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“Peek Performance” Apple Event Scheduled for Tuesday

22 points by binarynate 5y ago

ashvardanian 5y ago
If they upgrade Macbook Airs to M2, and M2 comes with ARM v9, I might be building a new DIY server farm :)
- azinman2 5y ago
  You’d build a server farm from a MacBook Air?
  - SllX 5y ago
    Y’know, now that he mentions it: no cooling system, no ventilation, and takes up less rack space than a Mac Mini. Probably will have Thunderbolt 4 ports and you can route power and data through one of them. MacBook Air Colo, I can see it.
    - azinman2 5y ago
      Except you're paying for a screen, keyboard, and trackpad you'll never use. Mini's are much more cost effective.
      - etcet 5y ago
        An M2 Mini with a 10G port... I'd be really tempted to buy a few.
      - SllX 5y ago
        Unfortunately true.
- brigade 5y ago
  Out of curiosity, what in ARMv9 are you looking for that isn't either optional or already mandated in ARMv8.5? I'm actually not sure what ARMv9 additionally mandates over ARMv8.5... SVE/SVE2 is optional in ARMv9 [1], despite all the reporting claiming otherwise. [1] https://developer.arm.com/documentation/ddi0487/latest https://developer.arm.com/documentation/ddi0487/latest
binarynate 5y ago
"Peek performance" is the event's tagline mentioned in the email from Apple, although it's not included on the website: https://imgur.com/HhzXhhG https://imgur.com/HhzXhhG "Peek" initially got my hopes up that the event is related to Apple's XR glasses, but it seems more likely that it's a reference to screen improvements for iPads or Macs.
- Damogran6 5y ago
  They're re-instituting PEEK and POKE from the Apple ][
rvz 5y ago
About time. Even since the disappointing M1 Max. Lets see what they announce.
- pertymcpert 5y ago
  Disappointing?
  - suprfsat 5y ago
    No wireless. Less space than a Nomad.
    - jffry 5y ago
      edit: I have been thoroughly schooled about not immediately recognizing a quote from the turn of the millenium presented out of context not as a quote. Sheesh
      - SllX 5y ago
        Not a fan of explaining the joke, but between you and another commenter, I think it’s necessary here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_NOMAD https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_NOMAD This is what iPods used to be stacked up against in tech circles. > edit: I have been thoroughly schooled about not immediately recognizing a quote from the turn of the millenium presented out of context not as a quote. Sheesh No disrespect intended. Sorry! :)
      - notacanofsoda 5y ago
        > “No wireless. Less space than a Nomad. Lame,” said Rob “CmdrTaco” Malda on Slashdot on October 1st, 2001. (The Nomad, if you're wondering, was a pre-iPod MP3 player that was the size and shape of a Sony Discman in its early incarnations)
    - viro 5y ago
      huh? Wanna try again?
    - 5y ago
kitsunesoba 5y ago
It's probably their time yet, but I'd love to see the Mac Mini and iMac counterparts of the 14/16" MBPs. A new display more in line with the pricing of the old Thunderbolt Displays would be nice too.
- pram 5y ago
  My wallet is extremely ready for a new 5k display.
  - cosmotic 5y ago
    The 27" 5k LG displays are a really awkward resolution. Running with 100% display scaling, text is too small to read. Running at 200%, screen real estate is not big enough. This leaves non-whole-number ratios which cause crazy problems with macos font rendering; text glistens as you move a window around and even/odd pixels are doubled or not. There's no way to get clear text. Windows handles this much better.
    - kitsunesoba 5y ago
      Personally, 5120x2880 27" running at 2x is perfect (well, except that it's 16:9 instead of 16:10, but one can't have everything I suppose). Anything lower (e.g. 1.75x or 1.5x) would make UI elements unusably small for me. I don't own one of those LG's, but I do have an iMac that uses the same display panel and it's by far the best desktop class display I've ever used in every regard but refresh rate. The only problem is that it's tied to the iMac with the integrated Intel hardware aging like milk. The LG display has myriad issues which make it a terrible purchase for the money, so it's not a good alternative. For me the awkward point are 4k 27" displays: not high resolution enough to run at 2x, too high resolution to use at 1x, and smudgy text at any fractional scale. I really wish that 5k 27" would replace 4k 27" entirely in the market.
    - tomjen3 5y ago
      I have a 27 4k LG display and it has GUI scaling set to 200% (so smooth fonts and images, but readable text) and there is plenty of real estate.
Damogran6 5y ago
Once again, you can thank me...I have the hottest coolest Apple thing...for a week.
grecy 5y ago
If it were "Peak Performance" I'd think it's the Mac Pro - given the logo as all the Apple logos multiples, I like to think we're going to see a 2 or four socket M1 monster with 128+ cores. But being "Peek"... who knows.

