Apple Event set for March 8th 2022
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I would be really surprised if they didn't have a cheaper display on deck for next year alongside a pro XDR refresh
In raw compute performance it sits in the ballpark of a 3070.
The architecture is however significantly different, so it's not a very significative comparison.
They said the M1 Ultra is the last member of the M1 family, so I guess the quad-die version is either dead in the water or is being saved for the M2 family.
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That display feels overpriced in an almost HomePod, AirPods Max way, but the monitor market is in a weird area right now.
I think the Apple Studio is priced pretty well TBH. Solid product.
I think the Apple Studio is priced pretty well TBH. Solid product.
Bummed they didn't bother refreshing the MacBook Air's case design or the 13" MacBook Pro's to something closer to the 14". That's all I really wanted out of it.
I missed them saying this is the last M1. Hmm. I guess that does mean Mac will be M2 based.
Well, that made my decision pretty easy. Gonna just stick with a 16gb Mac Mini for now and get a studio on sale down the road. Killer hardware, but I just can't justify it when my current workstation is able to do everything the Studio does and then some. If it started at $1500 with a M1 Pro, then I'd probably jump on that, but as it is, I'll just wait.
That display is some serious Apple Tax, hard pass without HDR.
That display is some serious Apple Tax, hard pass without HDR.
Found it strange we didn't see anything on iOS stuff or service outside that Apple TV+ stinger. Isn't there like a somewhat major .6 update coming soonish with like blockbuster new features like the mask Face ID stuff?
I've never had an iPad (or tablet in general) and was considering buying one soon. Pretty sure I'm going to go with one of the new Airs.
Acon Digital, Antares, Arturia, Audinate (all Dante stuff), CEDAR Noise Reduction, Krotos, Lexicon, McDSP, much of the Native Instruments Komplete suite, Nugen Audio, Output (including Arcade), Plugin Alliance, Rob Papen, SSL, TC Electronic, Tokyo Dawn Labs are all among the more notable plugin developers whose products are still not compatible with Apple Silicon, or macOS Monterey altogether for that matter.
Yeah it would have been a ok price at 6K with 30", but that is just too much for a screen with a good camera, mics and speakers. We need more 5K screens though.
At this point I don't think there will be powerful iMacs again.
imacs will be convenient entry-level computers. maybe they don't sell that well, and higher end users would rather just have either a macbook pro or mac studio.
but that would mean that the M1 Pro is only available in a macbook pro, which is kind of weird.
I am not a 'professional' in the sense that I am not a music creator, colorist, etc. But who could possibly need 128GB of RAM right now??. Im aware of the whole meme of 'you'll only ever need 4kb of RAM' or whatever. But even the ML folks I work with are able to work with 32GB. Someone needing upwards of 32GB of RAM is most likely doing large scale ML work and certainly isnt going to be running it from a Mac Studio. More like some clustered device. Even putting 2000 tracks in some DAW isnt going to get close to needing that much memory. Im genuinely curious who could possibly need that much memory AND need it on that device in particular.
Different userbase and different values. Mac Pro is meant for business and enterprise, who value stability and compatibility above all else, even performance. The strategy Apple has laid out is entirely to give developers time to port their software over to being M1 native before they release the Apple Silicon Mac Pros, and to sell the current intel Mac Pros to businesses whose software is still intel native. It's the same reason Apple are still selling intel Mac Minis.
Famous last words; give an artist a workstation and they'll find a way to fill up the ram.
How is the iMac any different than the various notebooks they make in execution?
I use a 43" 4k tv as one of my displays and it's godly, even if the quality is shit for 300ish dollars a few years ago
Hopefully they'll have a solution for PCIe by the time we get to M2, especially if that'll be the basis for the Apple Silicon Mac Pro.
That would be kind of unnecessary as a design as there are no user serviceable parts in the mac studio.
Not that I necessarily expected it, but I would have preferred they'd gone with an A-series chip and a 120Hz display for the iPad Air upgrade, rather than the M1 and 60Hz display. I really have no need for M1 power in my iPad, but I really want a 120Hz display.
I mean notebooks aren't great either from an environmental perspective. But they're sort of a necessary evil as long as portability is a requirement for folks. The iMac is just an unnecessary convenience.
This is especially true for unified memory, as you have one pool of memory for your tasks to fight over. It's great for speed, but it means you need a lot of RAM to avoid bottlenecks.
The new Pro will be the new trash can model. It will look like an aluminum Xbox Series X.
Makes sense now that they finally sell a display. The 5K iMac was the best deal in Apples lineup, no wonder they are replacing it with a more expensive alternative. It's Apple 🥸
It already uses a M1. They'll update the rest of the lineup first I guess.
Lots of sites are down/slow right now. No one's sure what's going on.
There's other high-quality displays out there, if you're not set on a matching aluminum shell.
I'm kinda surprised Apple hasn't added an M1 Pro option for the Mini or iMac, especially now that the Studio is starting at the M1 Max level. Maybe they're saving that for M2 versions of those computers.
prob bc they want to supply Macbook Pros with them instead of the more casual Mini/iMac
There was an old rumor saying that the Mac Pro would still have one more Intel-based iteration before going M1... Not so sure about that now.
Afaik that exists as an option, the actual mac pro right now is 4 apple silicon chips worth of power (max)
Was hoping for a stealth update to M1 Pro. Oh well, gonna have to go ahead and pick up the 2020 model from Costco. Should've grabbed it when it was $579.
It's already rumored to be happening this year, there's also a new imac pro even
EDIT: I meant 24 inch is still coming my bad
or some kind of slot system where multiple M1 Max or Ultra SoCs can be plugged in?
I really doubt that the first mac pro will be M2. And even if it is then that doesn't answer the problem of how they make it more powerful than a Studio.