Articles containing 'imac' tags
Posted by
erwinkarim
on January 24, 2024
Around 40 years ago, as Americans are watching the Superbowl XVIII between Washington Redskins (now Commanders) and Los Angeles Raiders (now Las Vegas Raiders), the world is treated with an enigmatic ad. It shows the scene of a totalitarian regime marching on in honor of their leader, which is shown, as giving a speech. Now, there’s a girl, in a white shirt and orange shorts running while being chased by foot soldiers across the hall towards the screen showing “Big Brother”, in stark contrast with the black and grey of the drones.
Posted by
erwinkarim
on January 6, 2024
In Apple’s Mac line-up, there is this peculiar thing that is happening. Right now, Apple is selling an all-in-one computer which starts at $1,299. That computer, the iMac, comes with a 24-inch display. A slightly bigger display, the Studio Display, is priced at $1,599. Why does Apple sell a standalone display that costs more than an all-in-one computer? And is that Studio Display worth it against the iMac?
History To understand why Apple’s Mac and Display line looks like this, you have to peek back at history.
Posted by
erwinkarim
on October 31, 2023
Right before Halloween, Apple dropped some product updates with the theme “Scary Fast”. The drops are a bit unusual for Apple because it’s the first time that they dropped at 5 pm (usually it’s 10 am in California) and historically quite late (usually by mid-October).
The event unfolded in a record time of 30 minutes (usually it’s over an hour of product showcase extravaganza). So here’s what you need to know from Apple’s October Event of 2023.
Posted by
erwinkarim
on November 28, 2021
For the 2023 Product Roadmap, please refer to the link here
As 2021 is coming to close, we take a look back at what is happening in the computing world in general and Apple in particular. So far, 2021 brings us ups and downs for everything ranging from a contested election, the emergence of a variant of COVID-19 that partially stops the world again to people adjusting to a new normal of working in new ways.
Posted by
erwinkarim
on September 4, 2021
Update: Apple has sent out invitation to the September event with the tagline “California Streaming”. The online-only event is scheduled at 10am PDT, 14th September 2021. Apple logo is in neon white and color themes indicates dark blue, sunset red / pink.
Update: Apple has updated their website to the event. If you have an iPhone, you can click on the event page and it will launch an AR page.
Posted by
erwinkarim
on August 7, 2021
At the glance, the M1 Mac Mini and the newly redesigned M1 iMac 24" looked they are two completely different product that cater to two different Apple user demographics. In most cases, you will be right, but now both the Mac Mini and iMac is pretty much running with the same hardware but with different accessories, one would wonder how similar or different the Mac Mini and the iMac if both of them are similarly priced?
Posted by
erwinkarim
on May 7, 2021
When the iMac Pro was released in 2017, it was a stop gap measure between updating the trash can Mac Pro (released in 2013 and never updated) and the arrival of the newest Mac Pro (released in 2019). Now the iMac Pro has not been updated since it’s release and Apple announced that it is moving towards their own Apple Silicon starting from Nov 2020. Is the iMac Pro still a relevant machine and how does it stack up with Apple latest consumer PC, the new iMac?
Posted by
erwinkarim
on April 21, 2021
On 20th April 2021, Apple unveil the highly anticipated iMac refresh. The new iMac has been completely redesign and for the first time since the original iMac, it comes with a variety of colors. This new iMac is not only a design refresh, but also a completely relaunch of the entire Mac line up and by extension, the Apple company.
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Posted by
erwinkarim
on April 16, 2021
No matter how exotic human civilization becomes, no matter the developments of life and society nor the complexity of human/machine interface, there always come interludes of lonely power when the course of humankind, the very future of humankind, depends upon the relatively simple actions of single individuals.
from the Tleilaxu Godbuk
Predicting the future is a tough business especially when the outcome of the future we are talking about depends on actions of a single company.
Posted by
erwinkarim
on April 7, 2021
Apple first unveil the current slim unibody design in a October 2012 event. This design has more or less stay the same for 9 years, which means around 100 years in the IT world. Since those 9 years, the iPhone has gone around 8 iterations, the camera system has been improved by leaps and bounds, networking and processing power has managed to grow geometrically while the design has gotten more and more sleek.
Posted by
erwinkarim
on March 1, 2021
Spring is approaching in the Northern hemisphere and things are beginning to thaw. Out from winter, we expects things will grow out from the ground. Of the them is Apple products from the Steve Jobs Theather in Cupertino. Historically, Apple does not send out invitations until 1 week before the event happens. You’ll get more hint based on the event card that Apple send out. But since there’s no card at press time, here are the rumors that are circulating:-