Henry heard that Apple will be releasing a new version of AirPods. Should he wait? Leo says that there won't be a completely redesigned AirPod for another year, according to insiders.
Debbie has a 2009 iMac and her video card is going out. But Apple says it's too old to fix. Leo says if you can afford it, the new iMac is far better than that 09. Another option is a MacMini, which you can bring your own screen, keyboard and mouse to. It'll save you some money.
Bruce recently bought a 15" MacBook Pro, running Windows 10 dual boot with MacOS and BootCamp. Can he run multiple monitors with it? Leo says yes you can, but with a dock makes it really easy. MacSales.com makes it really easy. Leo runs up to three in extended mode and it's the best way to work. But Leo says what may be a better option is to get a MacMini, and then an ultra wide 34" curved monitor. Leo thinks that's the future, and for $400 by LG, it's an incredible bargain too.
Charles' CD player is dying, so he's thinking of getting an MP3 player. Leo says that physical media is fading away and going digital is a good idea. He can take all the CDs he owns and "rip" them into an mp3 format. But it's likely that everything he owns and wants to listen to are available now using music streaming services like Spotify, Pandora, or Apple Music. They're around $10 a month or $15 for a family plan.
Mike was thrilled that Apple came out with a new Mac Mini, but he thinks that the graphic processor is a bit underpowered. Leo says that may be by design, so that users will buy their eGPU, which was built by Blackmagic. Leo says it's nice, but it's not upgradeable.
There are other options out there that are upgradeable. Leo recommends the Razor Core X. He can swap out video cards whenever he wants.
Leo got a 256GB iPad Pro this week, and Leo says the iPad Pro is a sexy piece of technology. It's so thin, they couldn't even put a headphone jack in it! But he also says that after buying the keyboard folio, the magnetic Apple Pencil 2, and the iPad itself, he was into it for over $1600. He also says it far surpasses a comparable laptop in many ways. It has the True Tone display, an adaptive Liquid Retina display, an eight core A12x Bionic chip which is 7nm small, the smallest processor ever, and 7 GPUs. It's incredibly fast. Faster than 92% of all laptops sold, according to Apple.
At this week's Apple Event in New York, Apple announced a new iPad Pro, which is faster than most MacBook Pros, and just about any laptop on the market. Leo says that proves that the future of computing for Apple is the mobile iOS platform. They're reluctantly updating Macs, and Leo thinks that Apple will not only abandon Intel entirely in favor of their own chips, but they will continue to be mobile centric. The Desktop is not long for this world. And Apple showed that both AutoCad and Photoshop can run on it with no trouble.
Gary wants to buy a PC for video editing. How much should he spend? Leo says that just about any PC can do video editing. The money comes from how much performance he'll want. Leo uses a Dell Precision Workstation with Xeon processors that scream. So they are very powerful and expensive. An iMac would be more than adequate, though, to capture and edit home movies. A MacBook Pro would also work.
Apple announced this week that it would stop reporting quarterly sales reports during their earnings calls. They will cease letting investors know how many iPads, iPhones, MacBooks, etc. leaving them to simply guess. Leo says that how well a business is doing is directly tied to their sales report, and it may be that since the iPhone grew 0% this quarter, that Apple is concerned how reporting sales affects their stock prices. But Apple also derives a great percentage of their incoming from services.
When Ann is on the phone and gets another phone call, her iPhone is automatically putting her existing call on hold and picking up the next call. Leo says that shouldn't be happening. She should be given the choice of putting her call on hold, sending it to voicemail, or hanging up and taking the call. It's usually when she's using it on speaker phone. Leo says that it could be that Siri is being triggered, but it's unlikely. It could be a hardware glitch, but that's going to be difficult to replicate.
