Apple to "Completely Overhaul" the iPad, iMac, iPhone and MacBook Air in 2012?

[Rocketman]

I interpret this to mean the long awaited switch to real 4G, almost exclusively ARM chips, and possibly even the elimination of voice hardware, or emphasis on voice hardware. Data only devices, real 4G, fast 3G and even default to 2G.

Expect to see sim-less devices as well.

Rocketman

 

[FrankHahn]

A short time ago I suggested in a post about making wireless the main computing unit of desktop Macs. We can then use a desktop computer with only the display, much like using an iPad but with the full power of a desktop Mac. If the display is also made thin, light-weighted, and multi-touchable, we can use a full power Mac in the same way as we use an iPad.

When the speed and reliability of internet become feasible, we can do our computing in the cloud using a device like an iPad. Therefore, a computer in the future will be just a thin and light-weighted multi-touchable board.

 

[xFenixKnightx]

Incoming slimmer, lighter, Retina screen iPad 3 and iPhone 5! I like it!!!

Also, quick question, guys. How do I update my sig up in this mug? I cant find the option anywhere!

 

[KPOM]

They do need to do something drastic to stop Androids domination of the smartphone industry. I think it will be too little too late though.

It isn't as if there is going to be a single "winner." This isn't a sports competition. There is ample room in the market for two or even three major operating systems.

 

[kazmac]

as long as they keep

the Mac Mini and Mac Pro, I personally do not mind what they do with the rest.

If the product lines mentioned in the article mean the ONLY product lines Apple will continue, then I will hope the iPad can do everything my iMac does (apps to take full advantage of online courses, design and screenwriting) by the time I'm ready to retire this last iMac of mine.

And if the aforementioned product lines will be all that is left of Apple computer, very sad indeed.

 

[Pegamush]

When the speed and reliability of internet become feasible, we can do our computing in the cloud using a device like an iPad. Therefore, a computer in the future will be just a thin and light multi-touchable board.

ehmm, even with infinite computational power and infinite bandwidth, data takes time (ms) to travel from your device to the cloud, you simply can't do real time computing with the cloud..

inside a processor is important that some units are close together (fraction of an inch) to avoid latencies, what will happen if you stream data hundreds of miles from you??

 

[76ShovelHead]

In regards to a new iMac,

Make us proud, Johnny!

My mind doesn't have the ability to try and think of what the next iteration will look like, I'm just flabbergasted

No but seriously, I love the iMac –I still have my original Bondi Blue around here somewhere, and I can't wait to see the design that's supposed (and will I'm sure) trump Ive's current masterpiece.

 

[vitzr]

Black Bezel. Its the one thing that stopped me buying, it doesn't fit with Apple's current design.

Absolutely fitting that you'd let style stop you. After all it's to be displayed like artwork, not used.

No wonder Steve declared it the Post PC Era, he knew that huge numbers of his followers really had no use for a computer anyway. Angry Birds on a tablet is the perfect solution.

 

[B.A.T]

I really hope the iMac gets a decent size SSD and loses the disc drive

 

[0098386]

If Apple drop the optical drive I'm going to have to either buy an external and clutter up my desk, or buy a different machine when the time comes.

 

[Shanpdx]

bring SSDs to the mac line

next iPad - slim down, not sure 4G will be available or not

next iPhone - slim down, 4G, bigger screen.

Yes, Apple will be updating and releasing their products even after Steve. no news really move on.

 

[Piggie]

They do need to do something drastic to stop Androids domination of the smartphone industry. I think it will be too little too late though.

The only way they can do that is to offer different models at different price points.
And perhaps a couple of different screen sizes, the original and a 4.2" model.

People are not robots and love variety, in almost every other thing you buy, you get to select which model you want. If Apple don't offer a choice, then in time other companies will.

It's as simple as that.

Not everyone wants to be the same as everyone else.

 

[duffmanth]

The changes I would like to see are an updated Macbook Pro line and an updated iPhone hopefully with a larger screen and an aluminum back plate.

 

[vitzr]

When the speed and reliability of internet become feasible, we can do our computing in the cloud using a device like an iPad. Therefore, a computer in the future will be just a thin and light-weighted multi-touchable board.

Yeah, and George Jetson will have neumatic tires on his car for touring around Bedrock...

 

[gpat]

iMac - will probably lose the optical drive (not saying it's the best thing to do, but Apple will probably do it anyway), a matte option would be great but I wouldn't get hopes too high.

Mac Mini - fine for its market audience

Mac Pro - bigger, better, stronger, faster

MacBook Air - 3G please, possible rename to MacBook

MacBook Pro - the 13" could probably get axed (hope not), the rest could lose superdrive (really hope so) and get slimmer/more powerful.

And, please, 16/32GB SSD for system and most important apps. On everything. Please.

 

[oiuh151]

Oh, and let's kill any silly talk of "if they remove the optical drive, they'll be able to do... (insert one of the following: 'make it thinner', 'add more battery life', 'give it a better GPU', add in another drive', etc.)" or "MacBook Pros with full SSDs" (as opposed to half-SSDs?) or "iMacs with desktop class GPUs that are just as thin" because either you've taken some of the current machines apart and therefore know that these lines of thought are physically impossible or you don't in which case it's all fantasy talk, and if we're here to talk fantasy, then how about the 15" MacBook Air with a quad-core Ivy Bridge i7, the AMD Radeon HD 6990M, and internal Blu-Ray Drive and ten hour battery life (with 30 day standby time) that's even thinner than the current MacBook Airs?

