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The headphone jack is installed on all of the new Apple laptops as well as the Mac Studio.

Maybe Google would be better off worrying about their anti-trust issues than the color of the messages bubble which Apple had had since day one. 

I sure would not let Intel nor Samsung have access to build Apple's processors. They would then steal the technology for their own chips and Apple would loose their marketing and power advantages in both computers and the "I" devices.

Samsung stole Apple's designs years ago and they are not any different now. There is a different integrity mindset in other places in the world.

After the head scratcher exercise required to use Migration Assistant with one Studio Display and two computers, I connected an external raid via USB-C alongside the Studio Display connection. A 10Gb Ethernet connection goes to my 10Gb hub. The Magic Keyboard and Logitech mouse connect via Bluetooth. Seems okay.

But my M1 Ultra Mac Studio has suddenly started (after all this time since new with no changes to any
cables) having resets at night. A new Gremlin to chase down.

Because an eSIM needs an input of information. Such equipment is not in place. A physical SIM card is take the old one out and insert the new one. Only tool needed is a pin to cause the sim tray to open. 

It has been a BFD to swap cell service with Verizon every year since this eSim started. I have had to go up the food chain to very senior techs at Verizon just to get the latest top model of iPhone operational.

What happens if my iPhone dies out of country? There is no way to get the Verizon eSim re-enabled if I am in the UK where my wife's family resides.With a SIM card, it was instantaneous to bring a new replacement phone on line. Just swap the SIM card - a no-brainer.

My iPhone backs up to iCloud so it is simple to restore the "data" to a new phone, but the eSim is not a possible remote restore.

If one never leaves their home country, then this eSim issue is a moot issue. But as an international traveler it is a real issue.

I have a M1 Max 14" MBPro (64GB & 4TB SSD) and a M1 Ultra MacStudio (128GB & 8TB SSD). Apple depreciated the MacStudio nearly 75% in one year for a trade in value. Not quite as bad for the laptop. Both are able to run the latest MacOS. Both still work fine for my needs. Both have Apple Care going forward. 

Unless any of the software I use suddenly needs a M4 or M5 to run, I am content to keep the jingle in my pockets.

I recognize the difference between a "want" or a "need".  I may want the latest and greatest but I do not need it for what I do. Thus in the "soldered" world that Apple has now created, I order the maximum system memory and the largest SSD I think I could possibly need for my use for years.

I enjoy watching the "dog and pony" show for the new stuff and the last few years they have really had to work to generate apparent enthusiasm for their new products with small incremental changes.

If it aint broke, then don't fix it

My M1 MacStudio Ultra and M1 Max 14" laptop are working just fine.  

The M1 series had nearly identical single core speeds. The M2 series have nearly identical single core speeds. Logic suggests the M3 series could also have nearly identical single core speeds. There was about a 10% speed bump from M1 to M2. One would hope the speed bump would exceed 10% going to M3.

My M1 Ultra Studio currently has a 75% depreciation hit for an Apple trade in. I could wait and see what M4 brings and actually get the value out of the M1 gear.

We upgraded the entire family Apple equipment starting in November so it all the latest and greatest. We could see this coming. Bribes not withstanding, the tariffs are coming and other restrictions are coming.

While a M5 Ultra Mac Studio would be great at the $8,000 level,  the crowd will vanish if it is at the $12,000 level.

I believe all the Dodge Ram trucks are made in Mexico and lots of other foreign vehicles are made in Windsor Ontario. Chevy and Ford are mostly domestically made. Slap a 25% tariff on a Dodge truck and sales will turn into distant memories.

So the tariffs are really being used to destroy the USA as we know it. With Oligarchs and their helicopters and private jets, they can get to medical care abroad while our domestic medical system falls apart.

Perhaps another "just a chip" marginal update will be presented tomorrow. No wonder there is no big event. These "updates" could have been done with a few sentence E-Mail.