at 8:40 you mention using sata connectors. many have reported injection moulded sata connections as fire hazards due to the cables very slowly eroding the plastic and coming into contact. i don't think it is a good idea to say to people to buy possible fire hazards.

I've had these speakers for a couple of years now; they were a good investment. I use them with my PC (wired) and Mac (Bluetooth) and using the remote to switch between the two inputs makes life easier. I agree that the remote seems to be very cheaply made and I have to look at the side of the speakers to make sure that the LED changes from Green to Blue (or vice versa) when changing inputs. Fortunately, they are on the desk so it's not too much of a peeve fot me.

It’s may 2024. I’ve just bought a M1 24inch i Mac. 1tb ssd. 4 ports. Magic Keyboard but no trackpad. £999. 99p from Costco way cheaper than i can get the same from apple refurbished. While stocks last. Brilliant.

I clicked to hear about TrueNas and then get to the end…and you don’t cover it! Please do a truenas video!

Thanks for the review. I've had wired "bookshelf" speakers hooked up to my computer for several years, and I think they are an excellent option for non-audiophiles.

These look really promising, especially as I’m new to the realm of external speakers. Could be a good starting point for my next TV setup. (I read them.)

According to the fact we use Apple stuff at home, we love to use the HomePod mini. They sound really big and you can pair them to stereo mode too.

Cool! Plus we got some studio insights. 😁

This is absolutely perfect! I was just looking for a way to improve the sound of my TV, and also add a bluetooth streaming capability to the mix. I looked at a whole bunch of receivers and what-have-you, but this seems like a much more elegant solution for what I need. And on top of that, very reasonably priced as well. Thanks, Dave! Great timing!

Bam! First 😂🎉

Excellent video! The Surface manual recommends a Torx Plus 31P driver for removing the screw attaching the SSD disc to the Surface Pro. BUT 'Torx Plus' is different than the 'Torx' screwdriver you recommend (both screwdrivers have six stars but Torx Plus have slightly rounded-off star points). Notwithstanding your very clear video, I'm reluctant to take on this job myself without using the recommended Torx Plus 31P. I live in the UK and it seems impossible to find a Torx Plus 31P driver. I've found a company that sells the individual bit, but they don't sell the screwdriver handle in which to fit the bit. Could I buy a cheap generic screwdriver to hold the bit? The only thing I've found is a company selling on Amazon that includes a Torx Plus 31P driver as a 'Vessel Set of 5 Precision Torx Plus and Torx Screwdrivers' - but this is for £53! I'd be grateful if someone could link me to somewhere that I could buy this simple tool as a reasonable price. It seems people are simply using the T3 Torx Screwdriver (and mostly getting away with it?) rather than the recommended Torx Plus 31P drive, but someone on Reddit says this resulted in stripping the threads, which makes me nervous.

Not for me. I tried using a foldable windows laptop, and the OS just didn’t work in tablet mode. I suspect it’s vice versa.

Get a mac and a base model ipad and call it a day.

This is my experience, I am not saying one is better than the other for everyone. I chose to go with the iPad Pro and sell my MacBook Pro about 5 years ago. I’ve never looked back. For this list, I’m comparing the M4 iPad Pro 13 to the current MacBook Pro 14 M3 Pro: Hardware: 1. Versatility - The ability to interact with the device in many ways. In “Laptop Mode” with the Magic Keyboard I can go from using my fingers, Pencil, trackpad/mouse, and keyboard all seamlessly. Or in “Clipboard Mode” with just the tablet and pencil/touch I can read, watch, draw/annotate, and show/demo something for someone. There are so many ways to hold/use the iPad vs the MacBook Pro. 2. Thinner and lighter, even with the Magic Keyboard . This is important to me as I’m constantly on the go. 3. I prefer FaceID over TouchID. For me it’s always worked more reliably and quickly. 4. OLED > Mini LED. Not a huge difference, but in the dark and in bright sunlight, the OLED sure is nice. 5. Camera on back for scanning documents, or snapping a quick environmental photo (can also do so more discreetly vs taking out your phone). 6. I’m not sure if this is true, but I’ve always felt like the iPad was a bit more durable than the MacBook. Software: 1. Simplicity - I don’t need more complex desktop apps or deep menus. Yes, the MacBook Pro generally has more feature rich software and capabilities, but I have found that those are overkill for me. I am able to run my business using Zoom, iWork apps, and web-based software. For my hobbies, I use GarageBand, LumaFusion, Lightroom, etc. I am able to do everything on the iPad Pro. I could do everything on the MacBook Pro too, but with an inferior interactive experience IMO. 2. Apps like GarageBand, Lightroom, DJ, Notes, FreeForm, LumaFusion, etc. are more enjoyable with the touch interface and Pencil support. Other apps like News and Books are more enjoyable to read while holding the iPad in tablet mode vs the MacBook. 3. Apps open and close instantly. It’s lightning fast to swipe and switch apps. I love being able to drag an app from the dock to quickly enter split screen. 4. I like the ability to alternate between simple multi-tasking (split screen and slide over) and Stage Manager when using my external monitor. 5. Slide Over is very handy (I always have Calculator, Contacts, ChatGPT, Notes sitting in Slide Over). I use the calculator a lot for work, so it’s great to be able to swipe from the right and do a calculation and then swipe it away. It’s also quicker/easier to tap the numbers on the calculator (touchscreen) on the iPad. 6. There are some native apps that don’t exist for the Mac that I use (Arlo, Insta, KZfaq, games, etc.) 7. The iPad and iPhone operate very much the same way and most of the apps are universal, so it’s easier to go back and forth between an iPhone and iPad than it is between an iPhone and a Mac IMO. GarageBand is a good example (you can pick up where you left off on the iPad and work on a song on the iPhone).

