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I hope the Macs come with more than 8GB of RAM.
Might as well do touch screen also
This man. There is nothing wrong with selling base model MacBook air or iMac with 8 gigs. If you market a product as “pro” targeting professionals or power users , 16gigs should be the base memory for those models.
If you market a product as “pro” targeting professionals or power users , 16gigs should be the base memory for those models.
Why? If they make the part for iPads and MBAs anyway, why not offer the choice of a lower-price model? You can’t conceive of a person who doesn’t need the extra memory but would like the better display and extra ports?
It’s absolutely too expensive by probably at least $200, but that’s different than saying it shouldn’t even exist.
Yep, but people are still hell-bent on Apple giving 16GB for entry level MBs since very other Windows manufacturer does it. Heck, even comments in the post about a low-cost 12 inch MB had people saying Apple better release it with 16GB RAM and 512GB storage. Not going to happen…
but people are still hell-bent on Apple giving 16GB for entry level MBs since very other Windows manufacturer does it
Honestly, if there was a Windows laptop which had decent build quality with internals and software that didn’t break, and the OS was more like Windows 7, I’d just buy that. The specs in Windows laptops are very good at this point. It’s just everything else that’s the problem. I don’t want to pay the apple tax, but because of these shitty Windows laptops I’m forced to.
I recently spent 3 days debugging the WiFi on my Windows PC because it wouldn’t connect to the internet at all through one of my satellites, and would not connect to certain domains (specifically Epic and Windows Store download services) from the base router. The problem ended up being fixed by assigning a static IP.
I’ve spent tons of time fighting with all sorts of other weird problems in the past, often sound related. My wife’s work computer (a PC) refuses to do sound output over DP or HDMI, for example.
Point being, Windows machines, due to the OS alone, are worth several hundred dollars less than Macs to me because they take so much babysitting and can break in weird ways at a moment’s notice.
Yes, and their resale values are shit too. That’s another point in favour of Macs.
Mark my words, they will come with 12GB.
that’s not what pro means for Apple
“AirPods pro”
But didn’t they say 8GB is just as good as 16?
Yes, and it’s not.
I know people shit on Macrumours but they did a little writeup to go with a review from a Max Tech co-host, and it covers this pretty well.
https://www.macrumors.com/2023/11/10/8gb-ram-in-m3-macbook-pro-proves-the-bottleneck/
The whole “8GB is as good as 16GB on Intel/AMD” makes literally zero sense.
You don’t need macrumors to tell you 16 >>> 8
Not sure how an article that compares 8gb vs 16gb on otherwise the same CPU can possibly disprove a statement that 8gb on Apple Silicon = 16gb on x86. We need to see comparisons to the most closely comparable Intel chip.
Of course 16gb is better than 8gb on the same machine, that was never disputed by anyone.
that 8gb on Apple Silicon = 16gb on x86
that’s obviosly false, the ISA is hardly relevant
Why? 8 GB of RAM in a Mac equals 8.000 GB of RAM on Windows.
And multi-monitor support.
They might… but probably for $200 more than the current base price so it will be basically the same thing but with less options.
For everyone discussing pros and cons of OLED, keep in mind the rumors are that Apple wants to use a newer dual-stacked OLED for iPads and probably MacBooks.
I think the idea here is this would provide greater max brightness, but also less burn-in at lower brightnesses. Probably also more expensive than current OLED displays.
They will probably upsell. Cheaper air no oled panels. Buy more expensive air pro with oled pro panel at $1499.
We can skip the OLED, wake me up when you’ve got microLED.
Hard pass from me for OLED on MacBook screens. Much prefer mini-led. Nearly the same contrast, with better uniformity and no risk of burn in.
Anyone knows enough to tell me if OLED MacBook pros are supposed to look better than the current mini LED screens on the 14/16 MacBook Pros ?
I’m waiting for the new Qualcomm Arm chips to get to windows machines. Apple can kick rocks, they aren’t actually interested in selling high volumes of these machines. It’s all about services for them now
how do you say you’re holding out for a windows machine but then accuse Apple of being all about services ? You are aware that services is… quite literally Microsoft’s entire MO now right?
Unrelated, but does anyone have the wallpaper used?
I wonder if we’re ever going to get an OLED Pro Display or Studio Display.
Having the miniLED iPad Pro M2 honestly feels like having OLED. But I’m glad tech is moving forward.
the blooming is awful both on ipad on mac
I constantly use night more and never even notice it lol
But you bring back the screen burn issue with OLED and you need to be mindful when it comes to display the same content for too long, but miniLED we have now have no such problem.
Christ, how much more expensive can they make their entry level laptop series?
I want an iPad Pro 9.7 with OLED, absolutely hate watching stuff on any other than OLED or mini Led now I’m used to it
Terrible idea. Can’t wait for “My MBP now has the dock permanently visible on the screen, how do I get rid of this” posts.
There is a reason why monitor manufacturers rarely make OLED panels.
Tons of laptops have OLED screens, including professional workstation laptops.
Expensive, Even more expensive, Less but still Expensive…in that order.
OLED iPad still useless unless they allow side loading. It’s an oversized iPhone.
Apple is of course bumping up HARDWARE Specs to increase Price all the while ignoring the biggest Value-Added = Software/OS which most users would benefit from. Agree it’s primarily aimed at higher prices and price laddering.
Ipads will always be useless. Esp the pricier pro ones. Better to get cheaper macbooks like m1 air.
Students would like to have a word…
I can tell you from personal experience that you’re blatantly wrong. They are found in droves on college and university campuses as they are super versatile. From writing to storing every textbook you’d need all in one slab of metal and glass.
I got my iPad Pro 1st year and haven’t looked back. 90% of textbooks I have needed I could get digital and writing on PDFs for lectures is essential for my learning.
Look, they may serve no use for you, but don’t parade yourself into thinking they must then serve no purpose.
And on the argument of “oh it’s just a big iPhone” is laughable these days.
ugh. With OLED comes flicker.