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Apple Event March 8, 2022

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Re: Apple Event March 8, 2022

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Post by dkarp »

what_ever wrote: post #132
turndown wrote: post #116

I realize this is totally off-topic, but has anyone else noticed how wide-stanced all of the presenters have been? Like your legs don’t stand that far apart normally; the announcer right now seems to literally need to constantly shift her legs to keep her standing stance so wide. I’ve noticed this a couple of other places too; is some body coach teaching the weirdest crap out in California right now?

Yup, that and all the hand movements (along with the usual grandiose words used) were so distracting that I just stopped watching it.

When I see a presentation so well trained and rehearsed, I am also put off. It's such overt manipulation of my monkey brain.

Re: Apple Event March 8, 2022

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Post by bvanderveen »

turndown wrote: post #116

I realize this is totally off-topic, but has anyone else noticed how wide-stanced all of the presenters have been? Like your legs don’t stand that far apart normally; the announcer right now seems to literally need to constantly shift her legs to keep her standing stance so wide. I’ve noticed this a couple of other places too; is some body coach teaching the weirdest crap out in California right now?

The camera being at waist-height of the presenters who are constantly looking down at it also contributes to the power relations effect the producers are trying to achieve.

Re: Apple Event March 8, 2022

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Post by Tade0 »

josh2600 wrote: post #52

The pace at which apple is pumping out new silicon is astounding. It’s hard to imagine anyone competing with them pound for pound, especially in the flops per watt game. I still can’t get over the fanless MacBook pros and the battery life. I actually hope somebody is challenged enough by this to really push for competition as this level of performance asymmetry will ultimately result in further pricing asymmetry as c…

> I still can’t get over the fanless MacBook pros and the battery life.

The Lenovo X13s reportedly offers even more battery life at around 70% the multicore performance(based on demo device score) and is fanless as well.

Still doesn't beat the M1, but comparing the TDPs of M1 and Qualcomm's 8cx gen 3 in the X13s, it appears that it's TSMC's 5nm node that's doing all the magic.

Personally I'm happy that we're getting proper fanless laptops now - I hate moving parts in mobile devices, because they tend to fail first.

Re: Apple Event March 8, 2022

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Post by turndown »

kadomony wrote: post #136
turndown wrote: post #116

I realize this is totally off-topic, but has anyone else noticed how wide-stanced all of the presenters have been? Like your legs don’t stand that far apart normally; the announcer right now seems to literally need to constantly shift her legs to keep her standing stance so wide. I’ve noticed this a couple of other places too; is some body coach teaching the weirdest crap out in California right now?

A wide stance implies surefootedness and confidence. They are absolutely coached to appear the most certain they can when marketing/communicating statistics.

It just strikes me as weird. Nobody is going to be impressed by your power stance in some off-brand vans and jeans.

Re: Apple Event March 8, 2022

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Post by justusthane »

rvz wrote: post #101
satysin wrote: post #50

God damn that M1 ULTRA is a beast on paper for the power consumption. It’s what we expected but still I can’t wait to see real world numbers. Edit: and god damn again at it being in something as small as the new Mac Studio. Interested in price... Edit 2: $1999 for the base Mac Studio with M1 MAX. $3999 for the base M1 ULTRA model.

> Interested in price… Not cheap, that is only certain. Probably starting at >$7K for M1 Ultra

Turns out it's half that...$3999 for the Ultra.
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