A few thoughts on the Apple event

This is a pretty clear message. Apple has undone all the damage they did to the MacBook Pro. Magsafe charger, HDMI, SDcard reader, keyboard with full size function keys. It took six years, but Apple went full circle with the enclosure. Say goodbye to dongle hell. Great display with a notch that houses a 1080p webcam, better speakers and microphones. It looks pretty perfect to me.

These clearly are expensive Pro machines, starting at 2249 Eur for the 14″ M1 Pro and going up to 3849 Eur for the 16″ M1 Max model.The sweet spot for me are the 2749 Eur 14″ and the 2979 Eur 16″ model. There will be people who browse Facebook on these machines. 🙂

The less than a year old 13″ Pro is now offically old. And last year’s 13 Air found its rightful place. Still incredibly fast, quiet and relatively affordable.

The event kicked off with music and three newsbytes: new AirPods 3, now sweat and waterproof, with a new shape, HomePod mini in three new colors, and an entry level Apple Music subscription for 5 Eur a month. There is a catch: you have to use Siri to ask for your music, and it only plays on Siri-enable Apple devices.

I think the AirPods 3 will set a new standard because they adapt to your hearing with Adaptive EQ, much like the AirPods Max. I expect them to sound amazing. Now with Spatial Audio and “improved quality for Facetime calls”. Oh yes, there is room for improvement.

5 thoughts on “A few thoughts on the Apple event”

  1. Endlich. Ich habe so lange mit meinem 2012 Macbook Pro gewartet, bis eine Maschine kommt, mit viel RAM, gute Tastatur, und keine Touchbar. Dass die Ports wieder da sind ist super. Ohhh, das wird teuer….

  2. Die Lunte fĂŒr Intel Chips hatte schon mit dem M1 hell gebrannt, jetzt ist der Zeitpunkt zum Umsteigen.
    Spannend ist, wie sich das Unified Memory verhĂ€lt. Mit einem 4K Display werden 4GB Grafikspeicher im alten 2019er MBP gut gefĂŒllt. Evtl. sind 32GB die sicherere Wahl? Ich freue mich jedenfalls auf die neuen Maschinen. Ohne Intel und hoffentlich ohne das LĂŒftergerĂ€usch der letzten 16er.

    Was ganz anderes: Ist eigentlich bekannt, was das fĂŒr Software ist die bei den Events auf den Laborrechnern lĂ€uft (sofern das keine rein internen Tools sind)? Sah alles sehr interessant aus.

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