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The new iPhone SE looks like a really solid phone. The only thing it doesn't really have compared to the 13 is the better camera and the larger form factor / fancier screen tech. And weirdly there doesn't seem to be much in the Android world at that price point anymore.
Would love to see Rust compile times on the M1 Ultra :-)
The Apple brand is invaluable. You literally can't attach a value to it.
yes, you can. i don't know if people here are too young to remember before Steve Jobs return, Apple was in the gutter. Steve had to make a deal with Microsoft to inject money into Apple. no one stand at the top forever. if it happened before it will happen again.
Back then you bought Apple if you were a sound engineer or into graphic/media design.
I used to tell people I’m a die-hard PC user simply: Mac sucks!
Fast forward to around 2009 and I’ve been a happy Apple user since then for all my software engineering needs.
Is the platform perfect? Nope! And nothing is.
Is it expensive? Yes, but the quality is fantastic and if one really wants to can get 5 years easy out of any Mac computer…I’ve got 11 years out of my family’s Mac mini that I was able to upgrade a few times.
Which brings me to my only real gripe: the lack of upgrade ability and the obsession with “thin” design.
Please address that because everything else I can mostly get over.
Huh, M1 ultra is ~2x M1 Max, so: 16 + 4 cores and 128GB RAM And it seems that Apple aren't currently planning on making a bigger chip for now. While that's very fast, I have to say I'm kinda surprised they haven't gone for a bigger and/or modular option. I guess it is pretty Apple to go all-in on a single monolithic design paradigm. EDIT: Oh damn "Just one more product to go: the Mac Pro". I take back what I said. Th…
Hopefully it lives up to the promise. It really packs quite a punch into a little box.
While they claimed that modularity was a goal, I honestly don't see how that could possibly be the case given the form factor.
There's also a new Studio display going along with it.
EDIT: It may be that their understanding of modularity is having -- what they consider -- a lot of IO, i.e. a bunch of Thunderbolt 4 ports.
They claim M1 Ultra is up to 60% faster than the 28-core Xeon in the Mac Pro. Color me sceptical. (I'm sure it's true for certain workloads, but I doubt it holds across the board).
It's too bad the 13/14 mini is going away. That being said I think the SE should be plenty for me. Edit : To phrase this a bit better, it's too bad the "mini" model doesn't seem likely to continue into past the 13 mini.
The iPhone 14 mini doesn’t exist so I’m not sure how it can be “going away”. As for the 13 mini, where’s your source that says it’s being discontinued as opposed to the ‘mini’ line just simply not continuing after the 13’s lifespan?
I hope that Apple will make another attempt at a small iPhone before/when the 13 mini becomes end-of-life.
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yes, you can. i don't know if people here are too young to remember before Steve Jobs return, Apple was in the gutter. Steve had to make a deal with Microsoft to inject money into Apple. no one stand at the top forever. if it happened before it will happen again.
As a long-time PC user, I remember going to CompUSA and seeing the Mac section of games which was laughable. Back then you bought Apple if you were a sound engineer or into graphic/media design. I used to tell people I’m a die-hard PC user simply: Mac sucks! Fast forward to around 2009 and I’ve been a happy Apple user since then for all my software engineering needs. Is the platform perfect? Nope! And nothing is. Is…