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    From Lewis@21:1/5 to All on Mon Oct 18 18:59:27 2021
    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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  • From Alan Browne@21:1/5 to Lewis on Mon Oct 18 17:23:08 2021
    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.


    --
    "...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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  • From nospam@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Mon Oct 18 17:25:38 2021
    In article <0BlbJ.6$[email protected]>, Alan Browne
    <[email protected]> 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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  • From Lewis@21:1/5 to Alan Browne on Tue Oct 19 02:22:56 2021
    In message <0BlbJ.6$[email protected]> Alan Browne <[email protected]> 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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