Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: [NEWS] Apple releases M3 MacBook Air models Date: 7 Mar 2024 01:03:05 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 66 Message-ID: References: X-Trace: individual.net vIokW1mROj9idjbozS+zdA/YgSnrLbF1vZanIUxjL9aWjxgtJR Cancel-Lock: sha1:jk7gN6/bWJ2h+3mFTgd5zxjaRKk= sha256:iMtMleVhAZvQxhrAa5c4s1IeXKbyh2qnzdbn4rMm+Ck= Mail-Copies-To: nobody X-Face: _.g>n!a$f3/H3jA]>9pN55*5<`}Tud57>1Y%b|b-Y~()~\t,LZ3e up1/bO{=-) User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Darwin) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:143494 On 2024-03-06, dgb wrote: > On 6 Mar 2024 at 16:23:38 GMT, "Jolly Roger" wrote: >> On 2024-03-06, dgb wrote: >>> On 6 Mar 2024 at 04:45:43 GMT, "Your Name" wrote: >>> >>>> The current reports say Apple are not planning on making a new 27in >>>> iMac or iMac Pro any time soon. There are dubious rumours that pop >>>> up from time to time, including going to 32in iMac. >>> >>> That is my understanding too. >>> >>>> You could of course buy a Mac Mini or Mac Studio and add whatever >>>> screen size you want. Not an "all-in-one", but depending on the >>>> screen's base or using a display stand, it can almost be. >>> >>> My Professor friend has done exactly that! The Studio Display is >>> just wonderful - but expensive! >> >> Best display I've ever owned. I have it sitting next to a 5K LG >> UltraFine display, and it's striking how much better the Studio >> Display is in just about every way: color accuracy, viewing angle, >> backlight consistency, overall build quality, audio quality, and >> camera quality. It's worth every penny I paid for it. > > Thank you. That's really good to know. :-) > >>> With iCloud storage being relatively cheap, there's no (apparent) >>> need to have lots of on-board storage nowadays. >> >> Personally, I can't really function without at least 2 TB of internal >> storage, but I know I'm not representative of the average user. > > Is it possible for you to explain, in simple terms, why you need so > much internal storage rather than using the iCloud to be a storage > place of choice. (I'm assuming you have a really good Internet > connection.) iCloud isn't an alternate storage location the way you are suggesting. iCloud's primary purpose is synchronizing content between all of your devices. If you add a file to iCloud, it is automatically synced (transferred) to all of your other devices. If you delete something from one device, it gets deleted from all of your other devices and iCloud. There are more suitable services available for generic cloud file storage. I don't store my entire photo library in iCloud. Doing so would cause me to pay a monthly or yearly subscription, and I'm not interested in doing that when I have lots of storage right on my Mac. I have multiple virtual machines, Docker containers, video editing projects, and lots of other things on my Mac that simply aren't suitable for cloud storage. I back up my Apple mobile devices to my computer rather than the cloud. The list goes on... Like I said, I realize my needs aren't representative of most users. And I don't mind paying for more internal storage on my Macs. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR