Increasingly Familiar Apple Lust Objects for 2016 and onwards

like if you need 32GB of ram to hold an entire object in memory in numerical programming/machine learning stuff, then you need 32GB of ram and that's that. but that's almost never the situation even in high end desktop work IIUC (not a music person, ymmv).

New iMac looks designed for Instagram likes and startup offices but I don't know why I'd consider it over a 16" M1 Macbook Pro whenever those come out anyway.

other than specialized situations like video editing and high-end gaming, i don't get stationary desktop machines at all. don't you ever want to finish that email from your couch?

the next airpods pro case is going to have an integrated airtag, right? I absolutely could use that

Once you get used to a 27" 5K screen it's hard to go back (and the only comparable screen on the market is $1300 by itself) but I'm getting used to it.

Ports is the other big one - but the new iMacs have 1 more port than a MBP (and the entry level two fewer) so that's going to be less of a draw.

technically the same number as a MBP but since 1 gets eaten up by power I figure it doesn't really count

I would prefer an iMac solely for screen real estate; it makes working on scores much, much easier

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don't you ever want to finish that email from your couch?

....no?

don't you ever want to finish that email from your couch?

okay I promise I'll let it go (lucky for you I gotta get lunch) but consider this: sometimes I write emails to friends. you know, those people you didn't meet through work that you used to see.

i recognize those english words but cannot discern their meaning

the next airpods pro case is going to have an integrated airtag, right? I absolutely could use that

definitely getting airtags, since 1) they made car keys cost $400 to replace 2) my 3 year old discovered "hide the car keys"

I don't think I've ever written a friendly e-mail, that's what texts, messages and calls are for.

xps yeah hard for me to imagine going below 27'' 5K again. but i'm not partial to laptops anyway

podcast announcement yet?

The iMac 5k was much cheaper than there total of a standalone 5k LG and even a lower-powered MBP when I priced it up. I also kinda just like the all-in-one-ness.

I'm just about to go for an M1 13" MacBook Air and an LG Ultrafine screen (the 24" as the 27" is like hen's teeth in the UK) for my photography work and day to day.

The M1 27"+ iMac is going to be a while yet and it'll cost a fortune when it does appear.

The M1 Air and LG screen combo is cheaper than the current iteration of the 27" intel iMac I was considering before.

https://www.macrumors.com/2021/04/20/magic-keyboard-touch-id-compatible-all-m1-macs/

i hope they sell this separately. i'd buy it.

and one with a number pad built in

definitely wondering about an iMac, basically don’t go anywhere with a laptop anymore and one of the new iMacs next to my existing HP 4K would be pretty functional.

That said I’m interested to see how functional an iPad Pro plus external monitor would be.

been wondering why they haven't done that yet, or even one w a touchbar. Not that I'd want a touchbar, just seems like something Apple might've done.

Count me among the many who don't get why they wouldn't take this iMac refresh as the chance to finally get rid of the chin and bezels. How much thicker would that make the computer? How much better would it look?

And for people shopping for second monitors who care about color, the order goes Eizo > NEC or BenQ. LG, Asus, HP, Dell Ultrasharp all make decent monitors, but it's really about Eizo or NEC.

The touchbar is dead.

i hated the touchbar on my old mac almost as much as I love being able to log in with my fingerprint on my new

^this

Touchbar is such a waste of time.

worse than that. i press the one on my work laptop accidentally.

I’ve got around that by using an external keyboard but when I was using the internal one I would accidentally strike the paste button in Microsoft office products almost every time I went to type an ‘e’.

across the intervening row of number keys?
I just set my touchbar to be the standard function keys, effectively negates it because I hate the stupid thing.

touchID on desktops/laptops is truly great, an actual leap forward in usability. paired with something like 1password it means i never have to type in a password again, for anything.

I agree!

It’s good, but Apple does still make you type the system password at least once a day I find.

I do it more often cause it’s quicker than lifting up the lid when have the MacBook closed and hooked up to an external monitor and keyboard, so a TouchID latter would be great.

external keyboard + touchid + 1password yes please

now I’m just having really dumb ideas like “will touchid in the new keyboard work if you... pair it with an iPad?!?”

it's M1 (i.e. T2 in the SOC) only, so my guess would be yes in the new ipad pro, no in the other ones.

It’s good, but Apple does still make you type the system password at least once a day I find.
― Alba, Wednesday, 21 April 2021 17:13

I only have to enter my system password about once a week (plz don't steal my M1 MBA with touch ID and cut off my finger with this knowledge)

this seems like a plausible explanation for why M1s feel so responsive in interactive use, even with less RAM than intel machines https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/05/apples-m1-is-a-fast-cpu-but-m1-macs-feel-even-faster-due-to-qos/

Interesting if true

https://9to5mac.com/2021/05/18/40-core-mac-pro-high-end-mac-mini-in-development/

really want that larger iMac — assuming the pricing still works out way better than new-Cube + standalone 5k screen

xps yeah the impression I get about the M1 is that it is a collection of good decisions, rather than any genius technical breakthroughs.

I know Intel CPUs don't have efficiency-optimized cores but it still seems like Big Sur could dedicate a couple cores to interactive processes ...

M1 vmic for Apple

if it works, it works

yeah not complaining. only question is if I can justify replacing my 2016 MBP which only feel sluggish in Lightroom.

If you’re using Lightroom Classic definitely wait till Adobe releases a Silicon-native version before replacing a 2016 MBP with an M1 one, I’d say.

I seem to have been particularly unlucky with my Rosetta 2 Adobe experience but I’m not the only one having problems.

I am actually using Lightroom 6, since it does what I need and it doesn't need a subscription. It works on Big Sur but can't be installed on Big Sur, so I'm probably going to need a change here.

Mac Mini Pro could be my ideal computer unless the RAM and SSD tax increases.

yup. that's all I ever wanted. I'm a monitor snob, about to finally buy an EIZO CS2740, already have other monitors to use as a secondary.

From work I have gotten used to using a macbook, so I will definitely way the price/power differences between a powerful mac mini pro and whatever the new macbook pros are gonna be.

any news on the M1 macbook pros?

Nope. Was expected sooner but I think there was some backlog due to screens. Last chatter was sometime between september and november.

I'm waiting to see when those hit, or a higher-end mac mini. I need a new computer for my new business/shop.

the lovely Emma B’s 6-year-old laptop needs a repair and i have convinced her to hold off buying a new one and do the repair instead.