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Apple’s smallest Macintosh device finally gets the M2 chip upgrade

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Apple quietly announced the latest developments in their flagship M2 chip, revealing the M2 Pro and M2 Max. The Mac Mini got its first taste of the M2 ever since its M1 counterpart was released in November 2021. With both M2 and M2 Pro versions, the Mac Mini is the fastest and most power-packed Macintosh machine for its size and outshines most Windows desktops by being at least 5x faster than the best-selling Windows desktop configuration, and the M2 Pro being a whopping 14x faster than Apple’s own Intel-based Mac Mini.

Designer: Apple

The new Mac Mini’s design hasn’t really changed much since it was first launched, making it perhaps one of the only products that Apple’s kept the same over the years. The design of the compact device has stayed relatively the same since 2010 when Apple unveiled the 3rd Gen Mac Mini with an aluminum unibody and no optical drive. It’s a rare example of a form factor that has served the company exceptionally well, allowing them to focus on the thing that really matters – its performance.

The Mac Mini, which starts at just $599, now comes in M2 and M2 Pro variants. Both variants are exactly the same size, come with Thunderbolt 4, Wi-Fi 6E, and Bluetooth 5.3, and the only real discernible difference between the two is really the availability of ports on the rear. The M2 Pro, clearly designed for more heavy-duty use, comes with four Thunderbolt 4 ports as opposed to the M2’s two ports.

The M2 chipsets give the Mac Mini a bigger punch in the same size format, which Apple highlighted while describing the new Mac Mini as the perfect Mac for small businesses, allowing every aspect of a company’s operation to be run on a single Mac Mini. The hardware is well suited for photo and video editing thanks to the powerful GPU and Neural Engine but handles music production incredibly well too. Productivity remains a strong sell for the Mac Mini, although Apple even (rather surprisingly) highlighted the device’s gaming capabilities too. Something to think about? Is Apple working on expanding its Arcade to other devices? Or is this just the groundwork for the company’s eventual AR glasses reveal? Stay tuned to find out!

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The new Apple M2 iPad Pro is basically a MacBook with a touchscreen and Pencil

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If overkill were a tablet, it would look like the M2 iPad Pro…

Did the iPad really need an M2 chip? Chances are that if you look at what 99% of people use a tablet for, an M2 chip is volumes more processing power than you’d ever need. I use my iPad for YouTube and Netflix. However, Apple clearly didn’t build their 2022 M2 iPad Pro for 99% of people. Sort of like the Watch Ultra of tablet design, the M2 iPad Pro is capable of dethroning devices more specialist and more expensive than it. Heck, the M2 chip now lets you literally 3D render on it using the upcoming Octane X, and color-correct using DaVinci Resolve. In short, the iPad Pro is basically Apple’s way of giving you the MacBook experience, without the price tag or the MacOS.

Designer: Apple

There aren’t many changes to the iPad Pro’s overall design, apart from a few hardware tweaks. It’s proof that Apple’s happy with where things are at with the iPad and barring any sudden developments, there shouldn’t be any reason to overhaul the design. The company didn’t even put MagSafe or wireless charging on the iPad Pro. However, the new machine does have a better camera, capable of recording ProRes video, and the M2 chip on the inside is now much more capable of handling all sorts of tasks and files. Combine this with iOS 16’s Stage Manager and you’ve got yourself a beast of a machine capable of doing the job of a MacBook Air… with a touchscreen.

As Apple unveiled the device, they highlighted exactly how capable the new M2 chip was. Even though the announcement was much shorter than your traditional Apple keynote, the iPad Pro’s reputation pretty much speaks for itself. Apple highlighted how the Pro would aid professionals like doctors, architects, filmmakers, and photographers (aside from the artists, obviously), while the video also put real metrics to the iPad Pro’s improvements, with 15% faster CPU speeds, 35% faster GPU speeds, 50% more memory bandwidth, and a 40% faster neural engine for machine learning tasks. There’s quite literally no other tablet that even comes close to what the M2 iPad Pro is capable of pulling off. In fact, the iPad Pro easily outshines quite a few Chromebooks.

The newest feature to make it to the new iPad Pro, however, is the tablet’s ability to detect the Apple Pencil up to 12mm away from the screen. Dubbed the Hover, this ability allows you to hover your pencil above the screen and unlock various interactions. In painting apps, it allows you to accurately see your paint stroke’s position before you go ahead and make your mark. Preview files before you select them, or objects before you place them in compositions. The Hover mode works along with the Pencil’s tap feature and even allows you to use your non-Pencil-holding hand to pinch/swipe to control your iPad and Pencil’s overall experience.

