… Cook’s remarks come after coders determined in recent months that the Mac Mini was the perfect machine for agentic AI tasks. “On the Mac Mini and Mac Studio, both of these are amazing platforms for AI and agentic tools,” Cook said on the earnings call, in response to analyst questions. “And custome… …
… While Apple doesn’t compete with Nvidia directly, its chip strategy may pit Ternus against Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang for the industry bragging rights on AI primacy. …
… No Intel Macs are supported at all, which shouldn't be a problem for most people, so long as you didn't buy a Mac Pro recently. The desktop computer was the very last Intel-powered Mac in the lineup and was only discontinued in 2023. …
… So far, Apple’s approach to advanced AI—specifically generative AI, since Apple has wielded machine learning in all kinds of clever ways for years now—has been mystifying. …
… General Magic attracted Apple veterans, like Joanna Hoffman, who ran Mac marketing; artist Susan Kare, who designed Mac’s graphics like the trash can that would sit in the corner of millions of screens ; even Sculley’s personal publicist, Jane Anderson. …
… That means iOS 27, macOS 27, watchOS 27, and so on. …
… Microsoft has seen this in the underperformance of its AI productivity tools. …
… It’s even faster than the Apple MacBook M4 Pro, the last Mac for which I have comparable benchmark scores. However, that Mac did beat the Asus on the Cinebench benchmark, but not by much, and the Asus now stands solidly in second place in my testing archive. …
… Or they can buy a Mac Mini like many people in Silicon Valley did, but that’s even more expensive. …
… No Touch ID on the base model. basic MacBook. Or the cheap MacBook. Or the mini MacBook. It's the MacBook “Neo,” meaning new or young—a fresh take on an old idea. …