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On April 20th, 2021, Apple launched a "live" event (www.apple.com/apple-events/april-2021/) announcing the new iMac, iPad, AppleTV, and new technology AirTag. I will talk about each announcement, and break down what each new release entails. iMac: iPad on steroids.. Or not?
An iPad! But with a computer in it?
AppleTV for 4K!AirTag: Apple's Tile
The End: Final ThoughtsI think that the new AirTag addition and AppleTV upgrade are pretty positive. AirTag can cripple multiple industries at once. <AirTag effect> But the iMac and iPad Pro upgrades are one to ponder about. The iPad and iMac are competing for similar use cases; at-home desktop or laptop use, respectively. Buying either locks you out of buying the other (theoretically). I feel like Apple made this intentionally, to get users that either are in the Apple ecosystem, or get people not in the ecosystem to choose iPad, and then to lure them into the wider ecosystem. Of course Apple does this, and its not a secret at the moment. Buying either the iMac or iPad are great purchases, don't get me wrong. There is a lot of pros and cons to buying either. <Broad Effects of Apple releases> Works Consulted:
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The popular messaging service, Discord has piqued the interest of many large companies, such as Microsoft and Amazon, for over $10 Billion dollars. Today I go over the pros and cons of a buyout, and give you what I think this means for the company if it is bought out. BackgroundFor context, Discord, a social media of sorts that lets users chat with others through the use of servers, could be bought out by Microsoft, one of the big tech giants of the modern day world. Discord isn't even worth $10 Billion dollars, as its only source of revenue is its "Nitro" subscription to gain access to features such as HD streaming, custom emotes, and larger upload limits. This technically means Discord isn't "profitable", and I use that term lightly. Discord doesn't make enough money to recuperate the costs of owning all the technology used. However, Discord uses Cloud services, and doesn't have to pay as much.
BackgroundTo start off, the war of sorts is versus Epic Games, along with a number of other apps under the title "Coalition for App Fairness" (CFAF). Link: appfairness.org
The opposition is, of course, Apple (and Google kind of). The CFAF is fighting for three things:
IntroductionNVIDIA has released an announcement on the restriction of hashing power on the RTX 3000 series cards, specifically the RTX 3060. NVIDIA said:
"Halving Hash Rate RTX 3060 software drivers are designed to detect specific attributes of the Ethereum cryptocurrency mining algorithm, and limit the hash rate, or cryptocurrency mining efficiency, by around 50 percent. That only makes sense. Our GeForce RTX GPUs introduce cutting-edge technologies — such as RTX real-time ray-tracing, DLSS AI-accelerated image upscaling technology, Reflex super-fast response rendering for the best system latency, and many more — tailored to meet the needs of gamers and those who create digital experiences." blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2021/02/18/geforce-cmp/ Now first off, I discussed why the CMP processors wont work in reducing the supply of GPUs for "gamers". Read that in my other post. I first need to clear some vocabulary for anyone not in this tech "bubble" of information. This is about the new M1 Chip and the devices with the M1 Chip in them including the Mac Mini 2020, MacBook Air" 2020, and the MacBook Pro 13" 2020. Source: www.apple.com/mac/m1/ M1 Chip: Specs The new M1 Chip that Apple has just announced has 4 "performance" cores, and 4 "efficiency" cores, the former for CPU-intensive tasks like gaming, video editing, and more. The latter is used for light loads, like web browsing and background tasks. It also has an 8-core GPU, which is the most Apple has made in the AS (Apple Silicon) lineup (iPhones, iPads, etc.). It also has the RAM of the system built in, but it cannot be changed after production. A Neural Engine is included, which is very similar to the one on iPhones. This is used for if the computer needs extra cores, it can be used. M1 Chip: How it's integrated How the M1 Chip will be integrated in the Mac Mini, the MacBook Air, and the MacBook Pro will be important. Both the Mac Mini and the MacBook Air will have little to no fans! The MacBook Pro will have some motorized cooling. How the Mac Mini and MacBook Air plan to cool the chip is a tossup between simply having no cooling, and have a scenario from 2019, where all the Mac's had cooling issues, or be passively cooled, where thermodynamics help cool the chips. The latter seems promising. Also, the macOS Big Sur (The Mac's newest update) will apparently integrate well with the new Macs, with a instant wakeup feature, universal apps (Apps that work with both the AS Chips and the Intel chips), iOS app compatibility, and more. Even if app developers have not optimized for the new Macs, they don't have to, but they may crash more often. M1 Chip: Pricing The Mac Mini (A small square that you hook up to a monitor for display) is going for $699.99, The MacBook Air is going for $999.99, and the MacBook Pro is going for $1299.99. All of these prices have been laughed at for past generations as being too expensive for not much performance, but this time, not so much. The MacBook Air has a 15hr battery life on the web, and a 18hr battery life in video playback. The MacBook Pro has a 17hr and 20hr battery life, respectively. Do not take these numbers as hard facts, as this is from Apple, and not from a 3rd Party. M1 Chip: First Impressions On paper, the new chip seems amazing, as it balances Performance with Battery Life, and the prices aren't too outrageous (MacBook Pro is the exception). The comments I have against this is that, still, Apple is not letting users upgrade their RAM and Storage after production, as most of the features are on the M1 Chip already. Takeaways: The specs produced are a lot better than last year with Intel chips. The Apple integration is stronger than ever. That is what I have been going at, that Apple has more control over how their devices. With the M1 Chip along side the A13 (iPhone, iPad) and S6 (Apple Watch). The Mac is kind of turning into an iPhone: Streamlined and in the ecosystem. This is great for people in, but maybe not for people outside. |
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