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Leak of TSMC N2 secrets (expected to be used for Apple A20). https://www.macrumors.com/2025/08/05/alleged-theft-of-chip-tech-for-a20-chip/

M4 Max generates less heat at the same performance as M3 Max but M4 Max consumes more power at maximum performance.

Battery life of iPhone 15 Pro is not the greatest compared to 16 Pro. (However, the 15 Pro also has a smaller battery.)

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The upgrade to 16 GB last fall with a decrease in price this spring didn’t hurt either. New M4 with new 12 MP Center Stage camera plus Thunderbolt 4 with dual external monitor support for a lower price (US$999) is a strong offering when compared to last year’s M3 with 8 GB (US$1099). And now it...

I'll admit I don't know much about Mac sales in Vietnam, but looking at their website, they only have the M4 MacBook Air now online now. No M1, M2, or even M3. The M4 MBA came out in March, which is only 4 months ago. I get the impression they largely purged the old models once the M4 came out...

Well, Apple itself doesn't sell M1 or M2 anymore anyway. I wonder how much Apple is really re-supplying M1s to Wal-Mart, and how much is just old stock now, since they're actually 8/256 GB machines. The M2s and M3s got bumped up to 16 GB last year. For Apple retail: MacBook Air - M4 only iMac...

I'm not sure how accurate your assessment of Windows adoption is, but it does remind me of the Samsung problem in Korea. Samsung phones are viewed as dad phones, whereas the kids want iPhones, despite the fact Apple Pay doesn't even work in most places there from what I understand, and Samsung...

I hope you're wrong but I suspect you could be right. :(

This page claims a new Mac Pro is coming in the next few months. That makes sense, as the current model is now over two years old and is still stuck on M2 Ultra. I wonder what chip the new Mac Pro will get. I hope it's not the old M3 Ultra...

Side note. IMO, the iPhone 15 and 15 Plus with their 6 GB RAM and A16 are aging pretty poorly: No Apple Intelligence No Photos Clean Up No Wind Noise Reduction No Audio Mix These are all features present even in the “budget” iPhone 16e with its A18 and 8 GB RAM. (The 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max with...

Good points. Plus Thunderbolt has been rolled into USB 4 anyway, and I guess in retrospect it makes sense that even a cut-down 2026 entry-level machine would be USB 4 / Thunderbolt, especially now that some of Apple's mainstream Macs are now already Thunderbolt 5. That would fit better with my...

Re: A18 MacBook I had forgotten that A18 Pro does not support Thunderbolt. So that means that an A18 Pro MacBook would likely support USB 3 only like the iPad Air (even though the iPad Air has an M3). In that case if the M4/M5 MacBook Air starts at US$999, perhaps an A18 Pro MacBook might start...

For the record, my 12" MacBook is not a MacBook Air. My MacBook came in multiple colours too (as does the current MacBook Air). While I don't think they'd use the same chassis, I'm guessing they could design something similar, hopefully again in aluminum.

The 12” MacBook fans have been wanting a new one since my 2017 model was discontinued back in 2019. With the current chassis and the reduced bezel size of the M4 MacBook Air, they could fit a 12.5” screen in there if it gets the notch. That would meld well with an A18 Pro plus 16/256 GB that...