Microsoft: unseats Apple as most valuable company. Market caps:
- MSFT: $2.48 trillion;
- AAPL: $2.475 billion;
Desktops:
- if you are in the market for upgrading your desktop, one word of advice: wait.
- Apple has discontinued its smallest model (the 21.5") and now offers only the 24" and the 27" (the right thing to do, by the way -- if you want a smaller screen, buy a laptop; if you are buying a desktop, you want as big a screen as you can afford or for which you have space)
- the current Apple desktops are still Intel-based; Apple's laptops have the new M1 chips and have already improved those chips
- tea leaves suggest Apple will move to M1-based desktops next cycle;
- if you can afford it, the new M1-based desktops will be worth the wait; but,
- if you are looking for an incredible buying opportunity, the older Intel-based desktops will come down in price -- significantly
- in the old days, I always upgraded to an older model just as the new models came out; Apple computers "last forever"
- Later, November 2, 2021: as predicted. iMac Pro coming in 2022 with M1 Pro / Max chips. Link here. And, yes, I will upgrade.
Models: here are the two Apple desktop models: link to Apple.
MacBook Pro 2021 review: Sunday morning reading, from Joanna Stern, The WSJ: full-size ports, real function keys and other retro features, plus cutting-edge M1 Pro and M1 Max Chips, make the new MacBook Pro modesl the laptops to beat.
Using my typical apps on the baseline $1,999 14-inch model with M1 Pro chip and 16GB of RAM, I couldn’t get the thing to slow down. Even when I simultaneously exported a video in Adobe Premiere, listened to music in Apple Music, played the racing game “Asphalt 9” and launched 30-something Chrome tabs, the thing never revved its fans.
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That's The Way It Goes
A George Harrison cover.