22 points by binarynate 5y ago

ashvardanian 5y ago

If they upgrade Macbook Airs to M2, and M2 comes with ARM v9, I might be building a new DIY server farm :)

azinman2 5y ago
You’d build a server farm from a MacBook Air?
- SllX 5y ago
  Y’know, now that he mentions it: no cooling system, no ventilation, and takes up less rack space than a Mac Mini. Probably will have Thunderbolt 4 ports and you can route power and data through one of them. MacBook Air Colo, I can see it.
  - azinman2 5y ago
    Except you're paying for a screen, keyboard, and trackpad you'll never use. Mini's are much more cost effective.
    - etcet 5y ago
      An M2 Mini with a 10G port... I'd be really tempted to buy a few.
    - SllX 5y ago
      Unfortunately true.
brigade 5y ago
Out of curiosity, what in ARMv9 are you looking for that isn't either optional or already mandated in ARMv8.5? I'm actually not sure what ARMv9 additionally mandates over ARMv8.5... SVE/SVE2 is optional in ARMv9 [1], despite all the reporting claiming otherwise. [1] https://developer.arm.com/documentation/ddi0487/latest https://developer.arm.com/documentation/ddi0487/latest

binarynate 5y ago

"Peek performance" is the event's tagline mentioned in the email from Apple, although it's not included on the website: https://imgur.com/HhzXhhG https://imgur.com/HhzXhhG "Peek" initially got my hopes up that the event is related to Apple's XR glasses, but it seems more likely that it's a reference to screen improvements for iPads or Macs.

Damogran6 5y ago
They're re-instituting PEEK and POKE from the Apple ][

rvz 5y ago

About time. Even since the disappointing M1 Max. Lets see what they announce.

pertymcpert 5y ago
Disappointing?
- suprfsat 5y ago
  No wireless. Less space than a Nomad.
  - jffry 5y ago
    edit: I have been thoroughly schooled about not immediately recognizing a quote from the turn of the millenium presented out of context not as a quote. Sheesh
    - SllX 5y ago
      Not a fan of explaining the joke, but between you and another commenter, I think it’s necessary here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_NOMAD https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_NOMAD This is what iPods used to be stacked up against in tech circles. > edit: I have been thoroughly schooled about not immediately recognizing a quote from the turn of the millenium presented out of context not as a quote. Sheesh No disrespect intended. Sorry! :)
    - notacanofsoda 5y ago
      > “No wireless. Less space than a Nomad. Lame,” said Rob “CmdrTaco” Malda on Slashdot on October 1st, 2001. (The Nomad, if you're wondering, was a pre-iPod MP3 player that was the size and shape of a Sony Discman in its early incarnations)
  - viro 5y ago
    huh? Wanna try again?
  - 5y ago

kitsunesoba 5y ago

It's probably their time yet, but I'd love to see the Mac Mini and iMac counterparts of the 14/16" MBPs. A new display more in line with the pricing of the old Thunderbolt Displays would be nice too.

pram 5y ago
My wallet is extremely ready for a new 5k display.
- cosmotic 5y ago
  The 27" 5k LG displays are a really awkward resolution. Running with 100% display scaling, text is too small to read. Running at 200%, screen real estate is not big enough. This leaves non-whole-number ratios which cause crazy problems with macos font rendering; text glistens as you move a window around and even/odd pixels are doubled or not. There's no way to get clear text. Windows handles this much better.
  - kitsunesoba 5y ago
    Personally, 5120x2880 27" running at 2x is perfect (well, except that it's 16:9 instead of 16:10, but one can't have everything I suppose). Anything lower (e.g. 1.75x or 1.5x) would make UI elements unusably small for me. I don't own one of those LG's, but I do have an iMac that uses the same display panel and it's by far the best desktop class display I've ever used in every regard but refresh rate. The only problem is that it's tied to the iMac with the integrated Intel hardware aging like milk. The LG display has myriad issues which make it a terrible purchase for the money, so it's not a good alternative. For me the awkward point are 4k 27" displays: not high resolution enough to run at 2x, too high resolution to use at 1x, and smudgy text at any fractional scale. I really wish that 5k 27" would replace 4k 27" entirely in the market.
  - tomjen3 5y ago
    I have a 27 4k LG display and it has GUI scaling set to 200% (so smooth fonts and images, but readable text) and there is plenty of real estate.

Damogran6 5y ago

Once again, you can thank me...I have the hottest coolest Apple thing...for a week.

grecy 5y ago

If it were "Peak Performance" I'd think it's the Mac Pro - given the logo as all the Apple logos multiples, I like to think we're going to see a 2 or four socket M1 monster with 128+ cores. But being "Peek"... who knows.