Apple Invites Media to October 30th Event in New York City

[Mw0103]

The Big Apple hosts Apple event including Mac.

Apple announces the Big Mac. Perfect complement to Apple Watch Series 4 ECG feature.

 

[W.O.P.R.]

WATCH BANDS WITH EMOJIS ON THEM!!!!

THIS is what the touch bar was invented for! It's time to shine has finally come!

 

[DNichter]

In my opinion we’re farther than you think. iOS doesn’t support pointing devices like a mouse or trackpad yet and it would be quite a surprise if such support were announced at this event. It would be a massive change in how iOS works. When Marzipan is fully baked, we’re going to see Apple move iOS to the desktop, but not before.

Maybe a few years at most, but I don’t think it’s that far. External display support is rumored, I’m not expecting trackpad support just yet. I don’t agree that it would be a massive change though, Apple can get creative in this area. I’d imagine it would only be an option in certain productivity apps, not system wide. I actually see Marzipan as a way to bring macOS apps to the iPad, not essentially the other way around (although some make sense).

 

[bayelrey80]

I'm hoping Apple comes out firing:

New MacMini
New iPad Pro
Updated iMac
New Apple Pencil
Airpods 2
Not likely but would surprise people: AirPower
Reintroduce everyone to the iPhone XR
iOS 12.1 with Group Facetime

 

[whiteboytrash]

Apple is opening HQ2 in Brooklyn it would appear and the event is the effective date of Halloween.

 

[Sabelonada]

Apple passed on the 8th generation CPUs for iMac, and those who wanted a six-core machine have been stuck with a quad core for over a year. Six and eight-core iMacs will be well received.

I am concerned that Apple will choose to use 8th generation processors in the update, despite (perhaps because of) the announcement of the 9th generation by Intel.

 

[Googlyhead]

I'm hoping Apple comes out firing:

New MacMini
New iPad Pro
Updated iMac
New Apple Pencil
Airpods 2
Not likely but would surprise people: AirPower
Reintroduce everyone to the iPhone XR
iOS 12.1 with Group Facetime

Don't forget; the actual MacPro.
If everything in that list materialises; I think the fabric of reality might crash.
On the other hand; the same if none of the hardware appears.

 

[AppleHaterLover]

I'm hoping Apple comes out firing:

New MacMini
New iPad Pro
Updated iMac
New Apple Pencil
Airpods 2
Not likely but would surprise people: AirPower
Reintroduce everyone to the iPhone XR
iOS 12.1 with Group Facetime

Here's how this keynote will play out:

1) iOS is great !!!!
2) iPhone XS sold MILLIONS !!!! We are VERY EXCITED ABOUT EVERYTHING
3) iPhone XR is GREAT!!!!! We are A LITTLE BIT LESS EXCITED about it
4) 30 seconds about new Macs
5) 5 minutes about new iPads
6) 50 minutes on new AirPods
7) End of event

 

[RevTEG]

This is the one. Apple's final chance to convince me that they have a clue. Failure here means I transition out of the ecosystem. Tired of dealing with vendor incompetence and all that, it just makes me angry & I don't want to be angry.

iPad: If they replace Lightning with USB-C (as opposed to just adding USB-C) while removing the headphone jack, I'm out. Done with the product line. Wireless isn't for me and I am not going to carry two dongles for headphones. I can't believe I have to worry about this kind of thing, but modern Apple acts irrationally, sooooo.

Mac: Introduce a usable Mac laptop. Accept that the butterfly keyboard is bad (even the new one breaks + typing on it is unpleasant) and introduce a new laptop that does not have it. Use the Magic Keyboard design. Include Face ID if at all possible. Do not include the garbage Touch Bar or Touch ID. Price the thing reasonably - 40% more than other OEMs, not the outrageous 75%+ premium that the Tim Cook Era has been defined by.

Update the Mac Mini. Offer an actually viable entry level model - no hard drive*, reasonable amount of RAM, etc. Expandability is key here - the machine should, at the very least, have a RAM expansion slot. In a dream scenario, Apple would use industry standard M.2 SSDs, but I understand that isn't going to happen. I'll settle for expandable RAM. The goal should be to sell a product to customers that those responsible for the product would be willing to use. I know that the HDD/Fusion drive models do not pass that test.