Because really, that's the machine to want out of this if we're disregarding rationality and the laws of physics.

No one is talking about a 15" MacBook Air with a 45W processor and powerful GPU.

We're talking about removing something which takes up almost a quarter of the machine in some cases which can lead to some much better advancements. The writing is on the wall for the optical drive as proven with the current refresh of the Mac Mini which allowed for a discrete GPU to be added to it. You'll be biting your words come next year.

 

[vitzr]

Not everyone wants to be the same as everyone else.

Except the two legged iPeople that exist in AppleLand. Where choice is feared & iToys rule. So unaware, they repeated the mantra "Steve knew what they wanted before they did". Sad, very sad. At least Steve left Siri behind to watch over them.

 

[wankey]

I haven't used the CDROM in my macbook pro since I realized how to get Snow Leopard on a USB for a long time now.

I've never taken out my battery other than to take the device apart to fix a fan or add ram.

I do programming and photoshop and use the laptop for work a lot of the times.

Make it happen Apple! I'd rather have an extra harddrive / SSD in the space of that HUGE and bulky CDROM.

 

[Pegamush]

If Apple drop the optical drive I'm going to have to either buy an external and clutter up my desk, or buy a different machine when the time comes.

i guess/hope the imac will have the optical drive for another year. it's inexpensive and still useful for some people..

 

[hexx]

I'd love to see MBP and MBA to be merged into one, called MacBook, keep Air's design, drop optical drive, bring on 30 days stand-by. dropping optical drive will give you more space for battery or better cooling.

I don't mind buying external optical drive, I use mine only to rip CDs - that's all, all soft I buy is from MAS or a digital download (for apps which are not on MAS).

iMac - design like ACD would be really cool
Apple TV - 1080p option please
MacPro - keep it, there are lot of scientists using it (at least from what I've heard)
MacMini - tough one, there are people out there who praise it, I was thinking about buying one for some time but am still hoping for 1080p AppleTV

My dream would be quadcore MacBook with design like 13" MacBook Air.

Is it time to use SSD as default yet, or still expensive, don't know, I replaced HDD with SSD in my laptop and I've paid £150 for Vertex 2.

Bring on TB devices (external HW renderers, gaming gfx cards, video/music devices)

 

[ppdix]

Mac pro???????????

 

[Misaki]

What I think is that Apple is going to "completely overhaul" the devices just to have a consistent look across them, nothing too substantial.

If you take a look at what is rumored for the iPhone 5 and then apply that to all the other devices it makes sense:

-Flat screens that are edge-to-edge (Mac Pro and Mac Mini don't have screens, so they aren't listed.)
-Completely Glass front/back.

So on the Macbook Pro, they'd be shaving off more of the wasted space. I don't see them disposing of optical drive just yet, because "Pro's" wouldn't buy them since there would be no way to burn dvd's. Apple is about selling solutions, so unless the Mac Pro line being culled is true and they're abandoning the Prosumer/Professional market entirely, removing the drive doesn't yet make sense.

The MacBook Air, again shaving off some of the screen frame, the Keyboard in my opinion is the problem, because you can only make the keys so small before people complain.

It seems a bit silly to go the full-glass route for the laptops since it doesn't do heat dissipation as good as metal. Even throw-away laptops made by HP use metal for the bottom of the laptop where the motherboard and cooling is.

For the iMac, they certainly aren't going to be put desktop CPU/GPU's in them because that would reduce their volume discount on the parts they use in the laptops. What I figure is that they'll try for edge-to-edge glass.

If they're planning on getting rid of the Mac Pro, maybe they could come out with a "iMac Pro" instead that has several Thunderbolt ports. This solves most of the reasons for buying the Mac Pro except for the Multiple GPU configuration. (No TB can not be used to for external video cards because it only has 4 PCIe lanes) Apple could then licence OS X out to workstation OEM's as long as they only produce models Dual Processor models.

 

[GorgonPhone]

i will laugh like hell if they release an iphone4S2 that looks just like the 4s but
has a quad core cpu
12 mega cam and
724 megs or am..lolololoo
and super siri​

 

[Chupa Chupa]

I'd love to see MBP and MBA to be merged into one, called MacBook

I think there is still a need for a full powered, full featured laptop like the pro and merging the two lines is apt to confuse consumers. I agree, the "pro" could drop the optical drive, but it must have a full array of internal ports as it currently does. No TB to whatever Dongles!. That defeats the point of a full featured laptop.

Also (in my dreams because I know this isn't the direction Apple is going) I'd like to see the MBP have the ability for 2 standard 2.5" or 1.8" SSDs (use the space where optical went for the other one) -- none of that proprietary or soldered stuff in the Air. That is fine for that machine, but a pro machine needs to be more user updatable and less disposable.

 

[hexx]

i will laugh like hell if they release an iphone4S2 that looks just like the 4s but
has a quad core cpu
12 mega cam and
724 megs or am..lolololoo
and super siri​

I'm perfectly happy with iPhone 4/4S design, industrial, clean and size is just right. I don't want larger phone