There’s a new Mac Pro in town, powered by the M2 Ultra chip that is also found in the new Mac Studio.
As you can see, the new machine utilizes the same design as the 2019 model, both outside and inside, plus a whole bunch of extra Thunderbolt ports around back:
That second image shows off the difference between this machine and the Mac Studio: internal PCI. Here’s Apple PR:
At WWDC today, Apple unveiled Vision Pro, it’s first spatial computer.
There is a lot to unpack with this new device and platform, but here are some numbers to get thing started:
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The 2023 WWDC keynote is just a few days away, so before any more last-minute leaks make it out, I wanted to put my line in the sand for what I expect to see Monday.
On this week’s Connected, I made the following picks:
That last one generated quite a bit of conversation on the show. The rumors have been pretty consistent that this thing is going to be in the neighborhood of $3,000, and it doesn’t seem like there’s any counter-reporting planted by Apple to adjust expectations. So either The Headset is going to be that expensive, or Apple is going to surprise us, and likes the bar set where it currently is.
WWDC23 is just a few days away, so Myke, Federico and I have made our predictions for what Apple will — and won’t — announce.
Christian Selig, the developer behind the Reddit client Apollo got some shockingly bad news from Reddit today:
Apollo made 7 billion requests last month, which would put it at about 1.7 million dollars per month, or 20 million US dollars per year. Even if I only kept subscription users, the average Apollo user uses 344 requests per day, which would cost $2.50 per month, which is over double what the subscription currently costs, so I’d be in the red every month.
Last week, news broke that the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) planned on firing its staff and volunteer helpline folks and replace them with a chatbot named Tessa, less than a week after the workers formed a union.
That is going about as well as you would think, as Chloe Xiang writes:
As of Tuesday, Tessa was taken down by the organization following a viral social media post displaying how the chatbot encouraged unhealthy eating habits rather than helping someone with an eating disorder.
Antonio G. Di Benedetto has an in-depth look at the little buttons on the underside of the Apple Watch that make swapping bands so easy:
While I often prefer a universal solution over a proprietary connector, here’s the thing — Apple’s band release button beats the hell out of fiddling with little spring bars and jeweler’s tools. Instead, you just press a near-invisible button, slide your band out, slide another one in, and get a lovely audible click as it locks in. No fuss, no muss; just a simple swap for a different visual vibe to match your style and wardrobe.
The Verge has published a half-hour documentary on what happened to the Lisa at the end of its life, and it’s a fantastic watch:
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Chance Miller is the editor-in-chief of 9to5Mac. This week on MPU, he joins us to discuss his work covering Apple and what the group wants to see at WWDC23.