Thanks for the info. Really helpful! so I honestly appreciate it.
Still, I will hold back 1 week just in case maybe they make some small updates - never know.
1 week of waiting I can handle... I hope
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Still, I will hold back 1 week just in case maybe they make some small updates - never know.
1 week of waiting I can handle... I hope
I think that audio out is likely, and maybe even audio in.
SD is stupid. Especially since they insisted on putting it on the BACK, for aesthetic reasons (IMHO).
Either 2 USB-C/TB3 and 2 USB-A, like the iMac 2017, or 4 USB-C/TB3 and no USB-A, like the MBPs.
HDMI would be nice. And it would make up for the fact that the mini doesn't have an integrated Display. So, a mini could potentially drive FIVE 4k monitors, or TWO 5k monitors and a 4k.
That'd be REALLY nice for Development, and for FCP and Logic...
I am betting that the only upgraded graphics would be the intel/AMD i7-8809 of some sort.
Of course the optimist in me points to Intel's recent event that introduced new processors tis month. Gen9 was announced to be available on 11/5 and Apple has a major hardware update announcement scheduled on 10/30. Problem is that the event focused on Desktop/Gaming 165W processors and Apple doesn't use them. Of course the new Xeon does look like a very high performance road to the new Mac Pro!
Why would you see it as a sarcastic action?
Perhaps it would be a heartfelt "FINALLY!" "Thank you for affirming your commitment to the Mac line!" "We were beginning to wonder..."
Hope so (and not your other scenario ... which did make me chuckle
)... or this (and it's not even limited to iMac/MP/MM, note machine in the background
)In other words, like the same beige box that everyone else has produced since the late 1990s, right?
Apple made them from aluminum. They looked pretty nice.
Apple’s never really cared about a few random users stealing their OS. Mac sales are driven by business, pro, and home users who have no interest in trying to keep a Hackintosh going.
If Apple ever decides to care about Hackintoshes, they’ll lock MacOS down tight so fast your head will spin
I think you are on to something. Apple just doesn’t seem interested in the entry level laptop market. They are very much committed to the iPad Pro, which they see as overlapping with the entry level laptop. I am not defending their position here......it just seems to be the way they are operating.
Frankly, I don't see Apple putting a lot of development resources into a new entry level laptop......especially one priced at $999. I think it is more likely that they will offer a stripped down 128GB version of the rMB with last year’s specs for $999.
My guess is it’ll start around the same price point as the current $899 8GB/256GB model. Could be $999-1,299 depending on the specs/config.
Regarding the MacBook Pros, I thought I'd heard rumblings about AMD releasing some new Vega GPUs sometime soon, though those may not be the mobile chips like I'd like to think at the moment and may not come out until next year, anyway. Something to think about, anyway. Oh, and they could fix the keyboard (for good, this time!) at least. I'd like more ports, myself, but there're only so many PCIe lanes to go around, so dongle purgatory it is…
It sounds like we're 100% guaranteed new Mac minis next week but if they're not released then we keep waiting.
There’s a 28-core W-series Xeon now, W-3175X. Could easily be a $10+k part though. It has a high TDP so Apple would need a custom SKU if they decide to add a 28-core CPU to the lineup. Using lower-binned parts and locked to a lower frequency I could see pricing around $4k.
The most likely CPU candidates (i5-8265U and i7-8565U) both have x16 lanes of PCI 3.0, so they could theoretically support two Titan Ridge TB3 controllers.
However, in order to keep the costs and parts counts down to the minimum, I believe that Apple is going to put two USB 3.1 Gen 2 ports (one on either side, plus audio jack), since Gen 2 support is integrated into the CPU's built-in PCH and provides a natural Pro versus Consumer delineation for Apple to upsell users to a 13" MacBook Pro.
Apple is now pushing USB-C harder than it is Thunderbolt 3, because it has wider appeal, lower cost of entry and, frankly, USB is now as fast as Thunderbolt 1 was, but it is still good, old familiar USB.
I expect as a result of this, the 12" MacBook will move to Amber Lake 5w Y-Series and its single USB-C port will also move to Gen 2.
