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My jaw hit the floor when I saw USB A ports. If only it had multiple HDMI ...

What would you use multiple HDMI ports for? Do you exclusively use HDMI only screens/tv?

Drive additional outputs to broadcast/production displays

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Looks like all the people saying "just start fusing those M1 CPU's into bigger ones" were right, that's basically what they did for the top of the line new M1 CPU (fused two M1 Max'es together). And since the presenter mentioned the Mac Pro would come on another day, I wonder if they'll just do 4x M1 Max for that.

I think the Mac Pro is almost like a phantom product at this point. Or a riff. Like they're going to say "the new Mac Pro is there is no more Mac Pro". What can they really do, in a single machine, that is more "Pro" than the Studio? How are they going to bring developers along when most aren't developing for twenty-core machines? I still think something else is coming. Maybe something unconventionally stackable. Som…

New die with 64 M1 cores and support for 4TB of ram. Basically fill whatever market the threadripper fills.

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I would like to highlight just how much Apple is focusing on their customers and use cases right now. It seems that they're targeting products to what their professional customers actually want. And in this case, it's a 3.7" little thing that can process 18 streams of 8k video (fully specced out). That's kinda crazy, and they're doing it at a price point that's competitive compared to all of the companies out there.…

Why are they doing this? Trickle down effects for their mass market products? There is no way that the prosumer market is big enough to justify this distraction for Apple even if it used to be their core business line.

There is a big market of creatives/artists who basically own an apple product as a decent chunk of their personality, for good or bad. Ergo, they'll sell.

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Looks like all the people saying "just start fusing those M1 CPU's into bigger ones" were right, that's basically what they did for the top of the line new M1 CPU (fused two M1 Max'es together). And since the presenter mentioned the Mac Pro would come on another day, I wonder if they'll just do 4x M1 Max for that.

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Giving Apple more power by making software for their products for free that Apple wants a large cut from doesn't sound like a good idea. Make games for Linux, and let Apple figure out a compatability layer to make it work on their products. That's the way it should be.

> Apple wants a large cut from doesn't sound like a good idea It sounds like a good idea if it leads to higher profits. Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo all charge game developers similar fees.

Maybe short term. Helping a company grow that is know to lock down their products and force developers to pay them for access might not be the best long term plan overall.

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It's a little funny looking, proportionally speaking, but I am so happy to see some ports on the front. It can be incredibly awkward to try and find ports on the back of a machine. At first glance it seems a little expensive, but the value based on performance is actually fantastic. Well done, apple.
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