Well, Apple announced two new Pro level chips for their two new Laptops,
a 14" and 16" pair of beasts boasting up to 21 hour battery life and 7-%
faster processors than the already absurdly fast M1s.

I ordered a 14" close to the low end, but with 10/16 cores instead of
the default 8/14 cores, to replace my quite old 2015 MBP which while it
still works definitely has some growing issues ad weirdness. A good
friend of mine went all out though, and spent a bit over $6000 on a top
end 16" with an M1 Max, 64GB of RAM and an 8TB SSD

It is likely I will never use the HDMI or SD slot on the machine.

My "little" laptop will only get up to 17 hours of battery life.

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No man is free who is not master of himself

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On 2021-10-18 14:59, Lewis wrote:

Well, Apple announced two new Pro level chips for their two new Laptops,
a 14" and 16" pair of beasts boasting up to 21 hour battery life and 7-% faster processors than the already absurdly fast M1s.

I ordered a 14" close to the low end, but with 10/16 cores instead of
the default 8/14 cores, to replace my quite old 2015 MBP which while it
still works definitely has some growing issues ad weirdness. A good
friend of mine went all out though, and spent a bit over $6000 on a top
end 16" with an M1 Max, 64GB of RAM and an 8TB SSD

It is likely I will never use the HDMI or SD slot on the machine.

My "little" laptop will only get up to 17 hours of battery life.

Waiting on a higher spec iMac. This fall? TBD.


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"...there are many humorous things in this world; among them the white
man's notion that he is less savage than the other savages."
-Samuel Clemens

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In article <0BlbJ.6$2a2.1@fx40.iad>, Alan Browne
<bitbucket@blackhole.com> wrote:

Waiting on a higher spec iMac. This fall? TBD.

it's highly unlikely that there will be any additional product
announcements until next year, especially with supply constraints.

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In message <0BlbJ.6$2a2.1@fx40.iad> Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> wrote:

On 2021-10-18 14:59, Lewis wrote:

Well, Apple announced two new Pro level chips for their two new Laptops,
a 14" and 16" pair of beasts boasting up to 21 hour battery life and 7-%
faster processors than the already absurdly fast M1s.

I ordered a 14" close to the low end, but with 10/16 cores instead of
the default 8/14 cores, to replace my quite old 2015 MBP which while it
still works definitely has some growing issues ad weirdness. A good
friend of mine went all out though, and spent a bit over $6000 on a top
end 16" with an M1 Max, 64GB of RAM and an 8TB SSD

It is likely I will never use the HDMI or SD slot on the machine.

My "little" laptop will only get up to 17 hours of battery life.

Waiting on a higher spec iMac. This fall? TBD.

I'd say the odds on another event this year are slim to nil. There COULD
be a new Mac mini released without an event, but it seems they would
have done it after today's event.

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Nihil est--in vita priore ego imperator Romanus fui.

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