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AppleInsider said:

Best budget iMac

The only issue with the $1,299 3.6GHz quad-core -- which applies to the dual core model above as well -- is the storage. It comes equipped with a 1TB, 5400 RPM hard drive. If the main use for the machine is browsing or Facebook, or other "average" uses, this doesn't matter at all, but this is the still biggest limiting factor to this machine. 

Absolutely not. This is an excellent home machine. You wouldn't BootCamp a 256GB SSD, the partitions would be too small. 1 TB is the minimum size to run natively both Windows and macOS on the same machine, considering that an average recent Windows game takes about 60 GB of space.

Ask kids whether they want 1 TB hard disk or 256 GB SSD: all wil cheer for 1 TB hard disk because they have a lot of games to store, mostly Windows ones.. Apple could default to 256 GB SSD on that model but then the family would run shortly out of space: families have a lot of fun, photos, videos, games, music and movies to store in their home computers, 1 TB hard disk is chosen with families in mind.

Ask kids whether they want 1 TB hard disk or 256 GB SSD: kids will always choose 1 TB HD because that will store a lot of games and even a BootCamp partition with a lot more of Windows games. This base configuration is an adequate home machine. What do you expect from a i3 machine? Apple could default to 256 GB SSD on that configuration but a family would shortly run out of space: people have a lot of photos and videos, music and movies, kids with a lot of games and who invade their parents' laptops, iPhones and iPads when they run out of space... Absolute nonsense to self-mutilate because of a hard disk on a i3 home configuration...

auxio said:

Should be interesting to see how games which are designed for iPhone/iPad translate to the Mac/AppleTV, where you don't have a touchscreen.  Without additional developer effort to adapt the game controls for those platforms, the only way I see it working well is if you're also using your iPhone/iPad for control.  But if that's the case, why wouldn't you just play it on those devices directly?

Some games cannot be translated between macOS / iOS. It is obvious that there will be different games on each platform but one subscription will encompass all.

Although the article says “The iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV are all supported by all of the games on the service, and offline play is available for all titles” that would reduce the inventory to a very small subset. I didn’t watch the Event, have to check if it is exactly presented as mentioned.

StrangeDays said:

hmurchison said:

Oprah?  LOL.    Apple TV+ sounds like it's going to be trash. 

Honestly the Apple Credit Card was the most exciting announcement.  The rest of the stuff is stuff looks standard fare  B List Actors and Directors.  
Probably just save my money and watch it grow in the Apple Wallet app.  

Can you please pass the drugs you're smoking? These were some of the most famous, most bankable directors and performers and producers.

Obviously it is clear that the new video content Apple has announced today is not of prime quality. But that doesn't matter, apparently Apple believes it is adequate for starting up. What Apple tries to sell with this project is the viewing experience, IMHO. This is where Apple may succeed the most and we all know it will.

Yes there is already the Apple TV but people spend more time on their mobile devices than their TVs. And the viewing experience on these mobile devices is at least fragmented. Sloppy web, different crappy apps if they exist at all. If you consider international markets, the situation is worse than that.

...If that project holds, then the content producers will line up before Apple.

melgross said:

mjtomlin said:

melgross said:

Apple needs to get on the ball with these standards. They’re very shaky about supporting them. Sometimes they do, and sometimes they don’t. There’s no evidence that not supporting a standard is giving Apple a boost. It just makes it more difficult for developers to get aboard Apple’s platform.

Developers didn't complain about DirectX (vs. OpenGL)
Developers don't complain about nVidia CUDA (vs. OpenCL)

It doesn't make it difficult for developers to get on board to a platform with a device base of a billion and counting.

Yes they do. They complain all the time. It’s one reason why Apple’s platform has fewer games, and poorer performance for CAD and other software. No matter what you think, Apple’s is still a small minority platforn.

That still minority platform was selling a lot of ArchiCAD and Power Mac bundles 30 years ago and is still selling. Apple has never been ignored by mainstream CAD developers and in contrast is actually further supported by their commitment to the iPad Pro, not to mention iMac Pro. Regarding games, Apple is the creator of the biggest mobile gaming platform, so... anyway...