Surprisingly enough (although not too much), the new iPad Pros are priced the same as their predecessors. The 11-inch variant starts at $799, while the larger 12.9-inch variant starts at $1099 (and comes with the upgraded XDR display), with shipping beginning at the end of the month.

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Xiaomi’s portable water dispenser can instantly heat up your water for a quick cup of tea

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With a tiny form-factor, a clean design, and a simple UI, the JMEY M2 dispenser from Xiaomi is both convenient as well as functional. Equipped with suction-cups on its base that keeps the small device constantly stable and grounded, the M2 allows you to connect either a bottle or an external water-reservoir to it, effectively turning it into a neat water dispenser you can control by pressing down on a capacitive touch panel on the top.

The M2 even has a rapid heating feature that allows you to set a higher temperature. Perfect for when you want to make some tea, coffee, or even a packet of soup or ramen, the M2’s internal 1-liter tank instantly heats the water up, giving you piping hot water when you need it. The device comes with its own external water reservoir which plugs neatly into the M2, although if you want to mount a regular bottle onto it, a simple attachment allows you to easily plug your own bottled water into the M2 too.

Designer: Xiaomi

The Sega Genesis Mini is $30 off for Black Friday

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After toying with lackluster miniature versions of its Genesis console, Sega finally hit its stride with the Genesis Mini. The HDMI-equipped emulation device faithfully recreates the 16-bit experience without the laggy or choppy performance of previo...

By Watch-Lovers, For Watch-Lovers

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Art can be perceived in two different ways. It can be perceived for its artistic quality, or for its value. To be honest, the latter corrupts the point of art in the first place. Watches have seen the same duality of perception. Luxury watches are priced with a larger priority given to the brand, rather than its crafted design, and that makes watches more expensive than they should be, says Rafael Miranda, the founder/designer of DWISS. Eliminating the brand and its corporate framework, DWISS is all about the watch’s physical and emotional beauty, not a price-tag that tells the time. DWISS positions itself as a watch with a production cycle that directly connects the designer to the watch-maker to the watch-loving customer. Eliminating the brand not only drastically brings down the price, but it more importantly makes the watch more about art, than commerce. (I give that my thumbs up!)

The DWISS M2 comes from designers and craftsmen with a decade of experience in the watch-making world. Each timepiece is state of the art, and assembled with the intricate perfection one expects from Swiss watches. The hallmark of the DWISS M2 also lies in its unique way or presenting the time. The time is laid out in a concentric pattern with hours on the outside, minutes on the inside, and seconds right in between. Its visual complexity still allows us to intuitively read the time. The watch comes in a dashing melange of anodized brushed stainless steel and rubber. The glass covering the watch dial is made from the finest sapphire crystal, known for its stellar finish and impact-resistance. The watch comes in both vibrant and somber design variations. Choose a color that goes with your personality, or something classic that fits all trends… or choose both! The DWISS M2 provides a beautiful, immaculate, Swiss time-keeping experience with promise; and at its ‘true’ price, you could choose to own more than one! Hurry though, they’re limited edition!

Designer: Rafael Miranda [ BUY IT HERE ]

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Xiaomi Phone 2 pre-production units available on September 22nd, limited to 600 lucky buyers

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Xiaomi Phone 2 pre-production units available on September 22nd, limited to 600 units only

Much like the run-up to the previous flagship product launch, Qualcomm-backed Xiaomi has just announced that it'll be selling a small batch of pre-production second-gen Xiaomi Phones, in the hopes to get some keen users to perform last-minute checks before mass production. To be exact, only 600 of these quad-core Jelly Bean phones will be made available online at local time 10am on September 22nd (that's 10pm ET on the 21st); and even if you have CN¥1,999 ($310) to spare, you'll still need to be one of the 1,200 expert members from the Xiaomi and MIUI online communities to be able to hit the "order" button. Nice hype drive, if you ask us.

Later on, successful buyers can simply swap their engineering units in for a final version of the 16GB or 32GB Xiaomi Phone 2 -- the latter a new addition that co-founder Lei Jun announced on Sina Weibo last Saturday (where he also cheekily asked if anyone need a 64GB flavor). For those who qualify but would rather avoid the digital bloodshed next week, we suggest you wait until the official Chinese launch in the second-half of October; or try Taiwan by the end of the year.

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