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  • MacBook Air M3 review three months later: The best Mac for nearly everyone

    kiwimacheadkiwimachead
    The MacBook Airs are a really nice product, especially now that it's the first time Apple has had a 15" screen laptop offered for less than $1500 in many years.

    The one problem is this generation they released the M3 version in March and announced the M4 in the iPad Pros in May. So now for the first time Apple has the MacBook Airs with an inferior chip to the iPad Pro, and presumably the M4 MacBook Airs are coming way later in the M4 Mac release cycle too.
    Of course these things don’t matter in practice and I can’t imagine an M4 model next year will be noticeably faster. With the 13” M3 MBA Apple hit a home run. It’s AI ready and somewhat future proofed with new power features such as ray tracing. I never notice the screen notch, the build quality feels premium with a very nice keyboard + trackpad, 13.6” retina screen is an ideal size for a laptop, battery life is fantastic and transfer speeds on the USB C/thunderbolt ports are quick. MBP 14” and MBA 15” were within my cash budget but the 13” (midnight 16GB/512gb)  stacked up as by far the best value of the three and I would happily buy again.
    dewmeAlex1Nwilliamlondonwatto_cobra

  • Apple Watch SE may switch to an all-plastic chassis to lower costs

    kiwimacheadkiwimachead
    Wouldn't have a problem with a tough recycled resin and elastomer encased Apple watch if it brought prices down - smart watches are redundant after a few years anyway. What would be really great is if Apple could get rid of the ugly Apple Watch rounded case aesthetic and go square. I work in construction and have never managed to break the body or screen of a plastic 5600 series Casio GShock square (even the bare bones F-91W is a durable watch).
    watto_cobra

  • Apple Intelligence impresses now, and it's still very early

    kiwimacheadkiwimachead
    aderutter said:
    “ We'll see in the fullness of time if the responses that ChatGPT change when logged into an OpenAI account. ”

    I see that this article wasn’t proofread… 

    Looking forward to a time when AI articles are proofread using AI…


    AI proofreading definitely looks handy in some circumstances and it’s good that Apple are (presently) aiming to steer the ship wide of AI’s risk towards advancing the huge mis/disinformation issue in society, politics, business and journalism. Dunno how we’re going to get around that looming iceberg...
    watto_cobra

  • Apple Vision Pro sequel stalls as work on cheaper consumer headset continues

    kiwimacheadkiwimachead
    No brainer for Apple to go all out developing AVP into a tiered product line-up. They could definitely leverage some of that mind blowing tech into an accessible money spinner for a few years while the flagship AVP model evolves into a slimmer product. A lower entry point would be a great drawcard for game developers… Can’t wait! 
    jas99

  • Is Apple Intelligence artificial?

    kiwimacheadkiwimachead
    Chapeau all the Apple staff and teams who made this happen. Machine learning that is private and will make devices function more intuitively, as well as a handy way of leveraging externally sourced ‘AI’ for what it really is, a glorified search engine. Imagine there will be a lot of frantic meetings at Google and MS, with Samsung et al screaming at these two bloated OS developers for dropping the ball.
    jas99Alex1Nwatto_cobra