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lousy hat
Jul 17, 2004

bone appetit
Clapping Larry

AlternateAccount posted:

We're all in a holding pattern until they make faster chips. No bigger pros. No bigger iMacs. Just entry level-ish stuff on this generation.

yeah I feel like jumping on the M1 train is the kind of thing that would only make sense to have done immediately, or waiting until the next round of bumps comes out

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punk rebel ecks
Dec 11, 2010

A shitty post? This calls for a dance of deduction.

AlternateAccount posted:

There are zero, zero, zero good games on Apple Silicon/Arcade. It's an absolute joke, somehow Apple understands gaming even less than they did 10 years ago.

Shantae and the Seven Sirens.

Canned Sunshine
Nov 20, 2005

CAUTION: POST QUALITY UNDER CONSTRUCTION



Ok Comboomer posted:

I was hoping for one more thing but looks like laptops will either be wwdc or late July

maybe November again, if we’re talking MBA, Mac Mini

I bet 14"/16" MBPs and/or 27" iMacs at WWDC, then MP in the fall.

FlapYoJacks
Feb 12, 2009
Thoughts:

iPad: Not worth an upgrade from the older models unless you have dying hardware or a need for the nicer screen for some reason.

iMac: Wait until the M1X

AppleTV: Buy it just for the new remote and probably less-jank Wi-Fi

AirTag: Eh, get it if you want? I need more info on how long the battery lasts.

trilobite terror
Oct 20, 2007
BUT MY LIVELIHOOD DEPENDS ON THE FORUMS!
Apple, ffs just hand Bethesda/MS some money

if y’all can make nice enough to have them at the M1 event y’all can hand them a bil and get some established titles given the Switch treatment

Baronash
Feb 29, 2012

So what do you want to be called?
So they're offering colors to distract you from the fact that they hooked a macbook up to a 24 inch display?

Why even bother?

punk rebel ecks
Dec 11, 2010

A shitty post? This calls for a dance of deduction.
These new colored iMacs are making me want to wait until Apple redesigns the MacBook Air the same way. I wonder how long that will be?

Lead By Example
Jul 17, 2009

I buy and resell Pokemon cards for a living. If you're ever looking to sell your childhood, please reach out!
Fallen Rib

DoomTrainPhD posted:

Thoughts:

iPad: Not worth an upgrade from the older models unless you have dying hardware or a need for the nicer screen for some reason.

iMac: Wait until the M1X

AppleTV: Buy it just for the new remote and probably less-jank Wi-Fi

AirTag: Eh, get it if you want? I need more info on how long the battery lasts.

I think one of the powerpoint frames on the video said the tags have a battery life of a year.

FlapYoJacks
Feb 12, 2009

Baronash posted:

So they're offering colors to distract you from the fact that they hooked a macbook up to a 24 inch display?

That’s what the iMac has always been lol. Just with a slightly beefier GPU because Intel iGPUs are awful.

trilobite terror
Oct 20, 2007
BUT MY LIVELIHOOD DEPENDS ON THE FORUMS!

DoomTrainPhD posted:

That’s what the iMac has always been lol. Just with a slightly beefier GPU because Intel iGPUs are awful.

what are you talking about? No it hasn’t. Like that’s not even remotely true except for the very base model

OldSenileGuy
Mar 13, 2001

glassyalabolas posted:

where the gently caress is my iOS 14.5

This this a thousand times this

glassyalabolas
Oct 21, 2006
I want to bowl with the gangsters...

OldSenileGuy posted:

This this a thousand times this

Next week apparently. lmfao.

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2021/04/apple-introduces-airtag/

FlapYoJacks
Feb 12, 2009

Ok Comboomer posted:

what are you talking about? No it hasn’t. Like that’s not even remotely true except for the very base model

Which these are yeah?

ZeeBoi
Jan 17, 2001

Apple site updated, restart browsers

njsykora
Jan 23, 2012

Robots confuse squirrels.


I'll get the new ATV as soon as I can to replace my creaky HD, kinda glad I'm not tempted by the iMacs really since I already got an M1 Air.

FCKGW
May 21, 2006

DoomTrainPhD posted:

Which these are yeah?

Yeah, the Intel 27” still exists. This is the replacement for the base 21”.

Baronash
Feb 29, 2012

So what do you want to be called?

DoomTrainPhD posted:

Which these are yeah?

No, this is replacing their entire 21" slate.

FlapYoJacks
Feb 12, 2009

FCKGW posted:

Yeah, the Intel 27 still exists. This is the replacement for the base 21.

Oh good, I'm not crazy then. Well, I am crazy, but not about this.

FlapYoJacks
Feb 12, 2009

Baronash posted:

No, this is replacing their entire 21" slate.

Which is the base model? The 27inch was the big boy.

Vegastar
Jan 2, 2005

Tigers will do anything for a tuna sandwich.


Announcing an M1 iPad Pro without any mention of giving iPad OS more ability to take advantage of it makes this really underwhelming.

Pulcinella
Feb 15, 2019
Probation
Can't post for 26 days!

badjohny posted:

So are we going to get a 16g ram iPad Pro?

