Apple Event - Mar 08 2022
Mar 08 2022
Apple Event
I'm looking forward to watching MLB. The iPhone SE looks nice for when I need to replace my current iPhone.
Not sure what differentiates an iPad Air from the smaller iPad Pro. The 32 GB model might be too small but the 256 GB model is too big -- I use about 100 GB on my current iPad Pro with some amount of media files there but most media I watch streaming nowadays. So the 256 MB for $750 looks like a good replacement iPad if I had to do replace it today.
Mac Studio is pretty impressive, especially the M1 Ultra version. Once again brings up dreams of using a Mac mini-like as my main with monitors at home and work for docking into. And if I could set up an iPad with a mouse/keyboard and remote desktop and if it was fast enough I could play DDO at my parent's place without bringing a Mac and monitor.
The Studio Display brings back an Apple not-really-affordable display (Apple 27" Thunderbolt Display was $1k though 1/4th the resolution). At least it's not a $5k Pro Display XDR and the Studio Display may be ideal for Twitch streaming (a camera that automatically keeps you centered as you move around is nice). Hopefully the built-in mics are good. Speaker system I've never seen work well on streams and usually streamer has to wear headphones.
- Apple TV+
- Friday Night Baseball. Two games each Friday.
- iPhone
- iPhone 13: Two new colors, green (standard) and alpine green (iPhone Pro)
- iPhone SE
- A15 Bionic CPU, same as iPhone 13
- Midnight, Starlight, Product Red colors
- 4.7" Retina HD display (iPhone 7 size)
- Home button with Touch ID
- 5G cellular (think I read this is the lower end 5G, not fastest speeds)
- 12MP camera
- Starting at $430 ($430 for 64 GB, $480 for 128 GB, $580 for 256 GB)
- iPad
- iPad Air
- M1 CPU, same as in iPad Pro
- (10.9 inch display)
- 12MP Ultrawide camera with Center Stage
- 5G cellular
- Starting at $600 (64 GB, $750 for 256 GB)
- Mac
- Mac Studio
- M1 Ultra CPU (two M1 Max chips with die-to-die interconnect instead of connecting through motherboard)
- max 128 GB unified memory
- 16 high performance cores, 4 high efficiency cores, 64 gpu cores, 32 neural engine cores
- Mac Studio is like a double-height Mac mini
- Front: Two USB-C ports (M1 Max) or Two Thunderbolt 4 (M1 Ultra), SD card slot
- Back: Thunderbolt 4 (4 ports), 10 Gb Ethernet, Two USB-A ports, HDMI port, analog audio out
- Internal: WiFi 6, Bluetooth 5
- Supports 4 external Pro Display XDRs and an HDTV at the same time
- M1 Max, 32 GB memory, 512 GB SSD for $2000 (max 64 GB memory)
- M1 Ultra, 64 GB memory, 1 TB SSD for $4000 (max 128 GB memory)
- Studio Display
- 27" display, 5K Retina display (5120 x 2880 at 218 ppi)
- optional nano-textured glass to reduce bright glare
- A13 Bionic CPU to power camera and audio
- 12MP Ultra Wide camera with Center Stage
- Three-mic array
- Six-speaker sound system with Spatial Audio
- Three USB-C ports, 1 Thunderbolt port (to connect to Mac and provides power to Mac)
- Price: $1600 with tilt-adjustable stand or VESA mount adapter.
- +$200 for nano-textured glass
- +$400 for tilt- and height-adjustable stand
I'm looking forward to watching MLB. The iPhone SE looks nice for when I need to replace my current iPhone.
Not sure what differentiates an iPad Air from the smaller iPad Pro. The 32 GB model might be too small but the 256 GB model is too big -- I use about 100 GB on my current iPad Pro with some amount of media files there but most media I watch streaming nowadays. So the 256 MB for $750 looks like a good replacement iPad if I had to do replace it today.
Mac Studio is pretty impressive, especially the M1 Ultra version. Once again brings up dreams of using a Mac mini-like as my main with monitors at home and work for docking into. And if I could set up an iPad with a mouse/keyboard and remote desktop and if it was fast enough I could play DDO at my parent's place without bringing a Mac and monitor.
The Studio Display brings back an Apple not-really-affordable display (Apple 27" Thunderbolt Display was $1k though 1/4th the resolution). At least it's not a $5k Pro Display XDR and the Studio Display may be ideal for Twitch streaming (a camera that automatically keeps you centered as you move around is nice). Hopefully the built-in mics are good. Speaker system I've never seen work well on streams and usually streamer has to wear headphones.