Marvin

uffenman said:

It’s a great machine and I love mine and you love yours….there are no other options for non-Pro consumers, so it’s successful all the way around, no doubt. But let’s get honest here: there’s nothing “Air” about it at 2.7 lbs. that’s why they’ve stopped printing that “MacBookAir” below the screen. It’s just a MacBook, and that’s fine for what it is.

The 13" Air was always around this weight, even with the printed label under the display, 2012 model was 2.9lbs:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/111966

The 11" Air was 2.4lbs but this display size was very cramped.

The 12" Macbook was 2lbs.

It's interesting that the 13" M4 iPad Pro is only 1.3lbs but the keyboard accessory brings it to 2.7lbs. This is to prevent it tipping over.

Apple will be able to trim some weight from the M4 Air. They could probably trim the battery down a bit given how good the battery life is. If they can switch to OLED panels like with the iPad, that would drop the weight a bit too.

9secondkox2 said:

My 2016 MBP and 2015 iMac still do everything with aplomb. 8 and 9 years. 

Been holding off for a new large iMac and faster MBP. 

But don’t know how much longer I want to hold out. There’s new stuff that only works with AS and I’m getting antsy. 

Maybe worth waiting until October for the M4 MBPs as they use ARMv9 but any of the Max chips will be 5-10x faster than 2015-2016 models and it's not just that they run faster, they do it like an iPad, ice cold most of the time. Real world battery life is 3-5x too.

They have refurbs of the M3 ones, which doesn't feel so bad buying if M4 comes out in October because it's 15% off.

https://www.apple.com/shop/product/G1AG0LL/A

I doubt a large iMac will be out for a while, if ever. The display cost for a 32" 6K panel won't be low enough for them to make one, 27" Studio IPS display is $1600. Easiest route to go would be Studio or mini + OLED display (or the Studio Display but OLED has better color and HDR). Apple is selling so many Studio Macs that it replaces the larger iMacs at that price point.

32" 4K OLED = $1310 https://www.amazon.com/LG-%E2%80%8E32GS95UE-Ultragear-DisplayHDR-DisplayPort/dp/B0CV1Y7NLT
An M2 Max Studio 32GB/1TB is $1800 https://www.apple.com/shop/refurbished/mac/mac-studio

I doubt Studio models will be updated in October, more likely March 2025 or later but a MBP can be used with a display until the Studio is updated.

Mork said:

Must be for certain phones, my 13 pro max doesn’t show this.

Only for iPhones with adaptive true-tone flash:

https://appleinsider.com/articles/22/09/20/how-iphone-14-pro-adaptive-true-tone-flash-creates-perfect-light-for-your-photos

Pro models from iPhone 14: 14 Pro/Max, 15 Pro/Max.

multimedia said:

I’m running the Blue 1TB iPhone 15 Pro Max and will definitely be buying the Rose Gold 2TB iPhone 16 Pro Max on Day One.

FYI: I have only 90.91GB of remaining storage left.

Larger files can be offloaded to external storage to free up space and to have backups.



https://www.tomsguide.com/how-to/how-to-use-an-external-storage-device-with-iphone

4TB SSD is around $300:

https://www.amazon.com/SAMSUNG-Portable-Professionals-MU-PC4T0T-AM/dp/B0CX9BV341

Ideally 3x copies of important files (3x 2TB drives = $510) and they can be removed from the iPhone.

Home NAS is an option too but copying over wifi will be much slower:

https://www.amazon.com/Synology-2-Bay-DiskStation-DS223j-Diskless/dp/B0C8814GKB

M68000 said:

The vast amount of general public cannot relate to F1 racing.  F1 is for millionaires and multi millionaires.  Whereas the general public has played many of the most popular sports, F1 is in some other dimension with its multi million dollar cars and ultra exclusive atmosphere.

Also,   When you see those races on tv, are they really that interesting?

Some people appreciate the skill in the racing. The races are quite boring to watch from outside but are interesting to watch from inside the car where it gives a much better impression of the speed (over 300km/h, 186mph):



When there are near misses like this, the reaction times have to be pretty good:



Rally racing looks more intense but is slower than F1:



Maybe F1 could get some tips from movie directors on how to make the races look more interesting with the camera angles. Attaching some cameras to the car/cockpit for Apple Vision Pro would give a good impression of the speed.