac-deployments/
“Here are six of the largest publicly disclosed Mac enterprise deployments that have been confirmed by TechRepublic:1. IBM
In just over a year, IBM passed its original goal of deploying 50,000 Macs, and is now at over 100,000 Macs and continuing to grow.
2. GE
GE announced in October that it would promote Macs as the desktop computer of choice for its global workforce of 330,000 employees. At this point, thousands of Macs have been deployed.
3. Concentrix
Business services company Concentrix has deployed more than 18,000 Macs to employees.
4. Oath
Oath, the collection of media and technology brands owned by Verizon, has deployed more than 15,000 Macs.
5. SAP
Multinational enterprise software corporation SAP has deployed more than 14,000 Macs to employees.
6. Capital One
Banking company Capital One has deployed more than 12,000 Macs.”
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2020 iPhone may adopt iPad Pro-style ProMotion displays
It is for Pencil compatibility (most probably). Those who own a Pencil cannot use it on the iPhone. Pencil 2 requiring flat borders for magnetic attachment and wireless charging, it will be most probably Pencil 1. Then there is a catch: Pencil 1 charging on the iPhone’s Lightning port, idiots will use it as a selfie stick when charging to drop their iPhones then will file a class action lawsuit.netrox said:I honestly don't see much difference between 120Hz and 60Hz. I think it would be just wasted resources, especially on iPhones.
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Review: Apple's 2019 13-inch MacBook Pro is an excellent, inexpensive workhorse
Irrelevant. This is the read speed that matters the most and those are almost identical. Write is always optimized and may vary by media, especially fragmentation. Applications are not affected by write speed because they write to the disk cache not directly to the disk. This is the operating system that writes directly to the disk asynchronously. Also it is not clear whether the two models compared have the same file system, APFS or HFS+. RAM size too must be identical because of the disk cache. Grab one test from a site grab another test from another site is not benchmarking.ireland said:SSD speed comparison:
