*** Apple Event Tuesday 8th March 2022 @ 18:00 UK: 'Peek Performance' ***

[Feek]

"Monitor running iOS".

Isn't that a large iPad?

 

[Calm]

Ordered Mother an IphoneSE, seen this, cancelled IphoneSE!

Cracking timing...

 

[Steedie]

I'll be getting that Mac Studio if rumours are to be believed, sounds right up my street

 

[Reuben klang]

"Monitor running iOS".

Isn't that a large iPad?

Sounds interesting though. I wasn’t really interested in anything from this event but that might tickle my fancy.

Hopefully lead times drastically improve.

 

[Robert]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1500965814056402945

Looks like BigMac Mini is coming tomorrow Won't just be a spec bump to M1 Pro/Max, but larger design (maybe bigger/more chips?) and halfway between Mac Mini and Mac Pro. Display coming too.

Wallets really?

Don't like that...what happens when the monitor looks great but the SoC is slow? Hopefully they'll let you just bypass it.

 

[HACO]

"Monitor running iOS".

Isn't that a large iPad?

32-inch iPad

Samsung will then make a 49-inch Galaxy Tab S9 Ultra.

Don't like that...what happens when the monitor looks great but the SoC is slow? Hopefully they'll let you just bypass it.

If anything the SoC is massively overkill and just a marketing gimmick. All monitors need SoCs, they usually have single-core 10-year-old ARM designs (e.g. a lot are still based on Cortex A9 from 2007, some are based on A53 or some other embedded uarchs). Apple will probably put an A12/A13 in there, probably 100x faster than they need to be.

 

[Feek]

Of course this then begs the question as to what to do about speakers if using a Mini (pro) and separate monitors.

 

[stuman]

Focal grand utopia em of course.

https://www.focal.com/en/home-audio...o/floorstanding-speakers/grande-utopia-em-evo

a snip at £200,000

 

[HACO]

Of course this then begs the question as to what to do about speakers if using a Mini (pro) and separate monitors.

Two HomePod Minis? You can get them for about £150 when they go on sale.

 

[Broken Hope]

HomePods don’t work great as mac speakers, there is a big delay between starting music and it actually playing.

I’ve been looking at something like the Q Acoustics M20, supports USB input and supports high res lossless from Apple Music.

 

[MrRockliffe]

HomePods don’t work great as mac speakers, there is a big delay between starting music and it actually playing.

I’ve been looking at something like the Q Acoustics M20, supports USB input and supports high res lossless from Apple Music.

M20s look great, and seem very good value for money.

I think @LiE got some recently

 

[LiE]

M20s look great, and seem very good value for money.

I think @LiE got some recently

I did yep, really nice. Only thing to note is that via USB volume control is via the speaker and not in the OS.

 

[dannyjo22]

Unless the new screen lets me also plug in a console I’d prefer other options.

 

[HACO]

HomePods don’t work great as mac speakers, there is a big delay between starting music and it actually playing.

I’ve been looking at something like the Q Acoustics M20, supports USB input and supports high res lossless from Apple Music.

Didn't consider the delay and was thinking primarily music. Good point.

 

[Robert]

32-inch iPad

Samsung will then make a 49-inch Galaxy Tab S9 Ultra.



If anything the SoC is massively overkill and just a marketing gimmick. All monitors need SoCs, they usually have single-core 10-year-old ARM designs (e.g. a lot are still based on Cortex A9 from 2007, some are based on A53 or some other embedded uarchs). Apple will probably put an A12/A13 in there, probably 100x faster than they need to be.

I'm not on about an SoC to run basic monitor things ala a traditional monitor...I'm talking about an SoC to run any kind of ipad functionality. I had assumed the SoC will be for some smart colour/security features.

 

[HACO]

I'm not on about an SoC to run basic monitor things ala a traditional monitor...I'm talking about an SoC to run any kind of ipad functionality. I had assumed the SoC will be for some smart colour/security features.

There won't be any iPad functionality in the monitor. The iPad comparisons were jokes. The SoC is probably there for AirPlay.

 

[b0rn2sk8]

The monitor will probably have decent built in speakers of recent Mac books are anything to go by.

 

[Deleted member 77746]

Not long now... Get ready.....

https://www.apple.com/apple-events/event-stream/

Here we go.....

 

[Deleted member 77746]

Friday night Baseball lol

 

[Feek]

Is it my imagination or have they filtered out all the bass from Tims voice?