Product Red springs to mind, I'm sure they did it with the iPhone 4 as well.
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Not immediately, but surely by now? The original M1 products were released half a year ago, bit odd waiting this long to just release more M1 products.. I think it might have just been me who was expecting to see a M1X imac then haha
They do. RRP seems a bit steep for one making the 4 pack better value but I can't think what I would use 4 for. Keys is the obvious one. I could attach one to my toddler I suppose...AirTags are pretty neat, especially if you loose things a lot
Also, do they have to be kept as a set? It seems a silly question but this is Apple we're talking about. I could go halvers with my brother on the 4 pack
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If its just based on looks, this imac is pretty ugly? At least for me it is, the colours arent for me and then chin/bezel situation is poor. Surely you would rather a mac mini + very nice monitor if all you care about is looks
It's more that the chip in the iPad is overkill for iPadOS. If they put a real OS on the iPad then the chip would make way more sense.
Depends on what you'll use it for. The new one is a bit overkill for what it can do.
As mentioned above it depends on the usage. If it's merely a consumption device then even the Air represents very good value. I returned my 2018 Pro for the 2020 Air and don't regret it.
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I think its inevitable that the ipad pro will end up running MacOS and probably take over their lower end macbooks (probably the macbook air)
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Yeah its replacing a gen 3 which is really clunky now so might have a look at the Air, would that be better than current Pro 11?
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I didnt say I dont like the product? I think the new ipad pro is great with a M1 and the new display and you could argue its so good at this point that it makes other products seem nowhere near as good. Its display alone according to apple is as good as their $6000 monitor lol. Its just the imac im disappointed by, and plenty of other people feel that way as well.
p.s stop trying to tell me what threads im allowed to reply in, and im certainly not trolling. Just have a discussion about the new products
In pure spec it's probably a little behind the current Pro but considerably cheaper. Much of the differences are subjective. The Pro has the 120hz Pro-motion display and FaceID whereas the Air has standard 60hz and TouchID. In my opinion the 60hz on iOS is perfectly fine and I don't miss the pro-motion from the Pro. On the iPad I also prefer TouchID over FaceID as it's much easier to unlock. Unlike your iPhone the iPad isn't always in front of your face. When it's resting on your lap or even using it flat on a desk the FaceID is pretty much useless.
The Air is also just a straight up newer device so may receive updates a little further into the future but I think the difference is negligible.
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I would take a M1 over any intel garbage xeon product without question.
The only issue I have is that I wanted a proper desktop variant of the M1, instead of desktop, laptops and tablets all sharing the same one.
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But why is that a problem? If the iPad can have an M1 chip, then great
The iMac has always been a ‘laptop’ in a screen, the mini has always been a ‘laptop’ without a screen in that they both ran the laptop tuned processors.
You’ll not see ‘desktop’ class chips like intel/AMD have desktop chips because these ARM CPUs don’t need to be tuned down for power consumption like X86 chips do to fit in laptops.
The chip is the chip if that makes sense.
You’ll not see ‘desktop’ class chips like intel/AMD have desktop chips because these ARM CPUs don’t need to be tuned down for power consumption like X86 chips do to fit in laptops.
The chip is the chip if that makes sense.
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Hmm, no, not quite.
I ran a test, processing some media in Resolve on the Macs I had on hand - a 2016 iMac, a 2020 i7 iMac, and an M1 Mac Mini. The M1 Mini and the 2016 iMac were almost identical to each other, processing the media in the same time. The i7 2020 iMac was just a little under twice as fast.
Comparing the i7 to the M1 is kinda crazy, considering the price difference, so shouldn't really be done. But the idea that the M1 is better than all the Intel chips is wrong. It's marketing spin.
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Not a problem for the ipad, in fact its great. Its just kind of less reason to go for a macbook air when they are so similar at this point. I mean unless you specifically need apps on macOS, ipad pro seems a better shout in most ways
I'm not familiar with the application but as far as I understand it, the Apple Silicone version is only in beta at present?
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I think the main advantages of M1 will be seen in laptops and ultrabooks, simply because of the battery life. when you start comparing it to desktop processors where battery life and power consumption doesnt really matter, the benefits are less so.
Seems the M1X is just going to be their "pro" chip to be used on professional devices and not consumer ones (except the ipad pro)