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Apple Announces October Event for Macs: 'Scary Fast'

What a month for rumors, and none of which have been iPhone-related. My guess is they update all devices that currently have the base M2 (and the iMac, which still has the M1), with the exception of the MBA: so we’ll get the base M3 on the iMac, Mac Mini, iPad Pro, and 13” MBP.

Wilder guesses: iPad Air updated to M2 and a new 27” iMac that won’t ship until 2024.

Wildest guess: Apple finally gets rid of the 13” MBP.
 
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5 pm pacific? What happened to the regular 10 am that just happens to be a great time for us over here in Europe?
 
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Fingers crossed Tim doesn't get too "scary". 🍏🙀
 
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marzbarz said:
lol Mark Gurman called the m3 in back in may. you did June. and you questioned if it was October or November.
and you had a question mark in "apple event?" which is similar to mark stating event as "unlikely"

sorry, but didn't beat Mark Gurman at anything.
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Looking back to May, the only thing about an M3 chip Mark Gurman said was there was one being tested. That's it. He didn't say anthing about an October event or even when we'd see an M3 Mac until this past July.

Plus, I only questioned the month of the event, not that there would or wouldn't be one.
 
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Arghyayon said:
True because in 2021, when Apple released MacBook Pro with M1 Pro & M1 Max, they used the exact same phrase called "scary fast and scary faster" in the website. But they're using it again for this event! That makes me pretty damn sure we'll definitely get M3 Pro and M3 Max.
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Good catch! Speculation will run rampant for the next few days.
 
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falkon-engine said:
I wonder if the new macintoshes will have scary fast thunderbolt 5?
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Could put an M2 in a new iMac update with thunderbolt 5 to both fit the "Scary fast" tease (tied to Thunderbolt 5) without:
  • having to update the rest of the lineup
  • go M3 now in one and potentially undermine holiday sales of the rest of the Macs: "Now all of our Macs feature our scary fast, latest & greatest tech just in time for the holidays: buy now!"
  • go M3 now and have it seem to be aging by the time the wonder product launches in "early 2024" with "old technology" M2
I don't know if Thunderbolt 5 is ready for market yet but I actually could see that being the "scary fast" more than an iMac or few Macs with M3, the rest- presumably pricier, higher-margin ones stuck at M2 during the holiday buying frenzy... and the wonder product still 3-6 months out announced to launch with M2.

IMO: if ANYTHING goes M3 at this event,
  • Vpro gets updated to M3 too.
  • LOTS of things will need to go M3 too- all of the more popular models because this is THE quarter for maximizing revenue.
And while that sounds quite exciting, where's many rumors of M3 iMac? M3 (other) Macs? iMac "bigger"? M3 ultra duo? Etc. We're one week from the event. Shouldn't many rumors from many sources be flying if there are many Macs coming... and/or even ONE with M3? Those known to get their info direct from supply chain would certainly have M3 rumors if M3 Macs are built or being built now.

My best guess is STILL M2 iMac, maybe some iPads... but I'll happily be wrong because I'm pretty interested in Vpro and would like it to be pressured to roll out with M3 instead of being last out with M2 months from now.
 
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satchmo said:
But it would have to have a M2 Ultra for it to be 'scary fast'.
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The Scary Fast name is clearly a wink to Halloween. Not to be taken literally.

My bet would be M3 and M3 related Macs (MBA, iMac, iPad Pro?). But not yet Pro/Max (so no Mini/MBP? no iMac Pro?), we get those early next year, and Ultra/Extreme maybe around WWDC?

I don't see any shortage of chips, so I place zero credit in theories based on that.
But I DO think the on-going growth/redesigns of the Pro and Max to scale more effectively (and even more so for Ultra) mean that we're not yet quite at the point where M and Pro/Max chips will be considered designed, debugged, and ready to roll on essentially the same date.
 
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Capeto said:
What a month for rumors, and none of which have been iPhone-related. My guess is they update all devices that currently have the base M2 (and the iMac, which still has the M1), with the exception of the MBA: so we’ll get the base M3 on the iMac, Mac Mini, iPad Pro, and 13” MBP.

Wilder guesses: iPad Air updated to M2 and a new 27” iMac that won’t ship until 2024.

Wildest guess: Apple finally gets rid of the 13” MBP.
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Why wouldn’t they update MBA?
 
This won’t have been possible without the great work of Mark Gurman. Please MR, send him my regards, we wouldn’t be where we are today without him.
 
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My WILD prediction for this October #appleevent New M2 & M2 Pro 24" iMacs New M2 Pro & M2 Max 27" iMac Think about it. It's an online event at 5PM. They wouldn't release M3 at such a weird time. An M2 Max 27" iMac would technically be "Scary Fast" compared to the old ones.
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