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Apple Registers Three New Macs in Eurasia Ahead of Thursday's 'Hello Again' Event
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The new 13 Air will likely replace the MacBook Pro with CD-ROM as the new, old fashioned, entry level.
It does not make sense to sell a 12" and a 13" version of the same computer. One of the two would be cannibalised. A 14" would have much more sense, leaving 13 and 15 for the MBP. It would be typically Apple.
It does not make sense to sell a 12" and a 13" version of the same computer. One of the two would be cannibalised. A 14" would have much more sense, leaving 13 and 15 for the MBP. It would be typically Apple.
Apple should justI et rid of them"Air" line altogether. Makes no sense. The MacBooks are just as light & thin. They should phase out the macbook airs and just have a 11" or 12" MacBook, a 13" MacBook and a 13" & 15" MacBook pros. Keep it simple.
Nobody really cares about Microsoft or their events. But the whole world will stop to see what Apple has to announce on Thursday.
Personally, I think Apple will just have some special cable that can break away, like Griffin already has:
https://griffintechnology.com/us/breaksafe-magnetic-usb-c-power-cable
It might be an improved design of course.
An A10X MacBook capable of running macOS with iOS 10 apps in windowed mode would be interesting. It immediately would resolve the app gap. Apples like Office on iPad are pretty much mature. An Excel guru told me once, Excel on iOS is way more powerful than Excel 2003.
Except iOS is already pretty much running the same kernel as macOS, so running full macOS on A10x probably wouldn't require a huge amount of engineering.
They kept developing OS X in parallel on PPC and Intel for years… it wouldn't surprise me one bit if they've been doing the same with the A-series chips, getting ready to make the switch when the price/performance/power consumption balance was right.
They kept developing OS X in parallel on PPC and Intel for years… it wouldn't surprise me one bit if they've been doing the same with the A-series chips, getting ready to make the switch when the price/performance/power consumption balance was right.
Being that they are consecutive model numbers, I highly doubt it would be two Macbook Pros and an Air. Now, I could see 3 Macbook Pros, 13",15",17".
Apple often has consecutive model numbers on ios devices like iphones, where a different model number would be a different cellular chip (att, verizon, unlocked.. ect)
Maybe the new 13" mac has a cellular chip?? haha.. that's just ridiculous.
Hopefully they will announce a plethora of new hardware, but only these 3 new models will be available immediately.
Apple has routinely announced new hardware but given several months lead time until it can be purchased...
Apple often has consecutive model numbers on ios devices like iphones, where a different model number would be a different cellular chip (att, verizon, unlocked.. ect)
Maybe the new 13" mac has a cellular chip?? haha.. that's just ridiculous.
Hopefully they will announce a plethora of new hardware, but only these 3 new models will be available immediately.
Apple has routinely announced new hardware but given several months lead time until it can be purchased...
If you're right, Apple computers will become even more irrelevant than if they just ignored them and sold all the current models for another two years.
Going to ARM based macs would increase sales in one respect - sales of refurbished and used intel macs by people stampeding to get the last best version of the intel machines.
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If you had ever worked in a professional environment where powerful workstations like the mac pro are your primary machines you would understand how important it is to have some kind of roadmap.
This "surprise we have a new model" stuff is great when it comes to the iDevices.
It's completely messed up to do the same with pro hardware.
There is a reason why so many companies jumped ship.
And I am afraid I will have to do the same...
Watch bands that offer specific encryption. Very funny idea. Of course there will be new bands.
And just what would the end user do for software?
I was here for the last couple of processor jumps. If Apple switched to their own processors, it would be at least 5 years before one could expect to have the equivalent of what is currently available, if they move their product to the new architecture at all.
Yeah, it would be about 5 years - companies can't do this on a dime, and most are on 24 month cycles.
Updating the 13" Air (which I seriously doubt will be called the Air - just 13" MacBook) with only USB-C and no retina makes absolutely no sense. NO ONE will buy it! When the 12" MacBook debuted, all anyone wanted was an updated Air with Retina. Neglecting the screen and adding USB-C - a port that is not yet mainstream - will only anger people further. My guess is the 13" will have a more powerful processor (not a mobile processor), retina, AND USB-C ports - probably two of them. True Tone is a wildcard. This is a no-brainer for Apple.
I agree to a point. The iMac is certainly sufficient for a lot of what people need to do, but the whole point of an Mac pro was to offer up a premium design that has options the iMac doesn't. The "bring your own peripherals" work of desktop computers is being completely ignored. Multiple monitors on an iMac is possible but not ideal, and there's still no 5K standalone monitor from Apple. It's arguable that even if they announce one that it'll be price comparable to what's out there.
More at issue though is the fact that they're still selling these machines with hardware inside that is three years behind the curve for *the same price* as when they were released. It's madness. They must either discontinue or update. I don't care if it's a niche market, you need to at least cater to that market if you want to keep having offerings. What if someone wanted to sell you a 2013 Toyota for the same price as a 2016 one? Would you buy? This purgatory that Apple's got thier desktop users in is a *hit show. I myself use a Mac Mini as a HTPC, and I know of people who use them as servers. These need to be upgraded for people who want to keep doing so since Xserve went away. No one's going to set up a server farm of iMacs--the screens are pointless.
The fact that Apple has let their pro tools languish and in the case of Aperture vanish altogether is also bad news for their user base.
At the very least, they need to choose if they're going to stop offering the Mac Pro and upgrade if they choose to keep offering it, and update the Mac Mini to modern specs already.
Removing magsafe for a port that could probably break off or rip your Mac off the table? Genuise!
Just leave MagSafe,seriously, there is no reasoning for removing it. It's a Pro Model, it's not supposed to be thinner and compromise usability. Hence the creation of the Air.
Just leave MagSafe,seriously, there is no reasoning for removing it. It's a Pro Model, it's not supposed to be thinner and compromise usability. Hence the creation of the Air.
Better yet, a revolutionary transformative color!...In three months it will become Shiny Oil-Stained and Scratched Matte Black. :/
If they increase battery life I'm fine with removal of Magsafe. My iPad Pro doesn't have it and I don't miss it at all. Use it all day, charge it at night. And don't forget about wireless charging. Maybe not this time around, but someday soon (one would hope!)Removing magsafe for a port that could probably break off or rip your Mac off the table? Genuise!
Just leave MagSafe,seriously, there is no reasoning for removing it. It's a Pro Model, it's not supposed to be thinner and compromise usability. Hence the creation of the Air.