tenthousandthings

This article would do well to point out that this dispute isn’t quite as simple as it first appears, because Disney competes directly with YouTube TV via Hulu + Live TV. This affects me. We have Disney+ and ESPN+ as an annual bundle, but we didn’t get Hulu + Live TV because we have YouTube TV, which we’ve had for a long time and found to be reliable and problem-free.

patchythepirate said:

tht said:

While Young did not detail anything about the 27-inch iMac beyond the display, it's likely that any new pro-focused iMac model will sport Apple's M1 Pro and M1 Max chips as options.

It really needs to have the rumored "M1 Max duo" as the top end SoC. It has to be >50% faster than the 18-core iMac Pro in CPU which scores about 13000 in GB5 multi and >50% faster the Radeon Pro 5700XT which scores about 80k in GB5 compute. It's will be 2 years+ from an update to iMac 5K and iMac Pro. There needs to be a reason to upgrade and the M1 Pro and M1 Max really aren't going to be enough.

An M1 Max Duo with 16 p-cores, 4 e-cores, and 64 g-cores should score around 20k in GB5 multi and 110k in GB5 compute. Also, 128 GB RAM should be the top end RAM config at least.

I just want an M series iMac with a black bezel. I hope the entry point for the pro version isn't ridiculous. Also really hoping for some color options as well.

On the entry point, one way they could keep the starting price down is by making the RAM user-upgradeable, also storage. [I'm not saying they will do so, I'm just saying it allows them to sell bare-minimum configurations if they do.] So the base for the dual-M1Pro iMac XDR could have the minimum RAM and storage. The base for the dual-M1Max iMac XDR would have different minimums. Even if they do that, it's still hard to imagine how they could possibly hit the $1999 starting point of the 14" MBP, but I suppose they could match the $2499 starting point for the 16" MBP. If I had to bet, I'd wager $2299 as the entry point, for a dual M1Pro configuration with minimal RAM (16 GB) and storage (256 GB). The entry point for the dual M1Max (32GB/512GB) would be well beyond that, I'll wager $4599 (i.e., double the entry point for the dual M1Pro).

Without user-upgradeable RAM and storage, then I'll guess $2499 (16GB/512GB) and $4999 (32GB/1TB) entry points for each.

One thing is for sure -- Apple has tons of data and decades of experience with this. They can predict pretty much exactly what percentage of buyers will upgrade via Apple, what percentage will DIY, and everything else. Another thing -- these iMac Pros will blow away even the optimistic predictions Tht has predicted above. If you listen carefully to the podcast interview that Six Colors landed, the M1Pro and M1Max were designed for these dual-die configurations from the start. Reversing that relationship is just clever marketing. Everybody wins!

tht said:

While Young did not detail anything about the 27-inch iMac beyond the display, it's likely that any new pro-focused iMac model will sport Apple's M1 Pro and M1 Max chips as options.

It really needs to have the rumored "M1 Max duo" as the top end SoC. It has to be >50% faster than the 18-core iMac Pro in CPU which scores about 13000 in GB5 multi and >50% faster the Radeon Pro 5700XT which scores about 80k in GB5 compute. It's will be 2 years+ from an update to iMac 5K and iMac Pro. There needs to be a reason to upgrade and the M1 Pro and M1 Max really aren't going to be enough.

An M1 Max Duo with 16 p-cores, 4 e-cores, and 64 g-cores should score around 20k in GB5 multi and 110k in GB5 compute. Also, 128 GB RAM should be the top end RAM config at least.

Yes, the dual-processor approach seems likely. Then a quad option for the Mac Pro.

I also think this report is probably correct that the larger iMac will be called the "iMac Pro" and there will no longer be two consumer iMac sizes. If you want the larger, more professional display, you buy the Pro. This new display will obviously be a step up from the Retina 5K, and if it is "mini LED" then it will have the XDR designation. The same team that engineered and designed the Pro Display XDR will have created this one as well (and probably again manufactured by LG). Cost surely dictates that it won't be in quite the same class, but it will have a lot of the same advantages.

chadbag said:

sflocal said:

This is human stupidity at its finest.  The selfish, moronic, conspiracy-loving anti-vaxxers are putting people's live at risk.  They are just too stupid and ignorant to accept it.  I'm all for personal choice and keeping the government out of my body, but what's it going to take to get these people to understand that COVID is here to stay until they get vaccinated?! 

One can only hope that Darwin will take care of things, but even then... that's years down the road.

The vaccine does not stop you from spreading or getting covid.  It does lessen the effects if you get it.  So I fail to see how someone  who has concerns about the covid vaccines and is not vaccinated is any more at fault for the spread.  

Repeat:  The vaccine does not prevent the spread of covid.  It does lessen symptoms once you get it.  

 (Yes I am vaccinated). 

Your reasoning is based on the assumption that vaccinated and unvaccinated people get COVID at the same rate. That is just false. As others have already said, it’s not slightly different, it’s massively different. 

lkrupp said:

22july2013 said:

if Apple is accurate when it says it may take months to complete, then either Apple will be in violation of a court order, or Apple will have to shut down its store to avoid being in violation of a court order. There are no other options. I'm hoping for the latter, of course.

You’re hoping for the latter? You’re hoping that Apple is forced to shut down the app store? Wow, what a hater. I had no idea.

Not so much a hater, but as the post directly above mine demonstrates quite conclusively, it's more of a cult mentality. Clinging to the belief that a spectacular doomsday will come, even though it never actually happens. So a simple ruling for a stay on appeal that is commonplace in the US legal system becomes a reason to comment that Apple could be forced to shut down the App Store in the US, not for the reasons the cult believes it will, but rather for another reason (not enough time to implement a court order).

If Apple loses any of the appeals, it will be given time to implement the changes. They won't have to be ready the day of the ruling. That's not how this works.