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factsonly said:

I updated to 11.4 and now my AW3 won't sync....keeps asking to make sure it's close by, connected and not in airplane mode....restarted and no matter what I do it won't sync....ugh...betas.

That's why it's beta... and you shouldn't install on devices you use regularly.

deepinsider said:

Half the price... and half the performance. For casual use, it's a great deal. Much better than a chromebook or Android tablet. Kinda disappointing the performance isn't better.

The single core scores is approximately the same.  The multicore score is more than half.  I think in non-professional usage, you're not going to see a big difference and it's still faster than most other tablet devices on the market via tight software/hardware integration.

Being a part-time sound engineer... there is the topic we come across frequently called “psychoacoustics”. It involves how your brain interprets meaning from the pressure waves the ear is sensing. The HomePod relies heavily on psychoacoustics to produce the room filling sound. The point is there is a ton of subjectivity in this process and mere suggestion of a change can change perception. For instance, if I’m running sound and someone says something is too loud, I can pretend to move a fader on the soundboard and ask if that’s better and it will be!  The point is, just an update coming out puts people on edge to listen for changes, and if there were minor ones, they may perceive it as “bad” when it’s not.

This isn't surprising. Apple has way more resources to continue custom CPU/GPU development with an endgame in sight.

Seems to me this can be fixed with some well-placed IR beams/sensors and some lighting that illuminates the glass when you get too close. It would keep it clean looking, but warn you if you get too close.