kiwimachead

Pro convert since the 14, waiting out for a 17 Pro max as AI features should be dialed in by then... Even though the pro models are damn expensive and the standard iPhone is getting closer in its features, running a really busy small business I find the pro res screen, camera functionality, battery life, toughness of the phone body and screen have been game changers. 

timmillea said:

I have an M1 MBA 16gb/2TB and wonder how long I will have to wait before Apple produces something that will actually excite me enough to upgrade? 

Regarding fans, once you have been fan-less, there is no going back. Like children, computers should be "seen and not heard". For studio sound recording, it means you no longer need a 'booth' and do you really want to be distracted by a change of fan speed, up or down, while writing? Silence is bliss and its value cannot be underestimated. 

My next Mac will be a fan-less, small laptop with either 8 or 16 TB internal storage. A mini would be tempting except that an MBA can do everything a mini can do plus it is also a laptop. Otherwise, I could just buy an NVMe thunderbolt-connected 8TB and make my current M1 MBA last another 10 years. 

Hear you. M series MBA’s are brilliant and anticipate keeping my new M3 for a long time. Apart from the silent operation, battery life is for me the most impressive thing in newer MacBooks. In my experience as a Mac user since the ‘90’s, the biggest increase in product lifespans came with the introduction of the SSD. A while ago now I had an MBP for work and an MBA at home (both 2011 models). The same Ram and storage but the little 11” MBA had an SSD and it massively outperformed the Pro, actually lasting until earlier this year when the NVRAM finally died, but otherwise it was still snappy chugging along with Photoshop, Office and Safari/Chrome windows open. Prior to the introduction of SSD’s, my Mac’s would become too bogged down to enjoy using after a few years.

Fingers crossed the next gen ATV comes along soon and that Apple introduce a specced up version to allow casual gaming. Our gen1 4K is feeling over the hill - not updating and out of storage with only a handful of tv apps (not enough storage for any of the Apple Arcade games). 

Genius marketing. Apple wrote the book on product colours back in the 90’s. It’s amazing the cliche still works so effectively when smartphones and their screens are far too pricey and fragile to not have a case.

Looking like the iPhone 16 product line up will be a year old before the upcoming machine learning AI features are implemented, so I’m sticking with the workhorse 14 Pro until iPhone 17 or 18 Pro models are released. iPhone is starting to look a bit stale and really needs worthwhile hardware improvements across the board, plus for all of the new AI features to be actually working in iOS. One positive for consumers is that Apple have at least showcased what is forthcoming to iOS, as well as provided honest information regarding hardware requirements. Three sheets to the wind bloatware vendors like Microsoft would’ve capitulated to shareholders by releasing iOS 18 to everyone in a beta state before promptly closing ranks!