Yeah weird shilling hardware power at this point into tech cycle… short of ML/AI work loads for GPUs, we have enough power for every day shit.
We need better software products to utilize them but all we got is fucking ad laden trash and spyware with every app.
Big tech lost their fucking minds.
I’m starting to wonder if the real reason the push for bigger screens caught on wasn’t just because of the basic psychology of “bigger = better” but so they could shove more ads on screen, and now it’s more processing power so those ads won’t lock up the browser for a whole second while loading some bullshit questionnaire like “are you adult, child or gamer on iOS”
EDIT: So many downvotes lol are silicon valley tech bros mad?
i would not put it past them, de-googling saves so much battery. that alone is benefit any tech enjoyer can get behind you would think, privacy is just a cherry.
but more broadly speaking it is amazing how they think they can run all these malicious code on people’s devices because of some ToS EULA NDA X 69 Arbitration bullshit.
But nothing will change until people take their digital sovereignty back, literally only thing stopping the solution for most of this shit is poorly educated and complacent gen pop too busy jerking the feed to generate training data for some depraved AI girlfriend.
just take me to the farm already
We need better software products to utilize them
100%… for example… they used Diablo Immortal as the example for the new ray tracing capabilities LOL
Common iPadOS L
for the new ray tracing capabilities LOL
Raytracing is cool, only why have it in games is beyond me.
Making wallpapers with POV-Ray - yes.
As a developer, I find it pretty frustrating having to deal with constant hardware updates. By the time you get something released that takes advantage of the hardware you have, you’re already at least a generation or two behind.
Hell, I have an A12Z-based one and I don’t think I’ve ever maxed out the processor outside of playing games. Occasionally moonlight will drop frames and I’ll have to close some background apps or reboot for it to stream perfectly, but I’m also running it with 2388x1668@120hz 150mbps HEVC so I can kind of forgive that. It says quite a lot that my most common use for the thing these days is a very expensive (and very good) wireless monitor.
I was so excited when they announced Logic Pro, and equally as disappointed when it turned out to be Garageband+
So raytracing will be supported in iPad apps now…
So far the M4 seems to only be announced for the iPad.
Will the M4 be used in new MacBook Airs, or is that a completely separate SoC? I’m not familiar with Apple’s hardware anymore.
I still can’t run basic ml stuff. I can’t play the vast majority of video games. I have to put up with the same sentiment that Microsoft brings to their products, that you are just renting your computer from Apple. The hardware looks bad ass. Too bad its apple.
Going from 1 TB to 2 TB SSD on this iPad is somehow $400? That is a clown price but it is a 50% discount on going from 512 GB to 1 TB. What the actual fuck?
Yeah it’ll come to the Air’s and the Mac Mini at some point. I suspect it’s actually cheaper to make on the new process node (it’s the second generation of TSMC’s 3nm process), so maybe it won’t be too far off.
Any idea how long it usually takes for a new SoC to reach the Airs? Assuming they follow a pattern with each now generation.
Just wondering whether to buy an M3 Air or wait for the M4 version.
Does any one care?
There was so much hype on this generation of silicon and the landing has seemed extremely flat to me, largely because Apple.
Everything since the M1. Mind blowing hype, graphs that seem shocking at announcement. Data that comes in below these graphs, then owing to the extremely high walls of the garden, a sigh and shoulder shrug at what you can do with the technology, because although cool and seemingly very powerful, you just can’t do much with it because of apples buisness philosophy.
Then buy similar hardware from a competitor that meets your needs. I mean, Apple was never innovative, so you surely can get something better somewhere else?
I like keeping tabs on it, as they’re really the only ones pushing mainstream high end ARM chips at the moment.
Don’t forget about the new Snapdragon X series. I heard they were pretty good, on par and better than M3s.
I have recently bought older generation 12.9" iPad Pro and an M2 MBP through Backmarket at a fraction of the price. I’m primarily a Linux user but I bought the iPad for the screen and the MBP for music production. Even though they are years old, they still have more processing power than I need.
I just finished the full soundtrack of a theatre play using AsahiLinux on my M2pro mbp. I resorted to macos only to render some heavy video tracks.
Wow is the first time I heard about linux on iPad. Which guide did you use?
Mbp sorry, not iPad :(
https://piped.video/watch?v=1iiFhhOkv14
It is now based on fedora not arch, but the install process is the same
