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discountopinion said:

nubus said:

discountopinion said:

Why only update the SoC of a low volume form factor where the SoC is not the main gripe from users? 

You're absolutely right but M2 in a flagship product is beyond embarrassing. If Apple isn't capable of doing anything else before a full reset in 2027/28 then launching M5 is the thing to do. Preferably cut $1k and accept the reduced margin while building next generation.

Fair comments. I feel the same about the AirPod Max and the Mac Pro of old. Low volume flagship products lagging behind consumer grade products in the silicon. It is a clear pattern. No-one would buy a Koeningsegg with old tech would they?

Indeed! The big HomePod got downgraded to fewer speakers. Watch Ultra is 2 years old. iPad Pro 11" had years of the display from Air. Studio is doing M3 Ultra but M4 Max. Guess we just accepted all of it. But AVP... you can't spend a decade, launch a product, and then walk away. M5 is the minimum viable effort. It has to happen unless Apple plan on doing a full reset.

discountopinion said:

Why only update the SoC of a low volume form factor where the SoC is not the main gripe from users? 

You're absolutely right but M2 in a flagship product is beyond embarrassing. If Apple isn't capable of doing anything else before a full reset in 2027/28 then launching M5 is the thing to do. Preferably cut $1k and accept the reduced margin while building next generation.

I would love to see eMate back and for it to use iPadOS 26 now that the OS has windows.
A18 Pro with 3nm and ray-tracing is too much of a processor for this thing. Go with A16 on 5nm instead. Limit it to 8 GB but make it fun to use.
And one bold suggestion... drop the Retina Display. Get this thing down to $500 with keyboard, touch, rugged plastics, 8/128 storage, and 6 hours battery life.

It would be something new. Something for all ages and those not capable of/interested in paying $1k for a laptop.

ericthehalfbee said:

Are you honestly going to say that a company with 20 million customers should be exempt because they’re not big enough? Seriously?

I simply quoted EU legislation on how gatekeepers are defined. Shouldn't be a problem to bring facts to the table.

ericthehalfbee said:

Apple should simply drop fees to some ridiculously low level in the EU (5% for small developers, 8% for everyone else). There’d be no reason for any developer to want to roll their own store

You can't be a gatekeeper (EU term) or hold a monopoly (US DOJ) and then use one product (smartphones) to get a monopoly on reselling software. Not by blocking competition or by "drop fees to some ridiculously low level" in order to use one monopoly to gain another.

As for "what about Sony". The EU DMA regulation requires 45 million active users for companies to be seen as gatekeepers. Sony is at 30-35 million. Doesn't stop other cases to hit Sony. This week a Dutch case on "Sony Tax" hit courts.