Apple has probably figured out how to get the 12" model to 1TB SSD and longer battery life, but both will be capped at 16GB or LPDDR3 (probably 2133MHz, possibly still 1866MHz). 802.11ac Wave 2 and Bluetooth 5.0 round out the rest of the features.
Hopefully, they are able to equip both MacBook models with P3 wide color Retina Displays.
For me, I am looking for something mind numbingly simple. I have an iPad for my mobile computing needs. I have a monitor, keyboard and mouse. I just need a simple Mac desktop to replace my clamshelled MBA when it gives up th ghost. For me, Apple does not need to overachieve with the new Mac Mini:
- Update the processor
- 8gb RAM on base model
- 128 GB SSD standard
- Perhaps replace an existing port with USB-C
2.3 GHz Core i5 (I5-8259U) (Quad Core) from MacBookPro 13” Touch Bar
Iris Plus Graphics 655
8GB 2400MHz DDR4 memory
1TB HDD standard, 1TB Fusion Drive and 256GB, 512GB, 1TB SSD storage upgrades available
$699
2.6 GHz Core i5 (I5-8269U) (Quad Core) (not currently used in any Apple product but it’s a drop in replacement for the I5-8259U, and a prototype may have been benchmarked, search GeekBench Browser for I5-8269U)
Iris Plus Graphics 655
8GB 2400Hz DDR4 memory
1TB Fusion Drive or 256GB SSD standard, 512GB, 1TB SSD storage upgrades available
$999
2.7 GHz Core i7 (I7-8559U) +$300
16GB upgrade +$200
32GB upgrade +$600
Update After Apple Event
Wow, I could not be more wrong. Apple went with desktop class processors and user upgradeable memory, I love it but my pocket book hates it.
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Only that Apple will be going out of business soon, and should just return the money for their stock purchases back to the investors...
Since Apple offers the MacBook with only USB-C, I wonder if a differentiating feature of the MacBook Pro over the MacBook family will be Thunderbolt. I really don't understand the place of the Air in the lineup anymore. It started as the Apple ultrabook but the MacBook is now smaller. I understand MacBook vs MacBook Pro, but the Air just seems like a machine whose time has passed.
Hopefully they will at least add two USB/TB ports. One port which is also used to charge is rather limiting.
Hopefully they will at least add two USB/TB ports. One port which is also used to charge is rather limiting.
Which explains how they are doing so badly in customer satisfaction and valuation, right?
Yes I think the new MBA replacement will be USB-C 3.1 gen 1 or gen 2 only. No Thunderbolt 3. It could come to the MB line (and by that I mean 5W Y-series) when TB3 is supported on-package, which I think is Ice Lake.
The Air has one purpose: $999. It’s probably Apple’s single best-selling notebook model, for this very reason. Any replacement will hit that same price point. I don’t expect retina at that price but it’s definitely to have a much better display.
I hope there is an iMac redesign. It's had the same design for 6 years, and from the front, it's looked relatively the same since 2007. It could use a serious bezel reduction and redesigned fan system for new processors. I'm betting on just a refresh though.
That all sounds very specific ... a little __too__ specific if you ask me ...
I like it! Add a couple of decent eGPU options in a matching, stackable chassis and I'm sold
Thanks for the info. Really helpful! so I honestly appreciate it.
Still, I will hold back 1 week just in case maybe they make some small updates - never know.
1 week of waiting I can handle... I hope
You are welcome, glad to help! Unless your workflow really needs a MacBook Pro, you may find that this new MacBook (Air) replacement is all that you need. Counting down the days and hours now.
The mac mini will be retired & replaced by the mac micro. All flash & same size as 
TV, maybe ARM, with the same useful ports aka 2 usb c, & of course, obligatory $400 increase & no way of upgrading. The smaller they make 'em the more they can ship, remember this is the new !
TV, maybe ARM, with the same useful ports aka 2 usb c, & of course, obligatory $400 increase & no way of upgrading. The smaller they make 'em the more they can ship, remember this is the new !