Apple Registers Several New Mac Models in Eurasia Ahead of October 30 Event

[kissmo]

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.

I would but I really need MBP for heavy Photoshop, LR and Album Design.
And top this with FCP X and Linux & Windows on VM.... so yes.... MBP with 32 GB Ram for sure....

Currently I have a rMBP 13 2015 and it's slow in PS.
I had an iMac which died out of warranty so I had to do a Hackintosh temporarily which runs pretty darn smooth although I cannot upgrade to Mojave due to Nvidia not having updated WebDrivers.
One Mac Mini 2012 core i7 used mainly for Plex and File Sharing & Backups - not planning to upgrade now since it's behaving nice.

So now, I need a portable machine on the filed with some horse power under the hood and I am itching in every place you can imagine for these new MBP 2008. They look super sexy and behave incredibly well.

Anyway, it's better to wait 1 week for my salary to kick in so I don't have to go on my credit card to such a large minus

 

[justperry]

Because he gets a better laptop and saves about $700 at the same time.

Which lasts for 3 years, has no resale value, runs an awful OS.



Seems like (Maybe) I was of by 6 month with my (Mac Mini) prediction, lets see what we get.

 

[Zdigital2015]

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.

Considering that probably the closest analog to the 3175x is the Xeon Platinum 8180, which costs $10,000.00, according to the ARK, uses a FCPGA-3467 socket and Intel recommends liquid cooling, how and if it ends up in the Mac Pro lineup is definitely intriguing to me. I looked for pricing on the 3175X and Intel is being coy on just how much we can expect to see it retail for when it is released. I would think anywhere between $4,000 and $5,000 USD is realistic, especially given the price tag for what is now the rather mild Core i9-9980XE, which should come in at around $2,000 - $2,500 when it is released.

I can see Apple possibly using the Xeon Gold CPUs, which would gracefully support 2 CPU versions, but the TDP is 200w for the Gold 6154, so you are looking at 800w just to support two Xeon Golds and a Radeon Vega 64. I think people are going to be shocked when the pricing of a single CPU Mac Pro with a Vega 64, 48GB of DRAM and a 1TB SSD starts at $5000 with no monitor and just goes up from there.

Fun times ahead!
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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...

Surely cannot wait to ask those people how much Dell tracking stock they currently own...

 

[dbri306]

Maybe it’s the none Touch Bar MacBook Pro.

Indeed, my kids are professional software developers and they use mostly shortcuts and nearly never Touch Bar.

 

[groadyho]

Which lasts for 3 years, has no resale value, runs an awful OS.



Seems like (Maybe) I was of by 6 month with my (Mac Mini) prediction, lets see what we get.

My 6yr old Toshiba Satelite Pro running win10 says otherwise. ;>)~

 

[Niklas_nick]

It’s too soon for this. I can’t imagine a reality where they’d drop an update so soon. The last time it was even close to that close I believe was the early 2013 to late 2013.

Update : I stand corrected. Still... we’d be looking at a twice as soon update as the lowest one to date.

There aren’t really newer processors out and storage and ram will probably keep the same options, so if a new tbMBP gets released, it must have some other update - maybe new trackpads to work with a new pencil? Which would also fit into the arts theme with the logos and the location.

 

[RumorConsumer]

There aren’t really newer processors out and storage and ram will probably keep the same options, so if a new tbMBP gets released, it must have some other update - maybe new trackpads to work with a new pencil? Which would also fit into the arts theme with the logos and the location.

Like a mid 2014 to mid 2015 upgrade but without the CPU (added force touch and faster SSDs I think). We'll see, wont we.

 

[Manzanito]

Apple made them from aluminum. They looked pretty nice.

They looked gorgeous and were very good at what they were supposed to be good. Unlike the last attempt at reinventing the wheel innovated by Phil Schiller’s ass.
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There aren’t really newer processors out and storage and ram will probably keep the same options, so if a new tbMBP gets released, it must have some other update - maybe new trackpads to work with a new pencil? Which would also fit into the arts theme with the logos and the location.

Maybe new keyboards?

 

[RumorConsumer]

They looked gorgeous and were very good at what they were supposed to be good. Unlike the last attempt at reinventing the wheel innovated by Phil Schiller’s ass.
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Maybe new keyboards?

Im more a promoter than detractor of Apple and I try to call them like I see them. That being said, a 100 day release cycle for MBP will have 2018 buyers *rabid*.

 

[homegrownhero]

So I forgot how this works.
Does each variant have their own numbers (i.e an i7 would have a different number than an i5) or no? Because if they do then those 4 numbers can be wasted so fast for things other than the Mac Mini and its variants.

 

[Joe The Dragon]

Considering that probably the closest analog to the 3175x is the Xeon Platinum 8180, which costs $10,000.00, according to the ARK, uses a FCPGA-3467 socket and Intel recommends liquid cooling, how and if it ends up in the Mac Pro lineup is definitely intriguing to me. I looked for pricing on the 3175X and Intel is being coy on just how much we can expect to see it retail for when it is released. I would think anywhere between $4,000 and $5,000 USD is realistic, especially given the price tag for what is now the rather mild Core i9-9980XE, which should come in at around $2,000 - $2,500 when it is released.