Tease the new Mac Pro: Show us what you mean by 'modular'. There is no trust that Apple understands that what is wanted is not some ******** Ive 'innovation' - we want PCI Express slots, M.2. SSDs, industry-standard Nvidia GPUs, gobs of memory.

Stop selling machines that are non-retina and/or have spinning disk drives. Enough is enough.

The amount of damage Apple has done to their product lines and brand as of late is incalculable. They ship laptops that are destined to fail; that feel worse to type on than a $200 Chromebook, they sell computers with spinning disk drives in them at $1000 price points, they introduce pain by replacing ports with new ports without thought for the customer, etc etc etc. Time to undo some of the damage. I don't expect they'll address the MacBook Pro situation at this event, but they can show us if they are capable of doing so by introducing new products that are non-horrible. Clock is ticking.

*Apple is the only vendor of note that debases themselves by shipping hard drives in $1000+ machines in the year of our lord 2018. Customers get a ****** experience on account of Apple's greed.

While I understand your frustrations, most businesses do not change their model when they are raking in billions of successful dollars. Businesses change when customers demand change by not buying their products. Apple’s making so much money right now that it seems the mass majority like the design and direction of their products. If I where you, I wouldn’t expect Apple to deviate from it’s current path. The proof is in the profit and Apple continues to make a ton of it. Businesses create for the majority and the majority seem to still be making Apple billions. Customers were satisfied with their product direction to make Apple a trillion dollar company. What company wouldn’t see that as product approval?

 

[DVD9]

There will never be another Mac with a spinning-rust drive.

iMac has a spinning hard drive.

 

[coolfactor]

New modular "Mac mini Pro".... $999 per "modular unit". Haha, suckers! /s

Yah... I've lost faith in Apple. I hope they prove me wrong.
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Hope a new Mac mini will be introduced.

The handwriting title may suggest a new Apple Pencil will be available as well (and iPad of course).

I'm surprised for the NYC location, too.

Yup, I have a sneaking suspicion this will be 100% iPad Pro, and 0% Mac, and my heart will break once again.

 

[robbyx]

Maybe a few years at most, but I don’t think it’s that far. External display support is rumored, I’m not expecting trackpad support just yet. I don’t agree that it would be a massive change though, Apple can get creative in this area. I’d imagine it would only be an option in certain productivity apps, not system wide. I actually see Marzipan as a way to bring macOS apps to the iPad, not essentially the other way around (although some make sense).

It would be a massive change in the way the user interacts with iOS. If Apple believed that iOS needed support for devices like mice and trackpads, they would have built it in already. Your finger is the pointer on an iPad.

You’re conflating the iPad with iOS. Apple isn’t going to replace the Mac with an iPad. The iPad will never be a desktop class device. That doesn’t mean it isn’t a serious computer, but it’s never going to have menu bars and mouse support like a desktop OS.

Now there’s nothing stopping Apple from creating a desktop iOS derivative like they’ve done with watchOS and tvOS. That’s the far more likely scenario in my mind. Marzipan isn’t about bringing iOS apps to the Mac or vice versa, although by bringing UIKit to the Mac, it’s pretty clear that Apple wants iOS apps to make their way to the Mac. I see it as the beginning of a much bigger transition that will eventually result in iOS on the desktop. Time will tell.

 

[MTW]

While I understand your frustrations, most businesses do not change their model when they are raking in billions of successful dollars. Businesses change when customers demand change by not buying their products. Apple’s making so much money right now that it seems the mass majority like the design and direction of their products. If I where you, I wouldn’t expect Apple to deviate from it’s current path. The proof is in the profit and Apple continues to make a ton of it. Businesses create for the majority and the majority seem to still be making Apple billions. Customers were satisfied with their product direction to make Apple a trillion dollar company. What company wouldn’t see that as product approval?

There are long term costs to making all your products worse. I expect Apple to continue hurting themselves until they feel the pain. Your mechanism of analysis is the same one that led Blackberry to where they are now; it is simply not an intelligent way to look at a company.

