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• Three days of M4

  Posted on November 4, 2024 at 02:43 CST by Will Fastie • Comment in the Forums

  APPLE

  

  By Will Fastie

  Or were they?

  It turns out that the rumors I mentioned in my Apple article last week were not entirely accurate. With respect to the M4 chips, they were. With respect to the number of days, the count turned out to be three, not five.

  Now I think I know why, which I’ll get to in a moment.

  On the surface, the announcements last week had the M4 chips in common. It’s deeper than that.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (21.45.0, 2024-11-04).

  Apple Apple Intelligence, Apple M-series chips, Apple M4, iMac, Mac mini, MacBook Pro, Newsletters

• M3 powers new MacBook Pros and iMac

  Posted on November 6, 2023 at 02:43 CST by Will Fastie • Comment in the Forums

  APPLE NEWS

  

  By Will Fastie

  Apple is infamous for making nebulous comparisons, but this time it has gone too far.

  Apple’s dark (Halloween) event a week ago was mildly disappointing. The company finally got around to announcing its previously expected M3 family of silicon and refreshed the MacBook Pro series as a result.

  The problem is that it wasn’t all that exciting. With a few exceptions, these were moves the company had to make, even though they will not generate the same sort of excitement as previous M1 and M2 announcements.

  The centerpiece of the event was silicon, a set of chips Apple calls “the most advanced chips ever built for a personal computer.”

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (20.45.0, 2023-11-06).

  Apple Apple M3, Apple News, Apple Silicon, iMac, MacBook, Newsletters, Qualcomm

• Switchers: Taking a bite of the Apple – Part 1

  Posted on March 9, 2020 at 01:05 CDT by Tracey Capen • Comment in the Forums

  APPLE MAC

  By Nathan Parker

  With the end of free support for Windows 7, many users are looking at alternatives to Windows 10. And some are considering jumping to Apple’s Mac platform.

  This two-part series is an introduction to the world of Mac for those thinking about making the switch from a Windows PC. (A more-detailed verion of this article can be found in the AskWoody forum.)

  In this installment, we’ll cover the various types of Mac desktops and notebooks. We’ll also give tips for setting up a new Apple system. Part 2 will provide a general tour of the macOS operating system, discuss keyboard differences, and delve into Mac security concepts.

  Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 17.10.0 (2020-03-09).

  Apple AskWoody Plus Newsletter, iMac, MacBook, macOS, Switching to Mac

• Windows and the inexorable downward slide

  Posted on May 9, 2018 at 05:12 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

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  Horace Dediu (Asymco) has a new blog post that you should read, as we’re shuffling deck chairs and playing “Nearer, My God, to Thee.”

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