In addition to the iMac changes, Apple has quietly adjusted many options for the iMac Pro, as Joe Rossignol reports:
Alongside a spec bump to standard iMac models, Apple today quietly added 256GB RAM and Radeon Pro Vega 64X graphics options to the iMac Pro.
Upgrading to 256GB of 2,666MHz DDR4 ECC memory will set you back a steep $5,200, more than the $4,999 price of the base iMac Pro itself. Radeon Pro Vega 64X graphics can be added for $700. Both are configure-to-order options.
There’s a big episode of Jason Snell and Myke Hurley’s Upgrade podcast hot off the presses:
After nearly two years, Apple has released new iMacs, and Jason has an exclusive interview with Apple’s iMac product manager, Colleen Novielli. We also discuss the surprising new iPad Air and iPad mini announcements, and then it’s time for another Upgrade draft, as we make our choices for what will be on stage at Apple’s services event next Monday!
Apple is at it again this morning, this time updating its iMac line:
Apple today updated its iMac line with up to 8-core Intel 9th-generation processors for the first time and powerful Vega graphics options, delivering dramatic increases in both compute and graphics performance. From consumers to pros alike, users will notice their iMac is faster for everyday tasks all the way up to the most demanding pro workloads. This boost in performance, combined with its gorgeous Retina display, sleek all-in-one design, quiet operation, fast storage and memory, modern connectivity and macOS Mojave, makes iMac the world’s best desktop.
With its media event just a week away, it seems that Apple is clearing the decks a bit.
This morning, the company announced a new iPad, as well as an updated iPad mini.
The new non-Pro iPad is now called the “iPad Air” again, and sports a 10.5-inch screen, like the old iPad Pro. While the 10.5-inch Pro was on sale yesterday, it is now gone. It supports both the Smart Keyboard and first-generation Apple Pencil, and it comes with a fully laminated display unlike the cheaper 9.7-inch iPad.
John Koblin at The New York Times, writing about Apple’s media event happening a week from today:
The event at the Apple Park campus in Cupertino is also meant to drive home — for iPhone fans and anyone in Hollywood who hasn’t been paying attention — just how many shows Apple has pulled together. Five series have completed filming. Around a half dozen more are on the verge of wrapping production, according to several people familiar with the shows who were not authorized to speak publicly. And the number of original productions is expected to increase in 2020.
When thinking about making an iPad a notebook replacement, there are a lot of factors to consider. David and Stephen talk through the hardware and software that can make — or break — this experience.
This is perhaps the most interesting topic in the Apple universe right now: when is macOS the answer, and when is it not.
My thanks to our sponsors this week:
Phil Schiller made an appearance on this week’s ATP, talking about WWDC and much more, including the Macworld when he jumped off a platform to show off the iBook’s wireless networking.
Oh, and boxed lunches. And white cars.
Marco, John and Casey did a great job in this interview. The whole time, it felt like a regular episode of ATP, for all the reasons I love the show. That’s hard to do with a guest so important as Schiller, whose presence on any podcast is good for our corner of the industry. The boys did a great job, and you should check it out.
We mark a special occasion on today’s Ungeniused. My thanks to Water Cooler Trivia for supporting the show.
This week, on a packed episode of Connected:
Stephen introduces his co-hosts to a groundbreaking iPad drawing application, Federico starts a new mini-series and Myke buries the lede concerning Spotify.
It was one of those weeks where we had to burn down the show prep document the day of recording, but I think this came out well. The Spotify story is endlessly fascinating, and doesn’t have to devolve into a flame war, believe it or not.
Stephen and Jason get into the details of the proposed 2020 NASA budget, the future of the SLS rocket, then review the film Apollo 11.
The bit about the SLS rocket, NASA’s next big launch vehicle is particularly interesting.
My thanks to our sponsors:
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Remember when Apple made printers?
BananaPaint is an iPad app that looks (and feels) like MacPaint. What more do you need to know?
The best part? The developer says the app will save and open original MacPaint documents. I don’t have any sitting around to test this, but that is a fantastic feature.
