Apple to Introduce New Macs at October 27 Event

[elmaco]

What if your camera uses CF? (Many pro models do) or XQD (high end Nikons and Sonys) or some of the other formats that pros use. Or if you have a legacy camera or need to support a bunch of formats.

So why did Jobs put it in there in the first place? It's not like SD cards are being used less today, on the contrary, or there is a good alternative. I can't transfer pictures using Wifi or Bluetooth.

Why do you want to remove it? To get 30 seconds more battery time? Cut the cost of the product by $5

Sorry, I don't see the case.

 

[Appleaker]

I was okay with removing the headphone jack from the iPhone. But damn it, having a full-fledged, ready-to-go HDMI out on the rMBP is a fantastic feature. Please don't let that go.

It is amazing - The original RMBPs were ahead of other competing notebooks when it came to ports... it's a shame they'll let that go.

 

[Karma*Police]

Mark my words, these will be sold out/backordered for weeks. There has never been this much pent-up demand for a Mac lineup. Super excited for this.

Considering they're pushing the announcement to "barely in time for the holiday shopping season", I'm guessing it will be a double whammy: pent up demand and not enough supply.

I just hope I don't have to wake up at 3am like I did for the iPhone to pre-order one.

 

[CatBookPro]

A dongle-less cable? What kind of witchcraft is this.

Sorcery!!!

If they actually do away with some of the ports, maybe they'll have proper hubs / adapters that don't suck (I have a rMB, and have USB3 "port envy" lol).

 

[brianvictor7]

And no floppy drive either

Lol! Very well played. I haven't used my SD card slot on my MacBook ... ever. That is for pro-photographers. The rest of use our iPhones and the Thunderbolt connection.

 

[fastasleep]

Also wondering, with the talk of elimination of ports on the MB Pro, what they'll ditch on the new iMacs (should there be any). I'm really hoping i can connect the devices I have without resorting to a dongle farm hanging off the back of the iMac. At least give me the standard T-Bolt ports so I can connect my Apogee audio interface and a Thunderbolt dock - from which I can connect most other things...

They'll be Thunderbolt 3 over USB-C, so you can get a dock for your plethora of old cables.

 

[Traverse]

(as I have with the MacBook, iPhone SE, 7, AirPods,

You've got the AirPods already?! Nice!

 

[Daniel Reed]

This means a new Mac mini is almost certainly coming

Why? Apple is only updating select Macs that include built-in screens.

Expect to only see the following Macs updated moving forward:

MacBook
MacBook Pro
iMac
(possible iMac Pro)

 

[jdiamond]

It's gonna be a LONG 9 days - reminds me of waiting for the original iPad announcement - except that this is something people really need. Well, I'm off to wait in line.

 

[brianvictor7]

Considering they're pushing the announcement to "barely in time for the holiday shopping season", I'm guessing it will be a double whammy: pent up demand and not enough supply.

I just hope I don't have to wake up at 3am like I did for the iPhone to pre-order one.

Reminds me of 2009 when I got my iMac. Had to run around to a few stores to get one.

 

[dantracht]

Very cool for those that need to upgrade. As for me, happy with the 2015 15" rMBP I got 2 months ago, and my 2012 13" non-rMBP is still plugging away as well. No regrets, no desire to upgrade. I like having the legacy port options on both and the disc drive on my older MacBook Pro, which is semi-retired to house duty. I hope everyone gets what they want!

 

[brianvictor7]

Why? Apple is only updating select Macs that include built-in screens.

Expect to only see the following Macs updated moving forward:

MacBook
MacBook Pro
iMac
(possible iMac Pro)

Mac Mini has always been lowest priority, but we won't know until the event.

 

[Traverse]

For the love of God, Mac Mini please.

Core M update with no less than TWO USB-C ports! "Users will love how it doesn't plug into their current monitor."

 

[Appleaker]

While mbp demand may increase, the demand for other macs might decrease. Well..it's happening. Lot of Mac users went to Pv or hack.

Yeah, it's such a shame to see. However if Apple sort themselves out I think many of those users will come back. But to be honest, it doesn't look like thats going to happen. Tim says he loves the Mac, and while we will get revolutionary upgrades this month, I still find it difficult to believe given the extended refresh cycles.
He knows about markets and figures, I feel like he is trying to make Macs behind PCs so the sales go down and he can say "iPad Pro is outselling our whole Mac lineup".

 

[keysofanxiety]

Actually, a 64 GB SD card can store an hour of 4K video at 100 Mbps. And there are 512 GB SD cards.

Come on Ben. We both know that this technology meets the minimum functionality on paper. We also know the drawbacks with speed and reliability. Very few in the professional video industry would still exclusively use SD cards. They've moved onto bigger and better things.

We're talking a $20 adapter for legacy work. My original point was that I don't understand why people are so bitter about the SD card slot being removed.

 

[Traverse]

Where's Mac Pro?

In the vintage bin at Apple's new HQ.

 

[Appleaker]

jet black MacBook pro. make it happen, apple

There will be Black I think but it may be accompanied by Space Grey rather than Jet Black. it would be extremely hard to manufacture on the MacBook Pro, not to mention the scratches. Having said that, it would look amazing.... before you touch it.

 

[timcook_boyfriend]

horrible.

 

[Traverse]

Can the endless, whiney, "Where are the new Macs??" posts finally stop now?

They'll be replaced by:

• I hate the new keyboard
• Katy lake is just around the corner
• Outdated already
• Last year's GPU
• The OLED Touch bar is a gimmick.

 

[Appleaker]

In the vintage bin at Apple's new HQ.

It's probably used as a vintage bin.

 

[cambookpro]

In the vintage bin at Apple's new HQ.

I read that as 'is the vintage bin' and just imagined the corridors littered with 2013 Mac Pros as rubbish bins.

 

[Seouleats]

It's about fricken time. I tried to hold off by buying an iPad Pro. That was a productivity waster. You can't replace a mac.

 

[jdiamond]

So why did Jobs put it in there in the first place? It's not like SD cards are being used less today, on the contrary, or there is a good alternative. I can't transfer pictures using Wifi or Bluetooth.

Why do you want to remove it? To get 30 seconds more battery time? Cut the cost of the product by $5

Sorry, I don't see the case.

'Cause Apple wants you using your iPhone to take pictures, not your camera. This is the new Apple. "We only support ourselves."

 

[ginuz]

Thanks for the update Apple. It's ok for the USB-C ports, we expected those but... why removing SD card, HDMI and best-port-ever-invented-magsafe???? And I am terribly concerned about the headphone jack port... no mention for it at all... please, don't do it again!

 

[Appleaker]

What do I do with 4 USB-C ports??? I have nothing to plug into them.

Of course you do - the beautiful new range of $90 adapters.