 

[Naraxus]

So more of Timmy pushing iPad fluff at the expense of the Mac line. Lovely

 

[DNichter]

It would be a massive change in the way the user interacts with iOS. If Apple believed that iOS needed support for devices like mice and trackpads, they would have built it in already. Your finger is the pointer on an iPad.

You’re conflating the iPad with iOS. Apple isn’t going to replace the Mac with an iPad. The iPad will never be a desktop class device. That doesn’t mean it isn’t a serious computer, but it’s never going to have menu bars and mouse support like a desktop OS.

Now there’s nothing stopping Apple from creating a desktop iOS derivative like they’ve done with watchOS and tvOS. That’s the far more likely scenario in my mind. Marzipan isn’t about bringing iOS apps to the Mac or vice versa, although by bringing UIKit to the Mac, it’s pretty clear that Apple wants iOS apps to make their way to the Mac. I see it as the beginning of a much bigger transition that will eventually result in iOS on the desktop. Time will tell.

They already have their desktop OS in macOS, I don’t see them abandoning that anytime soon (people on the forums heads would explode). The iOS counterpart to macOS is the iPad. I am not sure what a desktop class device is, but if the apps are there, iPad can grow. They are bringing tabbed multitasking to iPad next year, this is a creative approach in my eyes. They could potentially do the same in regards to some sort of trackpad support (maybe it’s not what we traditionally think of today) depending on the implementation. Obviously we’ll see what happens, but I expect Apple to continue to focus on growing the iPad experience into something much more than it is today, with the ability to run macOS apps, and Macs the ability to run iPad apps.

We might be saying the same thing in the end, so not trying to argue or anything. Either way, the future looks great for iPad.

 

[windows4ever]

They are going to update the Mac Mini. Speed bump from 1.4Ghz to 1.5GHz. Hard drive replaced with 128GB SSD (you can upgrade to 256Gb for $200). All ports removed and replaced with 1 "Type C" USB port.

 

[StellarVixen]

I sense that scares you.

Scares me? No, because I know iOS is a mobile operating system, and will run the sandboxed apps forever.

Making iOS a serious development platform will require it to be open to the level of Mac OS, and that is not gonna happen anytime soon (probably never). Otherwise, iOS would be useless for anything other than maybe that stripped down Xcode app.

 

[Count Blah]

For now, that's correct. Xcode for iPad will be here before you know it though. I sense that scares you.

With mouse support, REAL file management, and USB-C to output to a different monitor?

The reality of actually USING Xcode on the iPad should scare EVERYONE who knows what the heck they are doing.

 

[Tozovac]

Here's how this keynote will play out:

1) iOS is great !!!!
2) iPhone XS sold MILLIONS !!!! We are VERY EXCITED ABOUT EVERYTHING
3) iPhone XR is GREAT!!!!! We are A LITTLE BIT LESS EXCITED about it
4) 30 seconds about new Macs
5) 5 minutes about new iPads
6) 50 minutes on new AirPods
7) End of event

You forgot innovative new Animojis and 4 minutes on whatever port, key, jack, or other helpful input/interaface item is courageously exorcised in the name of innovation?

 

[PickUrPoison]

I am concerned that Apple will choose to use 8th generation processors in the update, despite (perhaps because of) the announcement of the 9th generation by Intel.

I haven’t paid much attention to the Intel announcements, I know they introduced a few 9th generation chips at the high end, but below that maybe there’s just 8th gen available, not sure.

 

[Foxglove9]

iPod Touch update with Face ID?

 

[LiveM]

Yes! I feel like a kid! These invites never get old.

Unlike the events.

 

[dogslobber]

This Halloween Eve event might be a nightmare.

 

[Zdigital2015]

I am concerned that Apple will choose to use 8th generation processors in the update, despite (perhaps because of) the announcement of the 9th generation by Intel.

21.5” will all be 8th Gen, maybe base model 27”, the rest of the 27” should be 9th Gen.

 

[WolfSnap]

Can't wait for the new 12.9" iPad -- Apple take my money!!