Yeah there was a very brief tech specs picture that said “up to 16gb memory.” The store has been updated but there is no option for ram.

Happy Noodle Boy
Jul 3, 2002


ZeeBoi posted:

Apple site updated, restart browsers

Hmmm. $535 trade-in offer on my 3rd gen pro. I think I could go for that.

Roadie
Jun 30, 2013
Looks like you'll be able to get the new Apple TV remote by itself for $59.

badjohny
Oct 6, 2005



so, unless I am missing something...you can't upgrade the iMac to 16g of ram? That can't be right. They even have a section on the bottom of the page telling you about choosing the right amount of ram. Maybe you can't do it until the pre order goes live?

Inner Light
Jan 2, 2020



DoomTrainPhD posted:

AirTag: Eh, get it if you want? I need more info on how long the battery lasts.

"AirTag is designed for over a year’s worth of battery life with everyday use. The CR2032 battery is user-replaceable and widely available. Replacement batteries are sold separately."

CheshireCat
Jul 9, 2001

You exist because we allow it. And you will end because we demand it.

Pulcinella posted:

Yeah there was a very brief tech specs picture that said “up to 16gb memory.” The store has been updated but there is no option for ram.
It's on the Tech Specs page:
code:
8GB RAM on models with 128GB, 256GB, or 512GB storage
16GB RAM on models with 1TB or 2TB storage

Baronash
Feb 29, 2012

So what do you want to be called?

DoomTrainPhD posted:

Which is the base model? The 27inch was the big boy.

Nah, the base model was exactly that: the $1099 model. Calling the entire 21" slate the "base model" is reductive and was never reflected in the options they offered.

Happy Noodle Boy
Jul 3, 2002


badjohny posted:

so, unless I am missing something...you can't upgrade the iMac to 16g of ram? That can't be right. They even have a section on the bottom of the page telling you about choosing the right amount of ram. Maybe you can't do it until the pre order goes live?

Yeah you have the select it first.

trilobite terror
Oct 20, 2007
BUT MY LIVELIHOOD DEPENDS ON THE FORUMS!

DoomTrainPhD posted:

Which is the base model? The 27inch was the big boy.

the 21” came with four, and later six core CPUs for a while. The last few could also be optioned with AMD dGPUs of middling performance.

Way less “guts of a MacBook Air in an iMac” and more “something between a 13” MacBook Pro and a 16” MBP/27” iMac”

EL BROMANCE
Jun 10, 2006

COWABUNGA DUDES!
🥷🐢😬



DoomTrainPhD posted:

AppleTV: Buy it just for the new remote and probably less-jank Wi-Fi

Never noticed any wifi issues with mine, is that a widespread thing? I'm sure I've streamed remux'd 4K files with it too, but it's been a while as I moved everything around to get everything on that chain wired up.

badjohny
Oct 6, 2005



Happy Noodle Boy posted:

Yeah you have the select it first.

Can you? it is greyed out for me.

Endless Mike
Aug 13, 2003



The website says the 4-pack of AirTags is $89!

Happy Noodle Boy
Jul 3, 2002


badjohny posted:

Can you? it is greyed out for me.

You can’t but that’s how it works on the other M1 macs currently available.

AlternateAccount
Apr 25, 2005
FYGM

Vegastar posted:

Announcing an M1 iPad Pro without any mention of giving iPad OS more ability to take advantage of it makes this really underwhelming.

What would you expect this to look like? Why do you assume it's not there?

trilobite terror
Oct 20, 2007
BUT MY LIVELIHOOD DEPENDS ON THE FORUMS!
They’re not going to say anything about iPad OS until June, dumb but that is their way

Duckman2008
Jan 6, 2010

TFW you see Flyers goaltending.
Grimey Drawer
So for the air tags, they charge $300+ for the Hermès holders lol .

Do they have some other type of holder for them ?

Raymond T. Racing
Jun 11, 2019

Duckman2008 posted:

So for the air tags, they charge $300+ for the Hermès holders lol .

Do they have some other type of holder for them ?

There's the standard leather loop for 35 by Apple, the 29 polyurethane one, and then Belkin has a plastic one too

trilobite terror
Oct 20, 2007
BUT MY LIVELIHOOD DEPENDS ON THE FORUMS!

Duckman2008 posted:

So for the air tags, they charge $300+ for the Hermès holders lol .

Do they have some other type of holder for them ?

I’m sure Etsy and Amazon and a billion mall kiosks will be rotten with them by this time next year

Hughmoris
Apr 21, 2007
Let's go to the abyss!

Dumb question from someone outside of the Apple ecosystem:

My family member has the current version of Apple TV 4K. They hate the remote. Do you think this newly announced remote will be backwards compatible?

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FCKGW
May 21, 2006

Hughmoris posted:

Dumb question from someone outside of the Apple ecosystem:

My family member has the current version of Apple TV 4K. They hate the remote. Do you think this newly announced remote will be backwards compatible?

It is indeed backwards compatible with current ATV 4K and HD.

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