Apple Event April 20

[tomsem]

Spring loaded.
Please join us for a special Apple Event broadcasting from Apple Park. Watch the show online at apple.com.
April 20, 2021
10:00 a.m. PDT

New iPad Pros? New Apple TV?

[binaryhermit]

I wonder if it's somehow related to cannabis given the date's place in stoner culture.

I'd guess maybe a new iphone in the same niche as the iPhone SE as well

[drofgnal]

I'm hoping for new iMacs. Mine is running pretty slow (2015) and I've done most 'fixes'. The SW has just outrun the hardware. I'm afraid to upgrade to Big Sur.

Macrumors reports that new iMacs will feature a larger display, but in the same size case with bezels being reduced. The bottom aluminum chin will be gone. Of course the new apple processor is said to be used, but perhaps an upgrade from the current M1. They'll also be in colors again, not that I care, I never see the bak of my machine. Another website reports they may not be rolled out in April, but perhaps June.

[pwalker8]

Absolutely no idea what Apple has planned, but that certainly doesn't keep me from speculating!

The current version of the Apple TV came out in September 2017, so it's certainly time for a refresh. I can see me getting one if they do announce a refresh.

There is a lot of buzz about a new iMac, even though they released an iMac less than a year ago. Of course, with the WWDC coming up, announcing developer's hardware makes sense.

[JSWolf]

Unless Apple has fixed the MAJOR issue with the M1 and the way it wears out the SSD, no Mac is worth getting.

With an M1 MAC, you will find your SSD has worn out much sooner then it should have and your system will be unusable much sooner then it should be.

[drofgnal]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Unless Apple has fixed the MAJOR issue with the M1 and the way it wears out the SSD, no Mac is worth getting.

With an M1 MAC, you will find your SSD has worn out much sooner then it should have and your system will be unusable much sooner then it should be.

Good to know. I googled this and found some apple forums of people discussing this. It does give me pause on getting a new iMac right now. Maybe I'll just gut it out with my 2015 iMac (1 TB HDD) a while and see how the new one goes. It's supposedly to be a different processor than M1, so maybe there is a fix, but I'll wait a while and see how it behaves in the real world.

[pwalker8]

Originally Posted by drofgnal

Good to know. I googled this and found some apple forums of people discussing this. It does give me pause on getting a new iMac right now. Maybe I'll just gut it out with my 2015 iMac (1 TB HDD) a while and see how the new one goes. It's supposedly to be a different processor than M1, so maybe there is a fix, but I'll wait a while and see how it behaves in the real world.

The 2015 iMac with a 1 TB HDD is what I have. I have noticed that development is a bit sluggish with it, it take a long time to bring the simulator up.

[tomsem]

There’s got to be a new Apple TV, to support a better gaming experience (4K) and maybe the HomePod sound bar + Apple TV I’ve wanted since I got HomePod.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by drofgnal

Good to know. I googled this and found some apple forums of people discussing this. It does give me pause on getting a new iMac right now. Maybe I'll just gut it out with my 2015 iMac (1 TB HDD) a while and see how the new one goes. It's supposedly to be a different processor than M1, so maybe there is a fix, but I'll wait a while and see how it behaves in the real world.

That's the problem. If you need a MAC now, there's not much in the way of choices. Do you get an Intel based MAC where eventually a lot of programs won't run because they are written in M1 code or do you get an M1 based MAC and know that the SSD will wear out and the MAC then becomes useless because the SSD is not replaceable? Or you could wait for the next systems from Apple. But then you have to wait a while to find out if they actually work properly or not.

This is one major advantage to Windows. With Windows, you have many many choices of computers you can get. So if any have flaws, you just get a different system. With Apple, it's not nearly that easy and it never will be. If Apple screws up like they did with the m1, then your choices are very limited and may not be all that good.

I really do think Apple should recall all of the M1 based systems and fix the hardware/software to stop the SSD wear.

[drofgnal]

Originally Posted by pwalker8

The 2015 iMac with a 1 TB HDD is what I have. I have noticed that development is a bit sluggish with it, it take a long time to bring the simulator up.

I did a PRAM reset reboot and SRAM reset. That helped things somewhat. My biggest complaint is with startup time. I was getting on toward 10 minutes. Now it's back to about 3-4, which is still long. My work laptop, a MacBook pro with 512 gb ssd, boots in about 15 seconds.

[drofgnal]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

That's the problem. If you need a MAC now, there's not much in the way of choices. Do you get an Intel based MAC where eventually a lot of programs won't run because they are written in M1 code or do you get an M1 based MAC and know that the SSD will wear out and the MAC then becomes useless because the SSD is not replaceable? Or you could wait for the next systems from Apple. But then you have to wait a while to find out if they actually work properly or not.

This is one major advantage to Windows. With Windows, you have many many choices of computers you can get. So if any have flaws, you just get a different system. With Apple, it's not nearly that easy and it never will be. If Apple screws up like they did with the m1, then your choices are very limited and may not be all that good.

I really do think Apple should recall all of the M based systems and fi the hardware/software to stop the SSD wear.

Yea, they should. We'll see what the new one is like. If they didn't solder the ssd to a board that would help. But my plan now is to wait and see. I was going to buy a new iMac day one.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by drofgnal

Yea, they should. We'll see what the new one is like. If they didn't solder the ssd to a board that would help. But my plan now is to wait and see. I was going to buy a new iMac day one.

M wife was going to buy an M1 Macbook Air. But that didn't happen because of the SSD wearing out.

I don't see how Apple can continue to sell these disastrous/defective M1 systems.

[pata]

There’s been some debate on the issue — M1 Mac SSD wear probably a far smaller problem than it appears (9to5mac. Mar 11, '21) — but it’s always caveat emptor for first gen Apple products and Apple doesn’t deserve any benefit of doubt after the butterfly keyboard fiasco.

Anyway back to the topic at hand, the event on Tuesday. First and foremost I’d like to see an improved iPad mini; it’s shameful how neglected Apple has left that product. The AppleTV (the Siri remote in particular), also deserves an update. The star of the show is supposed to be the iPad Pro. I think mini-led is overhyped (if it still can’t match the true black of oled then I don’t care) so I do hope Apple adds a resolution increase (or a bigger iPad...).

[datostar]

Originally Posted by binaryhermit

I wonder if it's somehow related to cannabis given the date's place in stoner culture.

I'd guess maybe a new iphone in the same niche as the iPhone SE as well

Well it's also the birthday of the late A. Hitler which might well have significance in certain quarters.

[datostar]

Originally Posted by pwalker8

The 2015 iMac with a 1 TB HDD is what I have. I have noticed that development is a bit sluggish with it, it take a long time to bring the simulator up.

I've got a late 2012 iMac, 16GB RAM and Intel i7 quad core processor, which was severely let down by the 5400rpm 1TB HDDwhich just seemed to get slower and slower. Now absolutely transformed and running Catalina perfectly from a 1TB external SSD which is a sight cheaper than a new machine.