Agreed. It feels like they're purposefully harming the reputation of the Mac at this point. The decision making is inexplicable.
Yes indeed. The 2014 mini went four years without an upgrade.
What? Why wait? M1 has been out for years. Unless you have a workflow that really really really needs a truck ton of GPU power, which obviously you don't, since you're still rocking a 2012, then you aren't going to notice any difference between the base M1 and the M368 Super Ultra Mega Kaboom chip that might come out sometime in the year 2406.
I think it’s how Apple can continue to drive MacBook Pro sales, especially if they put the base model M chip (not the Max or Ultra) in it. A base M4 MBA would totally cannibalize sales of base M4 MBP if released at the same time. And I’m betting MBP models have higher margins too.
Get the 14" m1 pro MBP. I picked mine up a few months ago and chose it because it has the best sound system. I'm a pilot, I don't create content or anything, just some photo stuff which anything can do, I also test drove several models and because my boss is a billionaire I didn't have any budget. Unless you're trying to edit 8k or something there's no point. The M1 version last forever on battery, has a wonderful screen if you get the Vivid app, and if you're using it as a daily driver and consuming content it's better than the revisions due to the better sounding speakers. I tend not to wear headphones and just enjoy using it in hotels on my lap.
It's Gurman, a monkey throwing darts at a calendar would be better at predicting release dates TBF. He does a far better job at predicting hardware changes, with fascinating insights like "M5 will be faster than M4." The only thing that makes me at all hesitant in thinking a M4 Studio with Max/Ultra might not come in 2024 is the rumor that Apple's building out its AI infrastructure on M2, which could probably be explained by something straightforward: they have a large supply of Ultra M2 chips right now that they no longer plan to put in desktops or simply that M2 is the only thing they currently have server architecture for.
I haven’t followed WoA developments but see we expecting an official Windows build this year? And if so, should we expect easier emulation going forward?
I agree that people won't notice the difference on 99% of tasks, and that the person with the 2012 Mac should just update before it dies.
Or that it was merely an expensive stop gap. That does not make it a failure, as it served its purpose.
That is how I feel about replacing my ancient iMac. But for me this M4 reveal in the iPad has convinced me that Apple is (contra Gurman) in the midst of a revamping of their product line with their goal being fast rollouts of new processors.