I can see Apple possibly using the Xeon Gold CPUs, which would gracefully support 2 CPU versions, but the TDP is 200w for the Gold 6154, so you are looking at 800w just to support two Xeon Golds and a Radeon Vega 64. I think people are going to be shocked when the pricing of a single CPU Mac Pro with a Vega 64, 48GB of DRAM and a 1TB SSD starts at $5000 with no monitor and just goes up from there.

Fun times ahead!
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Surely cannot wait to ask those people how much Dell tracking stock they currently own...

it does not need to start with an 1TB SSD or an upper range video card.

 

[Zdigital2015]

it does not need to start with an 1TB SSD or an upper range video card.

It’s a Mac Pro, and Apple has already set a precedent with the iMac Pro, so I expect those will be the bare minimum specs (48GB/1TB SSD), although a Vega 56 might be the base GPU instead.

The $5000 USD base price is a given, however. I expect a base CPU of 10-cores, maybe 12.
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intel --> amd is a very small change vs X86-64 ---> arm

iOS is based on macOS already, macOS ran on a PowerPC, which is a RISC-based CPU, so its not really a big change at all. The puzzle pieces are all in place...it is just a matter of time until Apple can replace most, if not all of Intel’s CPU offerings. It may take several years. Right now, this is all in a state of flux.

One thing that is not in flux is that Apple is never going to switch to AMD CPUs.

 

[762999]

I hope the new iMac gets thinner bezel.

it will probably have soldered fan blades!

 

[highvoltage12v]

This Amazon page shows A1932 as a new MacBook Air with 3 Type C ports. https://www.amazon.com/MacBook-Pro-Inch-Hard-Case/dp/B07J6H2577
Could be a complete Photoshop but I doubt it.

 

[Zdigital2015]

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 have never been able to get the SD card into the slot without turning the iMac to the side...the 2010 iMac I had before with the SD card on the side was infinitely more convenient...and visible, but I digress.

 

[Nismo73]

I have never been able to get the SD card into the slot without turning the iMac to the side...the 2010 iMac I had before with the SD card on the side was infinitely more convenient...and visible, but I digress.

You have to reach around and feel for the slot...then insert.

 

[Tech198]

When the Mac mini is updated can the crowd unleash deafening applause just to make a point.

you mean like scream in terror ? Ya, i can do that.

 

[MrJeffreyGee]

Come ooon Mac Mini update!!!

 

[98winds]

Applause... you'll have.

The problem is hearing multiple orgasms at every few sentences. Please, Apple staff, behave. Wait 'till after the event for your virtual orgy.

Thank You.

 

[curmudgeonette]

So I forgot how this works.
Does each variant have their own numbers (i.e an i7 would have a different number than an i5) or no?

Each case design gets an A-number. The iMacs have been on the same numbers since the last major case redesign. The 2017's even kept the same numbers even though the port configuration changed slightly. Conversely, the 2018 MBPs got new numbers even though externally there should have been no change - perhaps something with the new keyboard revision called for a new case number.

The filing includes all existing models. All we know about existing model numbers is that Apple won't discontinue any of them without intending to ship at least some product with Mojave preinstalled.

 

[RumorConsumer]

Each case design gets an A-number. The iMacs have been on the same numbers since the last major case redesign. The 2017's even kept the same numbers even though the port configuration changed slightly. Conversely, the 2018 MBPs got new numbers even though externally there should have been no change - perhaps something with the new keyboard revision called for a new case number.

The filing includes all existing models. All we know about existing model numbers is that Apple won't discontinue any of them without intending to ship at least some product with Mojave preinstalled.

So in other words these filings do indicate something new about the Macbook Pro?? My sense is that its to indicate that they now ship with Mojave. Was this your meaning?

and - https://9to5mac.com/2018/10/24/appl...-eurasian-database-ahead-of-october-30-event/

 

[InuNacho]

We need a 2018 version of this event.

What, the release of Apple's version of Windows Vista?

 

[Dave245]

This Amazon page shows A1932 as a new MacBook Air with 3 Type C ports. https://www.amazon.com/MacBook-Pro-Inch-Hard-Case/dp/B07J6H2577
Could be a complete Photoshop but I doubt it.

When I just clicked on the link it came up as a MacBook Pro 15”

 

[curmudgeonette]

When I just clicked on the link it came up as a MacBook Pro 15”

You have to select the "size". The installed pictures are on a variety of models: One is on a rMB12, while another seems to be a MBP13 of some sort.

Interestingly, this listing also has another unknown A-number: A1931. This was listed in Apple's previous filing earlier this year, but never used. This appears to be an alternate number for the rMB12.

 

[rmoliv]

Are the new products available to order right after the event on October 30th?
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The model designations:
A1989: MBP13 w/TB 2018

This is the model I have. Wondering why would they update a model that was last updated about three months ago?