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Apple Invites Media to October 30th Event in New York City
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And go where, to PC and Android. Yeah, you have fun with that. You'll be back, trust me.
I wouldn't hold your breath.
http://sonnydickson.com/2018/09/16/what-really-happened-to-apples-airpower/
I think the Sliced-Apple (good way to describe it!) is a reference to (a) Modular Mac(s).
Mac Mini, Mac Mini, it is coming, it is coming, oh dear, after all these years, the wait is finally over!!! 
I am gonna get my first Mac since 2012. With some nice eGPU, I hope it is gonna serve me for years to come.
I am gonna get my first Mac since 2012. With some nice eGPU, I hope it is gonna serve me for years to come.
rumor. but agree with the sliced aspect to some extent. Makes sense, but I would expect the stuff we really want will be "coming 2030ish" ugg
The person you replied to is definitely playing the old trick of telling us Apple doesn't make devices 'powerful' enough for their use. Or 'only makes toys'. (but I guess they've been successful with their toys as they are the highest valued in the world many days) And that may be true, but then go use something else. Historically Apple has never been the 'fastest' , I remember when they didn't even have basic graphics cards for 3D and video. They've gotten better, but don't expect a Win NT server from a company that makes billions of dollars making the types of devices they have always made. The complainer above really does need to hit the Frys and build there own machine to be happy. Why they are bothering to rant here is the real mystery.
Given the venue, my guess is this is a Music creation focussed event. Maybe Macs with some new Logic Pro functionality aimed at the creator market. Mac Pro rumors from some time ago suggested more emphasis on the Pro market, so this could be the unveiling of the new Mac Pro model, as well as a Mini Pro?
High hopes, zero expectations. Kind of like with every other Apple Event as of late.
I hope at least they'll skip the AR merry-go-round-the-table ridiculousness and jump directly to the product intro.
I hope at least they'll skip the AR merry-go-round-the-table ridiculousness and jump directly to the product intro.
I have thought that, too. The only thing would be that you'd have to vastly overdesign the bus-capabilties of the "modular mini" to be able to accomodate the sheer volume of bus traffic in a Mac Pro-class machine.
But other than that, that was one of my first thoughts, too...
I really hope they drop the “air” moniker like they did with the iPad, and just merge it with the MacBook line. It just seems odd to keep calling it an “Air” when it is bigger than the current MacBooks.
Predictions:
The Mac Mini is dead, will be replaced with a new screenless Mac, simply called Mac. The Mac Pro will eventually be a variation on that case design.
The MacBookAir is dead, will be replaced by a new baseline MacBook, simply called MacBook, that looks like the existing MacBook line but slightly larger and cheaper to produce. The refreshed MacBook line will come in 2 variations: 13" entry model with a larger body, bigger bezels, entry level specs and a 12" model with the existing MacBook slim design with higher specs.
They can get it to $999 if they streamline the production process. It's been 3 years since the introduction of the slim MacBook line and like the MacBookAir which started off as a premium priced Mac and ended up becoming the budget notebook, the MacBook's manufacturing is becoming standardized and a larger body would make it even easier to produce.
The Mac line would then be:
Mac
Mac Pro
iMac
iMac Pro
MacBook
MacBookPro
The Mac Mini is dead, will be replaced with a new screenless Mac, simply called Mac. The Mac Pro will eventually be a variation on that case design.
The MacBookAir is dead, will be replaced by a new baseline MacBook, simply called MacBook, that looks like the existing MacBook line but slightly larger and cheaper to produce. The refreshed MacBook line will come in 2 variations: 13" entry model with a larger body, bigger bezels, entry level specs and a 12" model with the existing MacBook slim design with higher specs.
They can get it to $999 if they streamline the production process. It's been 3 years since the introduction of the slim MacBook line and like the MacBookAir which started off as a premium priced Mac and ended up becoming the budget notebook, the MacBook's manufacturing is becoming standardized and a larger body would make it even easier to produce.
The Mac line would then be:
Mac
Mac Pro
iMac
iMac Pro
MacBook
MacBookPro
It stinks that those socks have gone so long without an update...
FTFY.
Seriously - the "Mac Mini Pro" rumor seems unlikely when the one thing they have promised is a new Mac Pro next year. I mean, it would be great to have an i7/i9-class headless desktop option as well as a workstation-class Mac Pro. I'd be delighted to be proven wrong.
"More in the making" could be a Mac Pro pre-announcement (which will inevitably be 'larger than the current Mini with a pro focus')
As for the venue? Logic Pro for the iPad maybe (while the other hand removes the headphone jack)? I'm half-suggesting an iPad-centric event.
Oh, wait, I've got it - no computers, but they've commissioned a remake of Fame! for their new TV service...
Hoping for greatness, bracing for disappointment.
I don't know about PC. But I went to android after iPhone 5s and have not been back. Have not had a single problem with Samsung.
In New York at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Hmm...
So a music event with 1 hour of introducing Air Pods 2 and another hour of using 2 Apple Pencils and a New iPad as an AR drumkit and no new Mac's of any description. Bwahahah.
So a music event with 1 hour of introducing Air Pods 2 and another hour of using 2 Apple Pencils and a New iPad as an AR drumkit and no new Mac's of any description. Bwahahah.
For your sake, I hope Apple doesn't define a redesign, much less a major one, as "We got rid of the Fusion drive, which allowed us to make it even skinnier!" To me, that's not much of a redesign.
Anyone else miss the 20th anniversary Mac?
Buy a Macbook Pro or a Mac Pro if you want to drop that much money. Makes no sense to spend that on a Mac Mini.
I hear ya. As a professional artist who uses the iPad as his main content creation device, I just ignore the toy comments. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but sometimes they really just make me laugh. Doesn’t bother me at all. And with Adobe releasing a full version of photoshop for the iPad next year, they don’t think it’s a toy either. So let the naysayers keep talking. In the meantime, i’ll keep creating and enjoying life.
Actually, I think that this what you said can be quite possible.
Now, if they only proceeded to do the same with the iPhone line, clean and neat has been the Apple's way for decades already. I do not know why is the iPhone line such a mess.
That one graphic is related to the Modular aspect. Something Apple mentioned about the MacPro a year ago.
That's just packaging. When I think "Redesign", I think of re-thinking the entire concept.
No mention of iMac updates in your post, but we'll be seeing a significant refresh.
