Pre-show: SwiftUI requires Wi-Fi


Flighty

“Siri” utterances were trifled with? (via Jackson Ames)


“Alexa” not recognized with frequency-range muting (or known-fingerprint matching)
iOS 17: Siri & Search → Listen For

Vision Pro


Promo video
xrOS at WWDC


Mastodon thread from former Apple engineer

Fit / Weight/ Top Strap


Myke on Cortex
Top Strap
HiFiMAN HE6

Power Estimate
Guest Mode
Pixel math
Refresh rate
Accidental hypocrisy? (via Niall O’Mara)
Plane use
Vision Pro?
Gaming
Developer kits


Work with Apple


New Macs


15” MacBook Air
Mac Studio


Fan Noise Ratings


M1 / 2022: 15dB
M2 / 2023: 6dB
Difference is ~8×

Pricing ∆ between Mini & Studio

Mac Pro


John Ternus on discrete GPUs in Macs
Metal scores


M1 Max: 108,363
M1 Ultra: 150,644


1.3× M1 Max performance for 2× GPU cores

M2 Max: 131,302
M2 Ultra: 267,399


2× M2 Max performance for 2× GPU cores
#5 fastest Metal score overall


Top 3 are GPUs in a 2019 Mac Pro



M2 Ultra vs. NVIDIA


4080: 16% higher fps
4090: 37% higher fps

Non-game GPU performance


Blender GPU scores


M2 Ultra: 3,412
NVIDIA 4090: 13,158 (3.8× faster)
NVIDIA 3080: 6,205 (1.8× faster)
NVIDIA 3060: 3,256 (costs $330)
NVIDIA 3070: 3,396 (laptop GPU)


CPU benchmark
M2 Ultra vs. Intel & AMD


Intel Xeon W9-3495X (56-core)


Multi-core: 53,504 (2.8× faster)

Intel Core i9-13900KS


Single-core: 3,080 (39% faster)
Multi-core: 21,665 (15% faster)


Mac Pro PCIe lanes
Neil Parfitt on the new Mac Pro
Ternus & Joz acknowledge ATP shirt (❗)


Gaming


Apple’s Proton-like tool


Source code
The Verge’s Take
WINE
DXVK
Steam Deck
CrossOver

Gokhan Avkarogullari
Anonymous feedback


Mike Rockwell’s statement on The Talk Show


macOS 14 Sonoma
Post-show: John’s special treat


…as a treat
John’s SSDs:


Samsung 870 EVO 4 TB
Samsung 870 QVO 8 TB

Paul Haddad’s toot
Backblaze Hard Drive Stats



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