I was just wondering how Apple announces new products. I'm waiting for some sort of announcement for the new MacBook Pro. If there's a conference soon then maybe that's when they will announce it? Or do they just do it on their website or something?
I was just wondering how Apple announces new products...If there's a conference soon then maybe that's when they will announce it?
They do hold events and invite press to them, so you'll hear about it (usually a week beforehand) There are no details in the invitations but sometimes it's pretty easy to guess (Apple music events mean new iPods, the last event was "Back to the Mac" with an image of a lion in the invitation so it was easy to guess that a new OS would be announced.)
Products are generally not announced before they are on their way to stores (The iPhone is an exception, since the FCC would have be the ones to break the news 6 months before it came out if Apple didn't do it first back in 2007)
For minor updates they usually just take the Apple Store off line while they update the web site. You'll know when this happens because the MacRumors forums are flooded with loads of 'the store is down' posts.