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Apple Invites Media to October 16 Event: 'It's Been Way Too Long'

Patience

I've recently become an Apple Fanatic (within past few years). And I normally fork over all of my money immediately.

Since I have bought the iPad 3. I've changed my strategy. I've been holding out following all of the announcements and rumors and now I have all this cash waiting to be spent on...

27" iMac Retina
iPhone 6s Plus (don't think i can wait that long may buy the 6 plus)
Updated Apple TV
iPad Air 2

I've been loyal to apple since my original iPhone.
 
Macs refresh (mba, iMacs, Mac mini)
5k resolution
Apple TV

With a long speech on iTunes, Yosemite...

One more thing: iPod touch
 
New Magic Mouse and Keyboard!

It's been 5 years, way too long, since the last new mouse, and a bit longer since the last new keyboard.

Oldest products in the Apple product line.
 
troop231 said:
Perhaps this? :cool:

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If they do this then count me as a comrade in arms with the 4" phone crowd. For those that like the MP design, this may be nice. I'm not in that group.

I just want updated internals and continued easy upgrading. I'm most likely in the minority, but the functionality is key for me. The current form is perfectly fine.
 
talmy said:
It's been 5 years, way too long, since the last new mouse, and a bit longer since the last new keyboard.

Oldest products in the Apple product line.
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And yet the keyboard is probably as perfect you can make it. I have been using my apple keyboard ever since I got it and never looked back. Apart from wireless charging and introducing more gestures theres nothing much they can do with the mouse. Perhaps they could find a way to integrate touch ID into both which would be cool, but otherwise they are fine tuned products which dont require changing.
 
mattburley7 said:
maybe the place the event is at was already booked on tuesday for something else and only thursday was available?
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This event is happening on their own campus. So I don't think the "venue was already booked" angle fits ;)
 
I am excited about this mainly for the Mac Mini and the Macbook Air. I wonder though how long it will be until we see Thunderbolt 3 in the Air and the Mini though. I thinking for external Retina Monitors :D
 
Mac Mini

What I want:

Keep it in the same chassis or make it thicker.
Make it work for a server with two data drives (SSD or not) on SATA and upgradable RAM.
Larger air intake in the front. (I know I can Moto-Tool it.)

What I fear Apple will provide:

Air intake on the back and outtake on the top to make it nearly impossible to put in a server rack.
No SATA
Proprietary single SSD or soldered mass storage
Soldered RAM
welded chassis
potted internals
Shaped like an Alessi Juicy Salif. God!
 
mabhatter said:
I'd like a flash iPod... The traditional iPod with click wheel format, but with the support for Bluetooth speakers and no moving parts. Just make ONE iPod again, white, with 16GB or 128GB Storage. That should give enough price spread to ditch everything else.

Bonus points if it could sync (BT or lightening) with an iPhone to slurp down iCloud music in bulk. iCloud Drive copies for extra bonus points???
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I know it won't happen but how about the reverse of this concept: take the best part of a classic iPod (huge storage) and merge it with an iPod Touch. Jettison the more expensive SSD and replace that with a larger capacity iPod Classic hard drive. iPhones would cap out at 128GB and these iPod Touches could go toward whatever the max capacity of 1.8" drives are now (at least 320GB).

Yes, that would mean clinging to "old" (hard drive) technology instead of shifting to SSD but that also means they could roll out an iPod Touch with hundreds of megabytes of storage for cheaper (than using SSD) prices... and still get their margin.

Yes, that would probably also mean slightly thickening this product- which kills it on it's own (we all know that "thin" is paramount at Apple)- but I think I'd be more interested in that than a capacity-capped iPod Classic.

Again, won't happen but I'd personally like that option.
 
"It's been too long" obviously refers to the length of a cord.
The stem and the apple are disconnected.

WIRELESS CHARGING CONFIRMED! :p
 
I don't think it's referring to time, that's been done last time and it is too obvious/literal.

Colours indicate something fun (normally iPods) but the Apple logo also has an iOS7/8 feel to it, which could indicate Yosemite with its new look (and be a subtle reference to new Macs)

The long reference probably refers to length not duration of time but short of shorter products I'm a little stumped! It could have a double meaning, meaning something that hasn't been updated for a long time AND is shorter...

At a push, the Apple logo shown looks like a pen and paper (indicating stylus?) but if Apple introduced a stylus I'm going to go all out and say they might also raise a white flag at their headquarters with Samsung written on it, then announce they're ditching the iOS and saying the next iPhone will run Android :D

Or maybe it means nothing. :D
 
Interesting

There are several things that Apple has taken way too long on:

1) Mac Mini, I could see a pop-can styled Mac Mini to be released with Yosemite with a sub $500 price tag to drive a new generation of Mac desktop users.

2) A redesigned MacBook, while the core specs and screen have improved over the years, the MacBook is looking decidedly tired and outdated, and also copied to death. Apple should be focusing on some kind of new redesign to make thinner and perhaps way more modern looking and trend setting. Unibody aluminum design is so 2008.

3) doubt it will be an iPod Classic. Apple was right to kill off that product to drive people to iPhone as its a more profitable platform (ads, games, apps, music, etc).

4) Apple TV, I doubt Apple would make this the focus of a keynote, personally I think this product has taken a backseat since Steve Jobs left us. I wouldn't even be excited about new Apple TV hardware, even an actual TV product.

5) A new branding beyond OS X. Perhaps Apple is going to release Yosemite under a new brand name, OS X.10 is really stupid versioning and OS X has been way too long in use. Hard to call your OS the most advanced when it hasn't had a major version in over 12 years.
 
Hopefully a new Mac mini, new display, new iMac. New iPads.

Thinner MacBook air isn't ready yet according to rumours. There's been no Apple TV rumours and you'd think apple would be building hype if there was going to be a new product.
 
It's been too long that we've been dependent on cable companies.

Wish: :apple:TV with a subscription directly with content creators/distributors.

That would be pretty great.
 
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