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  • Signs point to Apple Silicon M3 reveal at 'Scary Fast' event

    tenthousandthingstenthousandthings
    Could this be a redesign of the 13" MacBook Pro? In black? 

    iMac gets M2, then they roll out a new product, the M3 MacBook Pro.

    No M3 Pro/Max until WWDC.

    Edit to add that it’s not a live event. The teaser isn’t an invitation for anyone. It’s basically a video announcement and a press release. 
    watto_cobra

  • Next 12.9-inch iPad Pro will be downgrade, says extremely unlikely report

    tenthousandthingstenthousandthings
    Probably a translation issue? Is it easy to access the Chinese original, to compare to the English version? Or is it paywalled?
    watto_cobra

  • 'The Problem With Jon Stewart' canceled after two seasons on Apple TV+

    tenthousandthingstenthousandthings
    Not sure how it happened, but a key piece of info got edited out of this summary. The NY Times is the source of the story about China and AI being at issue, while Variety is the source of the story that says the parting is amicable. 
    byronlronnwatto_cobratht

  • Rumors of all iPhone 16 models having an A18 processor make no sense

    tenthousandthingstenthousandthings
    Agree that it is BS. I could do better. For example, A18 will probably be on N3P, not N3E. You heard it here first, folks! Send me your money!

    He might be right about there being both A18 Bionic (neural engine) and A18 Pro (hardware ray tracing), I guess, maybe.
    watto_cobra

  • Long custom iMac order times don't mean that a refresh is imminent

    tenthousandthingstenthousandthings
    PauloSeraa said:
    [...] The proof is in the sales. Apple hasn't even seen it worth their time to upgrade it to an M2 to keep it current, with M3 already on the horizon. Undoubtedly Apple is warring with itself right now over discontinuing its once-critical iMac, or spending money to update a Mac that doesn't sell.
    What proof? You don't know that lower-than-expected sales is why they haven't refreshed it. Indeed, you don't even know that sales are in fact lower-than-expected. There are better explanations for the lack of an M2 refresh besides poor sales. Mpantone above points to one of them (education market) above. I'd add that the iPad Air (which also hasn't been refreshed) also fits into that calculus. 

    iMac could stay in its current position, the last of the Macs to see the M2 refresh. In a two-year cycle, it may always be the last. That doesn't mean the door is closed to an iMac Plus, it just means the iMac has a market and price point (especially educational pricing) that Apple wants to maintain, and that doesn't require it to have the latest and greatest silicon. Occam's razor.
    williamlondonmacike