Should be a nice jump from my M1 iPad pro.. battery life on this thing has gotten so bad in the last few months.
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Apple Debuts Next-Generation M4 Chip
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But, but... the iPhone must be first with new generation tech... no way any apparent patterns can be altered at any time. First iPhone, then everything else.
And so much for the apparent pattern of M-series releases too. Many thought they saw a pattern in only 2 generations and then M3, PRO & MAX hit together to alter that perception and now here's M4 out at a very odd time of the year vs. the apparent pattern.
As has been offered before, there is no pattern in only a few iterations of anything. Flip a coin 3 times and you may get heads or tails 3 times in a row. That doesn't mean even the next flip will come up the same way. And with tech, any apparent pattern is subject to change at any time.
I'm with #9: I won't be surprised to see the apparent ORDER of releases flipped as soon as WWDC with M4 Ultra jumping ahead of MAX & PRO. Why? Mostly because it is apparently in the most profitable Macs per-unit-sold... and- apparently- Apple likes money. 💰💰💰
M4 will be digested news by WWDC and the Mac lineup will have their 2 "most powerful" Macs running on what will seem like 2-generations-old brains.
AFAIC: Welcome M4! Now bring on the Macs with it ASAP.
And so much for the apparent pattern of M-series releases too. Many thought they saw a pattern in only 2 generations and then M3, PRO & MAX hit together to alter that perception and now here's M4 out at a very odd time of the year vs. the apparent pattern.
As has been offered before, there is no pattern in only a few iterations of anything. Flip a coin 3 times and you may get heads or tails 3 times in a row. That doesn't mean even the next flip will come up the same way. And with tech, any apparent pattern is subject to change at any time.
I'm with #9: I won't be surprised to see the apparent ORDER of releases flipped as soon as WWDC with M4 Ultra jumping ahead of MAX & PRO. Why? Mostly because it is apparently in the most profitable Macs per-unit-sold... and- apparently- Apple likes money. 💰💰💰
M4 will be digested news by WWDC and the Mac lineup will have their 2 "most powerful" Macs running on what will seem like 2-generations-old brains.
AFAIC: Welcome M4! Now bring on the Macs with it ASAP.
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I’m very happy with my m3 air. No spec chart is going to change the kind of consumers who are in the market for a windows based pc
I know people were skeptical that Apple would debut the M4 so quickly after the M3, but I love how rapidly they’re iterating their own silicon, after decades of relying on the likes of Intel/IBM/Motorola. Go hog-wild, Apple! Rock out with your 🍆 out.
While Apple adds words to make it seem like they've improved the design of their cores:
It is not clear to me that these are improvements over the M3. I suspect they are comparing it to the M2, the SoC model in the prior iPad Pro offerings.
Regardless, as expected with anything industry wide these days, small increments are made from generation to generation.
The 120GB/s memory bandwidth implies using Samsung's LPDDR5X SDRAMs. But the typical user doesn't come close to maxing out memory bandwidth.
Typical users will be more impacted by the SSD speeds.
It is not clear to me that these are improvements over the M3. I suspect they are comparing it to the M2, the SoC model in the prior iPad Pro offerings.
Regardless, as expected with anything industry wide these days, small increments are made from generation to generation.
The 120GB/s memory bandwidth implies using Samsung's LPDDR5X SDRAMs. But the typical user doesn't come close to maxing out memory bandwidth.
Typical users will be more impacted by the SSD speeds.
Nice if you can afford it but unless you are using the creative processor intensive apps will you really notice the increase? Would be hugely cheaper to get Apple to replace the battery in your M1 model.
Thanks.
I was basing it on the video, I had not looked at the Apple Store for specs.
Still, I doubt anyone but video producers can notice the difference.
All the attachments/goodies will run demons that use the efficiency cores, such as controlling the Apple Pencil or keyboard.
so the real question is - do we get update to studio next month or how long do we have to wait for Studio (or mini) to be updated now that the M4 is out and those are still on M2
I couldn't agree with you more.
I'm still rocking a 12.9" 1TB 2018 iPad Pro with its A12X. This thing STILL screams for most things I do with it. The most demanding App I use is Logic Pro and for the sorts of projects I do, it runs like butter. I can't run Final Cut on the iPad, but I've long felt that video editing is too cramped on a 12.9" display, so it doesn't bother me.
Apple silicon seems to be outpacing software development in all but very select situations. Remarkable!
Such a shame. M4 still only AV1 decode. Was really hoping for Encoding as well.
You lose a performance core between the 9 and 10 core versions. Each have 6 efficiency.
Its been mentioned a lot on here. Apple has to switch from N3B to N3E quickly to save money and if the iPad was on N3B it would cost them more seeing that the chip would be around longer. I think its in Apple's best interest to switch to M4 much faster and be aggressive about it so they can leave the N3B behind. It was a stop gap process that they don't really want
What I find interesting is that Apple put in decent cooling for the M4 SoC on the iPad Pro. Maybe that improved cooling will migrate to the eventual M4 MacBook Air model?
While Apple adds words to make it seem like they've improved the design of their cores:
It is not clear to me that these are improvements over the M3.
I presume this is too soon for "Improved branch prediction" to be the GoFetch exploit mitigation?
(ie: The M4 would have been taped out and in production prior to the exploit going public?)
My guess is we won't see an M3 Ultra. Instead, the Mac Studio doesn't get upgraded until winter, with the M4 Pro/Max/Ultra release.