timmillea

You can be sure the most valuable company in the World that happens to use batteries in almost all its products is researching battery technologies. However, there are limitations and risks. At the limit, you could have a nuclear powered phone but if you drop it, accidentally, take out a city. Safety-conscious applications such as aircraft and e-bikes that may be recharged in the home have moved to a less energy-dense lithium battery technology LiFePO4. Fast-charging will always degrade a battery's longevity, regardless of technology. Battery chemistries and charging strategies are a "bag of hurt". 

32" is the new 27". You'll pay for it but get the best all-in-one money can buy, at any price, and it should last 20+ years.

Next on the culling list is the Mac Studio. When a 14" MacBook Pro can outshine a Mac Pro in reported benchmarks, then the entire M3 SoC family can be fitted to a Mac Mini. There is simply no need for the Studio. 

CelticPaddy said:

timmillea said:

Yesterday's announcement feels more like the death knell for the Studio. It always was a short-term product to cover up the lack of a Mac Pro. Now that an M3 Max can be put in a MacBook, it can be put in the Mini. The Studio should always have been Mini-sized. Only the top end Studio configurations justified the extra size and heat sinking - the lower-end Studios never did. The M3 range of Mac Minis will be coming out in a few months. They will embarrass the current Studio models, which I would expect to be quietly dropped. 

It was never a short term product 

The Mac Studio is a design monstrosity. It should never have existed. The previous design generation at Apple would never have countenanced it. 

eightzero said:

AniMill said:

It really feels like foolish to buy a Mac Studio M2 Max/Ultra right now. An M2 Max system comes to $3800…and slower than the M3 14” MBP spec’ed above.

my guess would be the M3 studio line shows up when they can actually get the chip supply. the "missed opportunity" likely caused by the chips not being available in quantity yet. and something had to come out first.

Yesterday's announcement feels more like the death knell for the Studio. It always was a short-term product to cover up the lack of a Mac Pro. Now that an M3 Max can be put in a MacBook, it can be put in the Mini. The Studio should always have been Mini-sized. Only the top end Studio configurations justified the extra size and heat sinking - the lower-end Studios never did. The M3 range of Mac Minis will be coming out in a few months. They will embarrass the current Studio models, which I would expect to be quietly dropped. 

dstrauss said:

What is the attraction with the iMac at this point? Why not get the Mac Mini, LG quality 27-32" monitor, and the keyboard/mouse and go to town?

Fewer cables, perfect integration, higher re-sale value, beauty.