WWDC 2022: What was Announced

[Alli]

So is the M2 better than/not as good as/the same as the Ultra and Super Ultra?

 

[Cmaier]

So is the M2 better than/not as good as/the same as the Ultra and Super Ultra?

better at single thread tasks. worse at multithreaded tasks.

 

[Nycturne]

I thought the new Air was going to replace the 13” MBP for a second. Nope

 

[Eric]

MBP 13” has no notch? Looks like it has Touch Bar still? The picture they use of it makes it almost impossible to see the Touch Bar….

I know I'm in the minority here but I love the Touch Bar for routinely used shortcuts.

 

[JayMysteri0]

MBP 13” has no notch? Looks like it has Touch Bar still? The picture they use of it makes it almost impossible to see the Touch Bar….

Thicker top bezel it looks like.

Do they just have a bunch of 13" touch-bar chassis lying around? I don't understand why they're keeping this laptop around.

There's a crowd that always wants a Pro version of anything exists. So if you are selling a Macbook Air, you know a Pro version is a seller.

Do you already have an M1?

I have the 16 inch MBP to go with my 12.9 iPP.

 

[Joelist]

The "predicters" got M2 a bit wrong - It is more than just a generation change on the microarchitecture. They also did like M1 Pro and added effectively afterburner and also increased the bandwidth. So M2 turns out to be a bigger jump than initially thought.

 

[SuperMatt]

Ventura

 

[Deleted member 215]

Let's hope there's some improvements to the Music app...are we getting that Classical app?

 

[SuperMatt]

I know I'm in the minority here but I love the Touch Bar for routinely used shortcuts.

I have the final-gen Intel MBP and I don‘t mind the Touch Bar, but I don‘t use it for much.

 

[Alli]

Ventura

Bleh.

 

[JayMysteri0]

The "predicters" got M2 a bit wrong - It is more than just a generation change on the microarchitecture. They also did like M1 Pro and added effectively afterburner and also increased the bandwidth. So M2 turns out to be a bigger jump than initially thought.

I always thought the M series was like iPhones. One year iPhone xx & M1, next year iPhone xxS and M2, and so on.

So it doesn't surprise me when your version gets a 20 - 40% upgrade 6 months after you pulled the trigger.

 

[Eric]

LOVE these new window management features.

 

[JayMysteri0]

LOVE these new window management features.

It's a visually interesting presentation.

 

[Alli]

I think I like Stage Manager. Sure could have used that when I was working on that dissertation!

 

[Cmaier]

Stage manager looks awesome.
Better than using multiple desktops

 

[SuperMatt]

Interesting window management concept… instead of the idea of multiple desktops, you get groups of windows. That’s almost exactly how I use my virtual desktops, so I think I will like this.

 

[Citysnaps]

Interesting window management concept… instead of the idea of multiple desktops, you get groups of windows. That’s almost exactly how I use my virtual desktops, so I think I will like this.

Think I'll like it too.

 

[SuperMatt]

With them adding an icon for spotlight on iOS.... will swiping down still work? That is automatic behavior for me now

 

[Alli]

With them adding an icon for spotlight on iOS.... will swiping down still work? That is automatic behavior for me now

I hope they aren’t taking that away.

 

[Joelist]

I always thought the M series was like iPhones. One year iPhone xx & M1, next year iPhone xxS and M2, and so on.

So it doesn't surprise me when your version gets a 20 - 40% upgrade 6 months after you pulled the trigger.

iPhones do seem to follow the tick tock approach where tick is the core change and tock is small enhancements. M Series seems to have ticks but no tocks - at least for now. Instead of the tocks they have "sizes" - the Pro, Max and Ultra are effectively scale ups of the base M Series.