I have a 6 core 32gb ram which I open core legacy to ventura & it runs flawlessly imo, if you have the money to go m1-m3 id def go that route, but if not this is the most powerful mac computer you’ll run across eBay has these things for $300 you can swap out the cpu, ram, & go m2 ssd if you want.. I honestly don’t know why it gets the bad reviews that it does.. these KZfaqrs get paid to promote and endorse the latest greatest thing but this thing is a beast & thanks to open core legacy it lives on..

Today I bought iPad Air with M2 processor. I wish MacOS on it. I've got a Desktop PC at home. But laptop is a heavy for me.

Apple got crucified for the Mac Pro 2013 yet got lauded for the Mac Studio. The former has upgradeable CPU, RAM and SDD; the latter has ZERO upgradeability and looks like a lunch box!!! I call my beloved Mac Pro 2013 my "Classic" Mac Studio.

Apple can address this issue without disrupting iPadOS or compromising the consumer experience. However, they don't do so to avoid cannibalizing MacBook Air sales. The solution is straightforward: introduce a native virtual machine application capable of running macOS, installed directly from the Apple Store, with drivers specifically designed for the iPad Pro with a 13-inch display. This approach would address all security concerns by isolating the macOS VM from iPadOS. While Apple might argue that this would degrade battery life, such concerns can be managed with optimization and user awareness. I want to see anyone explain why this solution shouldn't work, considering the amount of power the iPad Pro has.

I know MacOS (30 Years), I don’t want it anymore, sorry.

can you mount a standard MATX motherboard in these? or is it fully proprietary?

You hit the nail on the head when you talk about needing iPad to better manage files and multitasking. The iPad still kills apps in the background. And some apps simply don’t do multitasking (I’m looking at all of Google’s apps that will never let you open more than one instance in multitasking). What I’d just add to the files and multitasking wish list is further closing the capability gap between Mac and iPad apps - this isn’t all on Apple though (again, I’m looking at Google with poor iPad apps).

Apple should kill macbook Air in favour of ipad pro and migrate macOS to ipad. You could choose a "surface like laptop" or an traditional macbook pro.

Your gestures in the video are annoying and too big. Maybe you don’t need my true feelings and thoughts, I'm sorry.

"Just wait for iPad OS 18, because if they didn't do it the first 17 times, surely they will do it the 18th time!"

Apple will never do this because they want you to buy two devices that do the same thing instead of one. If anything, they'll figure out how to get you to buy a 6th and 7th Apple device in order to cover your functionality bases.

Apple has been making little changes to Mac OS for years to make it more touch friendly.

Why not both 🤔 eventually Macs will have touch screen just like every body else , apple wants to be different for the sake of being different even at the cost of utility remember the reluctance over implementing or rather disabling a mouse for so long .

Mine doesnt rotate at all

I still got my Mac Pro 6.1, 8 core CPU, D700 Graphics , 128 GB RAM. I’m a professional filmmaker I shoot only in Apple Prores, and I have zero complaint.

I wouldn't need macos. If they could have away to open it up a little to use real programs I would be fine with that. As a musician, the watered down versions of DAWs just don't cut it. I don't think putting two operating systems is the answer. The amount of space being used would make the base 256gb model useless. Two operating systems would easily chew up 100gb of space.

