tipoo

It's curious to me that they called out T2 accelerating encode on the Mini, but didn't for other Macs when it's been out for, almost a year?

Some testing should be able to show if it's enabled on all machines with T2, though I do seem to recall the iMac Pro was slower than the consumer macs on some export tasks because of lack of Quicksync, which should mean it wasn't using T2's encode. Curious. 

I was thinking something along that line. Like the stackable Mini, but more like slices that slot into each other, much like the, well, Slice. 

calisurfboy said:

I was excited to read that as well. A google search on other publications point out that Apple stated external storage would not work over the usb-c. I'm wondering if it would be the same thing with lightening where Apple means its not baked in but require a half-assed third party app. Apple keeps toting the iPad as a laptop replacement or as powerful as a regular computer yet allows such glaring issues to persist such as file access, storage, transfer, etc.

Shane_H said:

"This means users can connect an external 5K display, extra storage or even charge their iPhone with a USB-C to Lightning cable." Define extra storage? I cannot find anything about that on Apples Site. Looks like it can see the same external devices as before, Like cameras, keyboards and such. USB-C Hard drives and Flash drives are not mentioned.

Yeah, I would quite love it if they removed the restriction on external drives. 

It's so powerful now, it would be nice if you could edit videos off it, then move old projects directly to an external drive, rather than doing it over finicky wifi with a crappy third party app. 

PickUrPoison said:

tipoo said:

Anyone sneak a GPU compute test in yet? The A10X was already impressive at 30K, pretty well matching Iris Plus 640, if they doubled that it's going to be an absolute beast. 


I just feel like the RAM, as usual, will be the limit before these insane processors are for future editing programs, 6GB for every model would have been nice, as evidently they don't think it hurts battery life to put it on the 1TB. But ah well, iOS does still feel great with 4GB. 

Insane as Apple silicon is though...This is just a mental barrier I can't cross for a tablet with iOS's limits no matter how powerful the silicon, still the clamshell life for me. Maybe 13 will continue to free up some restrictions, like allow direct external hard drive support. 

6GB probably does impact battery life somewhat but the trade off is worth it for those who need it. 

Thankfully, the limitations of iOS wouldn’t affect  A-series CPU Macs since they would continue to run MacOS. 

Yep, this would probably already have been a better chip for the new Air, had the software support been in place. 

I just hope macOS on ARM doesn't take the opportunity to get any more restrictive...

Anyone sneak a GPU compute test in yet? The A10X was already impressive at 30K, pretty well matching Iris Plus 640, if they doubled that it's going to be an absolute beast. 


I just feel like the RAM, as usual, will be the limit before these insane processors are for future editing programs, 6GB for every model would have been nice, as evidently they don't think it hurts battery life to put it on the 1TB. But ah well, iOS does still feel great with 4GB. 

Insane as Apple silicon is though...This is just a mental barrier I can't cross for a tablet with iOS's limits no matter how powerful the silicon, still the clamshell life for me. Maybe 13 will continue to free up some restrictions, like allow direct external hard drive support.