Toortog

It makes me nervous when Apple keeps talking about graphics when talking performance increase.  Even the new chip features they talked about were graphics focused.   Not everyone is doing high end graphics work.  Sound like these chips are all about Vision Pro and the graphics workload they will have.   Have to wait for sites to test  but I wonder if doing audio will benefit.   Audio work on M1 and M2 are about the same so how much will it change with M3. 

Stupid move people keep asking for the return of the 27" iMac.   I'd buy a new 27" M-series iMac instantly if they put one out. 

They will probably take a page from the IBM OS2 game book.  Apple will dial back performance of their chip to reduce heat on the chip that was suppose to run cooler.  Then like OS2 they will crank up the screen IO to make things appear to the user as still speedy.  I'd say Apple and TSMC has pushed out the 3nm chips before they are ready for prime time. 

I think besides the economy the another part of the problem is chips have become so fast increases in performance are not noticeable by the average user.   Companies especially Apple kept creating background crap/apps to try and chew up some CPU cycle to create a need for more powerful chips, but the chips are handling it all just fine.    The only people really benefiting are people working in production level video.    Even people working in audio the faster chips are of little benefit.    I think this is why Apple is finally trying to get into the game market.  Hardcore gamers want and are willing to spend money on bleeding edge tech so Apple needs a presence in that market to sell its next generation chips. 

So selling more powerful chips are becoming harder sell. 

Change is normal with everything including Apple it's just part of life and we adapt and move on.    

Look at Apple the Apple II was a very hugely popular computer used by schools, businesses, and at home, could run multiple OSes,  but Apple came out with the Mac.   The Mac was a new CPU,  a new operating system MacOS,  closed system, crazy expensive, and little software.   Apple shoved SCSI in to the world with the Mac, a headed design with a tiny screen.    Apple didn't stop changing changing chips again,  dropping SCSI,  at one point multiple internal busses in difference models, Apple Unix, Apple the software company Apple not a software company and owning an Mac was risky.   Apple will say it was all innovation, but a lot was just to make do things there way. 

This is just a port change and not the first on the iPhone, quit making such a big deal out of it.  Life as you know it isn't coming to an end, at some point you'll switch and you'll have to adjust and then just moving on.   But don't worry like the headphone jack disappearing Apples going to make that charging port disappear in the near future too.  Now that will be a big change, but they will do it and people will live.