Tuesday, March 8, 2022

Apple Event, 12:00 Noon CT -- March 8, 2022

Screenshots of the Bananarama layout as completed by our tenth-grade high school soccer player:


My wife, who is brilliant at board games, fluent in several languages, with a Master's Degree from UCLA, refuses to play Bananarama with this granddaughter any more. 

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Apple Event

In a long note like this, done on the fly, there will be typographical and content errors. For my use only.

First event of 2022. Hardware event.

AAPL: +$3.40. Trading at $16.271.

 Apple TV+.

  • Apple original movies.
  • Hamlet and Coda: each with three Oscar nominations. The latter with mostly deaf actors.
  • Hamlet: I may have to watch this.
  • I'm watching on both 27" desk top and MacBook Air. Watching one; other in "pause" in case I lose streaming in one or the other .
  • New: Friday night MLB. Two games each Friday night.

iphone 13:

  • New:  two new gorgeous finishes -- "pea green" and "alpine green."

Moving along very, very quickly.

Apple silicon:

  • A15 and much, much more; 16-core neural engine.

iPhone SE:

  • A15 now in iPhone SE! Wow!
  • for existing users who want smaller, additional model;
  • for new users looking for best bang for the buck
  • fastest speed against any competitor
  • midnight, starlight product red
  • toughest glass in any smartphone, front and back
  • home button with tough ID (that's what I want; I was afraid it was going to be taken away)
  • 5G, of course
  • iOS 15
  • pre-order this Friday; available March 18, 2021
  • $429 ($29 more than expected)

Wow, Tim is moving fast

iPad Air:

  • performance taken to the next level
  • M1 chip, 8-core CPU;
  • faster than Microsoft's fastest laptop which is 3x thicker and weighs 4x more than the iPad Air;
  • 12 MP ultra wide front camera; hugely popular on other devices
  • 5G, of course
  • packed with connected, productivity apps
  • pre-order this Friday; available March 18, 2021
  • $599 -- starting price, 64 GB and 256 GB;

The Mac:

  • Apple Silicon
  • M1; M1 Pro; M1 Max
  • now: one more chip -- the M1 Ultra -- I had not seen this leaked
  • option + shift + K (⌥⇧K)
  • too much technology to post; look it up
  • 64-core GPU
  • power efficiency is incredible

Mac Studio and Studio Display: yup, this is it. The premier piece of hardware

  • Mac Studio
    • the Mac Mini on steroids
    • M1 Max, M1 Ultra
    • about 4" x 8" x 8"  (3.7" x 7.7" x 7.7") -- fits under most desktop displays
    • water-filled, cooling radiator; just kidding -- air-cooled
    • four Thunderbold ports
    • ethernet port
    • two USB ports
    • HDMI port
    • headphone jack
    • two Thunderbolt ports
    • SDXC camera disk port
    • holy mackerel -- count the number and type of ports on a mini!
    • pair with iMac Studio for which it is optimized
    • beats the 27-inch iMac by wide margin; no comparison
    • 48 GB video memory -- currently the largest graphic card available anywhere
    • now: 64GB with Max1 Pro
    • now: 128GG with Max1 Ultra
    • somehow they need to dumb this down for someone like me
    • so far, best news: no one has mentioned the word "meta" or "metaverse"
    • so far, best news: no one has mentioned AR, but I'm sure it's coming;
  • Studio Display
    • in a class of its own
    • wow, two stand versions -- very interesting
    • 27-inch
    • 14.7 million pixels
    • 5K retina
    • three USB-C ports
    • one Thunderbolt port
    •  Mac Studio: $1999 starting, $3999 starting
    • Studio Display: $1599 
    • order now; available March 18, 2022

One of the fastest presentations ever. Packed with new stuff.

AAPL: drops below $160; up only 55 cents; Dow has dropped from being up 500 points to being up 150 points

  • is Jay Powell talking today?
  • how high did oil go?

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