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

ChrisCW11 said:
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MacBook, while the core specs and screen have improved over the years, the MacBook is looking decidedly tired and outdated, and also copied to death.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.
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yeah #2 & #5 really resonate with me. I'm with you! Still believe in that Apple TV though. TVs aren't outdated. Most of us have them in our homes, but they're not "Apple cool".
 
It's a longshot, but could Apple's branding of their Watch - the logo before the name - be a sign of things to come for their other product lines? This may not be a straightforward process internally, but it makes some sense as the 'i' prefix just seems to be scattered out so unevenly today. Is it any wonder they renamed the likes of iCal to just Calendar?

The worst example is surely iMac. Mac Mini and Mac Pro give a decent indication of what to expect from that product, but the 'i' for the all-in-one seems a little dated in comparison. I'd love to see just a plain ol 'Mac' with a redesigned form factor.
 
Besides wireless charging being a high possibility, I really think it's Apple TV that will be in the spotlight. The same way a watch needed Apple, TVs need Apple too. I believe "It's Been Way Too Long" refers to the TV "hobby". I see Apple changing TV in the same powerful way they've already changed the watch before the product's even out yet, with Health & iOS/Mac merge being the centerpiece. I love Apple :)

ps - I am also looking forward to seeing an iPad Pro w Yosemite, new MacBook family redesign, an iMac Touch w Retina, and that Mac Mini bracelet :)
 
mikover said:
Didn't Tim Cook say in a post Watch launch interview the other week, that's it's been way too long since anything had been done to change the way we watch television?

Specifically re having to watch schedules and not what you want to watch?

Perhaps that's the "one last thing" next Thursday.
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This. It's a huge update to the Apple TV with new interface, you can watch tv through it as well. New App Store. iPhones and iPads as remotes.
 
DanCorleone said:
Haswell-E is out and I read that AMD has a new FirePro card out- still 28 nm but a lower power design. Still, I wonder if Apple won't wait until AMD can give them a FirePro built on a 20 nm process which would really lower power consumption.
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The architecture of some of the new Xeons is really interesting, I could see them vastly improving the Mac Pro. As for GPUs AMD seems to be on a two year cycle with respect to the "pro" cards and honestly I'm not sure where we are in that cycle. I can't see it being worth Apples or AMDs time to design in a GPU series that isn't a next generation part.

I could see them implementing the reduced power parts if they are 100% interchangeable with the current chips. In other words drop in updates to the current boards. If they did this it probably would barely be mentioned by Apple. In a compact design like this the power savings would be very useful.
 
I expect the event to play out as follows,

Tim comes out and then starts talking about the iTunes festival, any new apple stores, the iPhone 6, iWatch (maybe), then will talk about OS X Yosemite and iOS 8, then will bring up someone (to lazy to look who is incharge, lol) to talk about OS X. After he is done, tim will come back and announce the iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3. Then the iconic Jony Ive video will start. Tim comes back and invites someone to come up and talk about them. After he is done, Tim comes back and announces the new iMac and MacBooks (maybe Mac Mini) and talks about them. Then he announces the Apple TV 3, and lastly announces updates to the iPod line. He brings up someone to talk about them. Tim comes back and closes with something special.

Just a rough quickly put together idea of what might happen. I Appreciate any constructive criticism on my idea!
 
bj3949 said:
Besides wireless charging being a high possibility, I really think it's Apple TV that will be in the spotlight. The same way a watch needed Apple, TVs need Apple too. I believe "It's Been Way Too Long" refers to the TV "hobby". I see Apple changing TV in the same powerful way they've already changed the watch before the product's even out yet, with Health & iOS/Mac merge being the centerpiece. I love Apple :)

ps - I am also looking forward to seeing an iPad Pro w Yosemite, new MacBook family redesign, an iMac Touch w Retina, and that Mac Mini bracelet :)
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I agree. The only problem would be the iPhone (which is almost a brand by itself) and iPad (Apple Pad... well, it would simply not do.)
 
miniroll32 said:
It's a longshot, but could Apple's branding of their Watch - the logo before the name - be a sign of things to come for their other product lines? This may not be a straightforward process internally, but it makes some sense as the 'i' prefix just seems to be scattered out so unevenly today. Is it any wonder they renamed the likes of iCal to just Calendar?