I don’t want MacOS per se, just full pro apps with all the functionality that is on the Mac version. I can’t use Final Cut Pro on the iPad because there’s so many plugins I use on Mac that just aren’t available on iPad. I don’t think most people want the OS, we want the features

Great video thank you. My use case is some occasional home video editing up to 8k produced from the insta360 x4. Will the air on 16gb/512gb be enough you think? The air is a lot cheaper here in Australia. The apple staff said the air wont last as long as the pro because of the thermals?

i will buy it if ipad run macos

I currently have an iPad Pro 12.9” M2 2TB (16GB RAM) and before that I had the same model M1. I’m pretty new to Apple and I discovered really quickly that the only “pro” thing about iPad Pros is that they are good for sketching / drawing. That’s it. I was shocked to discover how locked down and closed off iPad Pros are, with us only recently being able to access certain levels of the mass storage directory structures… and even then, that’s pretty restricted. The amount and type of software that we can install is restricted to what Apple can take a cut of (no open source software for us). We cannot install a compiler or a virtual machine (despite having 16GB RAM in my case). When I bought my surface pro 9 platinum (32GB RAM), I was able to install Solidworks and 3ds max without any problems. I also now have all of my other favourite apps like Blender, paint dot net, visual studio, codelite, codeblocks, Visio, VirtualBox, KiCAD, matlab etc. I was initially disappointed at how restricted the iPad Pro is and then angry that I had spent so much money on something that is touted as a “pro” device but is actually just an expensive **toy**. I can do almost everything on my surface pro that I can do on my workstation, albeit with reduced screen real estate and less RAM (I have an HP Z series workstation, fully populated) but for doing something on-the-go - like making some changes to a design or roughing out a design just to get the idea down for work later at my desk, or experimenting with electronic circuits etc etc the Surface Pro actually **deserves** the “pro” moniker because it is designed such that professionals can use it to do what they need to do. The iPad doesn’t deserve the “pro” moniker at all. All it offers is a bigger screen and 16GB of RAM but even that is only on the 2TB SSD model… Apple didn’t relax any restrictions for pro users. They basically treat pro users the same as people who buy 10 inch iPads just to watch TikTok and play kwazy cupcake!! I genuinely think there is a serious disconnect inside Apple between their definition of “pro” and the rest of the world’s definition. Adding a bigger screen and some storage doesn’t make a device “pro” if you do not increase the capabilities - or at least relax some of the restrictions - of the operating system and software that can run on it. And as for that death-grip that Apple has over its Apple software store….yikes. For a company that tries to align itself with the rights of the individual, it really does seem to enjoy restricting the rights of the individual. Thank god the EU has held Apple over a barrel…perhaps we will see Apple actually give the “pro” iPads the ability to install macOS or at least something closer to a desktop operating system, given that…ya know…they now have similar processors to laptops 🙄 Surface pro for me. Sorry Apple but scam me once, shame on you. Not going to be scammed twice.

YES!

Yes. Next.

It can’t happen as Apple is too environmentally focused to allow you to have one device instead of 2 😂

Wdym?I'm watching this video on my iMac late 2015.

😂😂 yeah like were using TV, radio, telephone, calendar, watch, and computer on a different way 😂😂

Hear me out: MacOS as $400 option to M-based ipads

I like the touch interface. I just want to do more with it. (I need to open several resizable floating windows for plugins in Logic Pro.) As someone said: iPad needs more MacOS features, not MacOS. They are getting close. The iPad does SOME things even better than MacOS.

No

Ipad Pro M4 is a Lamborghini, but with a speed limiter, winter tires, and ford focus suspension. Perfect for new drivers who just got their license. Frustrating for anyone who wants performance.

I’m sorry but for a $2000 “pro” device, I should be able to pick whatever operating system tickles my fancy. And I’m an Apple kool aid drinker.

The name is there it’s an iPad os and Mac has its os , can’t put macOS on iPad os , it’s like saying windows should be put on phone os

Why view it specifically a MacOS chip if the M chips themselves are crippled before they are put into iPads”?

We all use our tablets in different ways. I am a proponent of maximizing the iPad)S to take advantage of the M-chips. To me, therefore no need to port MacOS onto the iPad. I think also that most other arguments are hung up on form factor arguments: laptop, 2-in-1 versus tablet, keyboard or touch screen. 5:14 i think the true multi-tasking is the reason. But what’s the difference between m chips on an ipad? Are its chip features turned off physically or just not available in Apple’s iPadOS plans?

Personally i dont think it needs macos but would love for it to support macos apps (no reason it shouldnt) and some dock / menubar options

Got the 8core D700 for $200 Made in 2018

. Lightroom to fix the photo issue? More money to Adobe, of course, and you've got to be in the good old cloud, but that's what I do. Then again, getting photos in and out of there is clunky. I'm currently back on an iPad only for portable computers, at least having dropped my beloved MacBook and broken the screen. That said, I can't even find the time to be without it (I'm running it clamshell) to get it fixed, and only having an iPad while that happens just sounds like a nightmare at the moment..so there's my two senses worth of first world problems