Rogue01

Too many iPad SKUs.  All the iPads run the same software at relatively the same speed, so there is no real difference between the base model and a Pro as far as the software and apps you run on it.  The M processor is wasted in the iPad because of iPadOS and apps are incapable of taking full advantage of the chip.  The base model iPad runs all the same software that the Pro model does.  Too many Macs too, and some have been neglected for years without an update.  

Totally disagree with PauloSeraa.  He just doesn't get it.  He prefers a MacBook Pro because it is portable.  That is his choice.

He thinks the form factor is not attractive.  The iMac is a desktop computer, and it has an award-winning form factor.  It is even better with a VESA mount because it can float over your desk and be positioned in every way possible.  My current 27" iMac 2020 has the VESA option and it floats over my desk without the stand taking up room, or a computer sitting on the desk.  The Studio Display (that replaced the iMac with the Mac Studio) has the same form factor as the iMac.  A Mac mini or Mac Studio and a separate display with all the cables coming off of them does not have the same elegant look as an iMac.

He thinks the iMac is not upgradable.  Does he know that the MacBook Pros are also not upgradable?  All Apple Silicon Macs are no longer upgradable.  You must buy what you want at the time of purchase.  Yes, the 24" iMac now falls under the category of non-upgradable, but now all Macs are not upgradable.  So that is a weak argument.

He specifically discusses the Intel iMacs as not upgradable and not reusable.  The Intel iMacs ARE upgradable!  The 27" had user-replaceable RAM and before the 2020 iMac with the T2 chip, the SSD was also upgradable, by the user!  I upgraded the RAM in my 27" iMac to 128GB for 1/4 the price of what Apple charges, and I did it two years after I bought it when RAM was at a low price.  The 21.5" iMac also had upgradable memory and upgradable drives, once you removed the display, which is not hard to do.

He claims they are not re-usable.  He thinks once a Mac is considered vintage or obsolete, you must throw them away.  My 2012 27" iMac would disagree.  I upgraded the memory to 32GB, replaced the spinning drive with a 1TB SSD, and also added the OWC 2TB blade SSD to the factory SSD slot.  It was not hard to remove the display and re-attach it with new adhesive.  Now this 2012 iMac can boot Mountain Lion, the original OS, Catalina, the latest version it can run, and also Windows 10 in Boot Camp.  If I want to try OpenCore, I could upgrade it to Monterey or Ventura.  I use it in my garage and iTunes also feeds to a stereo in the garage too.  So I can do lots of things with that 11 year old iMac.  I can also use my 'obsolete' Mac Pro 2008, QuickSilver G4, Power Mac G5, and Mac LC 575 for running vintage apps and games too.   I guess he thinks those are un-usable too.

All we wanted was a 27" 5K iMac with an M Pro or M Max CPU, just like in the MacBook Pros, and the iMac would have been a top seller with customers.  Instead, we got a bare-bones 24" iMac with a base model M1 chip that was hardly a valid replacement.  And Apple has done nothing with it for almost 2 1/2 years.  Sad.

My 27" 2020 iMac even has Parallels with Snow Leopard Server as a VM so I can run older PowerPC apps.  I guess that is un-usable too since it is an Intel iMac.

nubus said:

The surprise of the year is that 15 will offer most of 14 Pro.

15 Pro seems limited to an even faster CPU (do we need it?), faster cable connections (in the time of wireless), and materials that can fix the weight problem of Pro (but the base iPhone will still be lighter). Even if 15 Pro is the only one to get Wifi 6E... then 6E is not faster than 6. And the colors on Pro 15 are dull. Surely Pro will sell - but 15 "core" seems to deliver a lot of value, all the right solutions, and it will be something new for the first time since iPhone 12.

I can imagine companies moving to iPhone 15 to get rid of the old cables.

Yes you need a new CPU because iOS keeps getting more bloated with each year.  Wireless isn't everything, and the phone transfers data and charges faster with a wired connection.  The base model phones, including the 15, will never have the optical zoom.  That is a deal breaker for most to push towards the Pro models.  

Companies will not move to the iPhone 15 to get rid of cables.  The phones include a cable, so companies don't really care.  Companies will replenish the phones for their employees whenever their time comes due for a replenishment, usually every 2 or 3 years.  Employees due for replenishment now would get an iPhone 14 or 14 Pro, and then have to keep that phone for at least 2 years before they can replace it.

So Apple sold the only one in stock since 2019, and now it is on backorder.  Only a fool would buy that stand.  I would imagine most spend $200 for the VESA mount, also a rip-off, and mount it to an arm instead.

It is always great to go back and watch WWDC 2019 when the poor guy was booed off the stage when he announced the $999 price tag for a stand!  The look on his face is classic, totally not expecting the crowd to boo.  

ericthehalfbee said:

Kind of ridiculous that Apple got flak for trying to implement CSAM using a better method to improve privacy while Google, Microsoft and others have had full-blown CSAM scanning for years and hardly anyone talks about it.

Google is even worse for using machine learning to try and identify images that aren't in the CSAM database, generating additional false positives.

It is ridiculous that you don't understand how it works.  Google, Microsoft, and others scan the photos that USERS upload to their cloud services and photos are scanned on the cloud servers.  Apple wanted to scan every single photo stored on your device whether you like it or not.  Big difference, and big privacy violation.  Apple's attempt at scanning was also known to produce false positives, then a third party company would review those photos.