Rogue01

They can build all the OLED displays they want.  With the confirmed price-hike on these iPads, consumers won't be happy.  iPadOS does not fully support the M CPU, so it is wasted in an iPad.  The base model iPad can run all the same apps as an iPad Pro.  When the price of the iPad exceeds the price of MacBooks, then you have a problem, especially when the MacBook is a much more capable machine with macOS and pro-level apps.  

For $1,399, you can get the M2 12.9 iPad Pro with 512GB, but no keyboard.  For the same price, you can get the 13" M2 MacBook Air with 16/512.  You would have to be a fool to choose the iPad over the MacBook Air.  And the new iPad Pro is supposed to have a big price hike, but still limited with iPadOS, while the price of the M2 MacBook Air will remain the same.

JinTech said:

Rogue01 said:

Hilarious that the 'new' MacBook Air with the same M3 chip as the MacBook Pro now supports two external displays when the lid is closed, but the M3 MacBook Pro can only support one external display.  Meanwhile, all Intel MacBooks can support two external displays with the lid open, for 3 displays.  Way to go Apple.  And still extortion prices for RAM and SSD upgrades.  Maybe Apple is listening to all the complaints to restore a popular feature that they took away when they introduced Apple Silicon.  

Apparently the Air will be able to do this via software update so I’m sure this will apply to the Pro as well. 

Yes, Apple just announced a software update to allow dual external display support with the lid closed on the M3 MacBook Pro...to avoid customer backlash most likely.

Hilarious that the 'new' MacBook Air with the same M3 chip as the MacBook Pro now supports two external displays when the lid is closed, but the M3 MacBook Pro can only support one external display.  Meanwhile, all Intel MacBooks can support two external displays with the lid open, for 3 displays.  Way to go Apple.  And still extortion prices for RAM and SSD upgrades.  Maybe Apple is listening to all the complaints to restore a popular feature that they took away when they introduced Apple Silicon.  

Looks like Apple is going to avoid a big PR blunder with the M3 MacBook Pro and they just announced an upcoming software update that will enable the same dual external display support with the lid closed, as featured in the new M3 Air.  So they basically admitted that dual external display support was disabled.  Now that the M3 Air can do it, they realized they already have an M3 product on the market and they had to fix that one to avoid customer backlash.

"Hey baby, can we get pictures with the Apple Vision Pro?"

He is more in love with a piece of technology centered on isolation, than he is with her.  That would have been the sign to tear up the marriage license and walk away.  The fact that he brought them to the wedding was the biggest red flag not to marry the guy.  I bet he wears the Vision Pro in front of the judge during their divorce or annulment.  

jagrahax said:

High Apple memory prices may be due, in part, to extensive memory testing at the memory supplier to weed out bad or unreliable memory.  Apple may also specify a low die defect level that rules out many memory chips on the wafer.  I was once responsible for worldwide memory quality for a major computer manufacturer and we took the same approach.  

Memory errors can result from weak or defective bits.  A memory error may not matter for photo editing or web browsing but if the computer is used for scientific or precise technical calculations, memory quality is important.  

Apple used to offer ECC (error corrected) memory in its most powerful computers.  In the absence of ECC memory, I will pay Apple’s higher memory prices every time.  I’m paying for quality.  

Your comment is total BS.  Apple used regular off the shelf memory chips by suppliers like Hynix, etc.  Apple for decades has had a ridiculous markup and they still do, even worse on their SSDs.  Now you are stuck with the Apple Tax and getting ripped off on memory and SSDs.