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Apple Readies MacBook Pro, MacBook Air Revamps

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Re: Apple Readies MacBook Pro, MacBook Air Revamps

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Post by uluyol »

nojito wrote: post #18
yeezul wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I believe that's the correct answer. However I still wish they'd be able to get the bezel down to the size of an XPS 13

Doesn't the XPS have the weird webcam position?

I don't think this is an issue with the latest models.

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Post by svavs »

yannoninator wrote: post #10

Can it run Windows or Linux on ARM though?

It looks like some folks have made it work on linux: https://corellium.com/blog/linux-m1

For Windows support, I thought Apple said something along the lines of: "If Windows wants to add support, we are fine with it" - but I could be mistaken.

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Post by kalleboo »

bhouston wrote: post #13

So they are releasing a new MacMini within one year? That is pretty amazing. Previously they would go at least 2 years between revamps. I guess the MacMini is becoming more important?

They still sell an Intel Mac mini with more RAM and better I/O. This wouldn't be a revamp of the current M1 mini but replace the Intel Mac mini as a high end model.

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Post by mikece »

geerlingguy wrote: post #12
mikece wrote: post #2

"Company developing Mac Pro desktop with 40 cores, new Mac mini" It will be interesting to see how close the rumors are to fact when real hardware announcements happen. Given how fast the M1 in the MacBook Air is performing for tasks like video editing I wonder if they will really need to push to such extremes as putting 40 cores in a Mac Pro -- unless they plan to edit four 8K streams at once?

There are plenty of editors who would love to be able to edit 4 8K (or 12K!) streams in real time :) I still deal with 1080p and get annoyed at my hardware's limitations. If I could justify a Mac Pro and Apple's accelerator card, I'd get them in a heartbeat. For certain applications, no matter how good the hardware you have is, there's always a desire for more, faster hardware.

"There are plenty of editors who would love to be able to edit 4 8K (or 12K!) streams in real time :)"

Is that really a common scenario? I can see editors at the big studios using monsters like this (because the studios can afford it) but are we talking about a market of hundreds or thousands? Is this something a free-lance video person would use?

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Post by nojito »

bhouston wrote: post #13

So they are releasing a new MacMini within one year? That is pretty amazing. Previously they would go at least 2 years between revamps. I guess the MacMini is becoming more important?

They used to sell a higher end mac mini. It seems that they are simply bringing back that configuration.

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Post by EForEndeavour »

> Apple plans to launch the redesigned MacBook Pros in 14-inch and 16-inch screen sizes. They’ll have a redesigned chassis, magnetic MagSafe charger and more ports for connecting external drives and devices. Apple is also bringing back the HDMI port and SD card slot, which it nixed in previous versions, sparking criticism from photographers and the like.

Even if they continue to force the anti-feature that is the Touch Bar onto users, I'd immediately buy an M1 MBP with MagSafe and actual ports.

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Post by rvz »

bhouston wrote: post #13

So they are releasing a new MacMini within one year? That is pretty amazing. Previously they would go at least 2 years between revamps. I guess the MacMini is becoming more important?

So you are surprised that the iPhone maker is starting to release their Macbooks like iPhones?

Like I said before, I skipped the M1 and its seems to be paying off.

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