The worst example is surely iMac. Mac Mini and Mac Pro give a decent indication of what to expect from that product, but the 'i' for the all-in-one seems a little dated in comparison. I'd love to see just a plain ol 'Mac' with a redesigned form factor.
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I'd love to see them drop the "i" and just go with :apple: with things, like; :apple:Mac or :apple:Phone, maybe even kill off the "mac" and do :apple:Pro, :apple:Book
 
I also don't know if anyone mentioned this previously, but I absolutely hate the idea of having ARM-based macs, just saying. ARM is meant for low-power tablets, not full blown computers that are built for power and doing multiple heavy-duty tasks all at once.
 
troop231 said:
Perhaps this? :cool:

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Which finger would you wear that on?
 
diddl14 said:
iPod Classic update...
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I hope so. I'd be on it.

I found it quite odd that inventory of iPod Classics dried up instantaneously on the day Apple announced the end of the Classic. It's one thing to announce a product is discontinued and allow units in the channel to sell, but another to have them virtually vanish entirely.
 
codewrangler said:
As a MBP user, I would love to see a radical new design for the MBP that takes into account some of the advances in design on MBA and iDevices.

Surprise me please....:)
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agreed.. it's time for truly completely new MacPad kinda design without losing that Pro power
 
18 October is my birthday, i really hope i can order a new ThunderBolt Display!
 
What, no anagrams yet? This thread is incomplete. :D

"It's been way too long" is an anagram for

Boot engine lost way
This suggests Mac systems will once again boot on something other than Intel processors. Quick, what's the Mandarin word for Rosetta?!

I say we logon botnet
Perhaps Apple has found a way to overcome spammers and other internet miscreants once and for all. Hooray!

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And, for thread completeness, consider one or more words in the tag line might secretly be an acronym. For example, WAY = Where Are You. Then the tag translates as

It's been "where are you" too long

and the implication is all new Mac laptops will now include GPS functionality. Look for a "where's my Mac" page to go live soon.
 
An opinion for what it's worth

The leaf looks like an arrow, and the top of the Apple looks like a cable. So I see Apple pointing at a cable. "It's been too long" isn't just a double entendre, it is also a comment on:

Cables necessary for cable service. I hate them, other people hate them...

So how do we shorten them (to 0)? We get rid of them. We get rid of cable service, or the need for it. This will be about the Apple TV and its use as a hub for home automation.

I suspect there will be a tie in to Mac Mini's being a home hub server of some sort.

I'd prefer that they finally made an Apple Remote Desktop that was high speed enough to allow me to run VM's on my server, and use my iPad Retina or iPhone 6 as I/O

This leads me to believe that the idea will have something to do with a home cloud service...

That's all I've got, feel free to insult me so that you feel better abut yourself.
 
sailmac said:
What, no anagrams yet? This thread is incomplete. :D

"It's been way too long" is an anagram for

Boot engine lost way
This suggests Mac systems will once again boot on something other than Intel processors. Quick, what's the Mandarin word for Rosetta?!

I say we logon botnet
Perhaps Apple has found a way to overcome spammers and other internet miscreants once and for all. Hooray!

------

And, for thread completeness, consider one or more words in the tag line might secretly be an acronym. For example, WAY = Where Are You. Then the tag translates as

It's been "where are you" too long

and the implication is all new Mac laptops will now include GPS functionality. Look for a "where's my Mac" page to go live soon.
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Don't forget numerology.

10/16/2014 --> 10/16/1914, The Belgian army stops the Germans at heavy loss at the battle of Yser. 100 years of wait is "too long". Apple is going to invade Belgium. The logo resembles an invasion plan, the stem is the invading army, the rainbow line is the defending wall.
 
macgabe said:
"It's been way too long"

People you went to school with and were hoping never to see again are now able to track you down. AppleBook.
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I don't think Apple wants to use "book" anymore. Pad sounds thinner. I can see a MacPad coming out running iOS Yosemit8.
 
sracer said:
I hope so. I'd be on it.



I found it quite odd that inventory of iPod Classics dried up instantaneously on the day Apple announced the end of the Classic. It's one thing to announce a product is discontinued and allow units in the channel to sell, but another to have them virtually vanish entirely.
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I think this is weird as well, they gain nothing by pulling stock from everywhere that still has stock. I can see letting the retailer sell out but taking back stock is another thing. I am sure apple still gets a cut of every classic sold even if they aren't making them anymore. The only reason they would take back stock is to introduce a new product.
 
Considering Apple discontinued 160 gig iPod Classic, we could be looking at a 128 gig Touch, or a 128 gig Solid-drive Classic style for those nostalgic
 
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