Apple to Unveil New iPads, Retina iMacs, and OS X Yosemite on October 16

[MyopicPaideia]

Then riddle me this, Giskard. If any manufacturer on the planet is building an IPS monitor at the kind of low price-point you have in mind, how come we haven't heard of it? Apple isn't going to make a display itself, it's going to have to go to some supplier. and no company in the world has demonstrated the capacity at making an inexpensive iPS monitor (Apple asking $3500 for the Sharp model they offer as a MacPro add-on, although you can buy the same unit from Amazon for $3000). If a 27-in 4k iMac is going to be announced in less than two weeks, presumably it will be on the market no later than Dec. 1, in order to take advantage of the seasonal buying surge, and you are asking Apple to make a technological leap forward over the next couple of months which is in all probability impossible. And if it were possible, wouldn't the rumor mills be working overtime already?

On the other hand, if Apple sticks to TN technology it can probably bring in an iMac at a price not dramatically higher than the present model. A highly likely supplier would be Samsung, whose U28D590D, a well-received TN monitor has been on the market since June. Its current list price of $600 (which I believe was originally $700). If Apple made it worth their while, it would presumably be no great feat for Samsung to produce a revised version at 27" (if Apple went to a 28" iMac they'd have to do a lot of factory retooling to manufacture larger cases and a cascading series of resulting design changes, which might be quite expensive).

So, given the current industrial realities, I think we come down to one of two possible alternatives: a super-high-end IPS model at a price point, as I originally said, north of five grand, sold in addition the current model, or b.) a TN replacement iMac sold at essentially the same price as the current one.

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This might be a straw in the wind: http://www.cnet.com/news/intel-to-deliver-cheaper-4k-monitors-thanks-to-samsung-partnership/

I have to agree with this as well, unfortunately, especially taking into account that Apple cannot leverage the kind of volume purchase effect that they can with iDevice components. They just don't sell enough Macs, let alone iMacs, to bully the supply chain like they can with thier mobile devices.

 

[nexus4life]

iPad Air 2 needs 2 things for me to buy it:

2GB Ram
Touch ID

That's it.

 

[Lancer]

Damn it, I knew I shouldn't have gotten a new thin iMac almost 2 years ago :lol:

Time to start saving up.

 

[Mago]

My predictions:

(1) OS X Yomsemite final preview

Desktop Refresh:
(2) iMac - refresh plus retina model on high end
(3) Mac Mini - possible redesign
(4) Mac Pro - update to Haswell
(5) 5k Thunderbolt Display

(6) iPad Air 2 - 2gh ram, Touch ID, NFC, thinner, gold
(7) iOS 8.1 - possible screen splitting for iPad

No Apple TV or iPods.

iWork is getting an update, but not sure it'll be highlighted in the Keynote or not.

Photos may appear as a beta.

Mine:

1) 4K iMac 27" retina, 3K iMac 21 both Haswell update, black or space gray unibody. Same Price as current iMac.

2) Mac Pro update. ( HDMI2, 10GB nic, updated cpu gpu, DDR4, no more quad core model, from 6c and up), 6c/16gb cost same as 4c/12gb 2013.

3) iPad: new 12" model announcement, available early 2015,cureent mini and air gain cpu, ram and touch id, unlikely nfc. Bit cheaper.

4) 4K Cinema Display ultra slim, mini dp1.2, no Thunderbolt. 900$.

5) 12“ RetinaHD MacBook Air, Broadwell-M, fanless. 1000$

One more thing category (less likely but feasible):

6) new Mac Nano (500$, Broadwell-M, fanless, 128gb pcie ssd, soldered ram, no Thunderbolt, 2 mini display port 1.2, 4K Capable, small cube or cylinder like design).

7) xMac *Pro*, same Mac Pro but on Haswell-E + optional nVidia 9xx ( single/dual), 2.5 spinner and or ssd. 1500$ base 6c/8gb model single dGPU.

8) Stick like Apple TV, cheaper more powerful. 50$.

9) Apple NAS replacing Timecapsule (headless osx server on ARM, multiple 2.5 hot swappable spinners), 400$ base empty model.

 

[zipa]

Well, my iPad 2 can barely hold a charge and it is getting a bit long in the neck in general use as well. I also need GPS, which it does not have. So, unless Apple messes this up in a spectacular way, I'm getting one.

 

[tillsbury]

Mine:

1) 4K iMac 27" retina, 3K iMac 21 both Haswell update, black or space gray unibody. Same Price as current iMac.

2) Mac Pro update. ( HDMI2, 10GB nic, updated cpu gpu, DDR4, no more quad core model, from 6c and up), 6c/16gb cost same as 4c/12gb 2013.

3) iPad: new 12" model announcement, available early 2015,cureent mini and air gain cpu, ram and touch id, unlikely nfc. Bit cheaper.

4) 4K Cinema Display ultra slim, mini dp1.2, no Thunderbolt. 900$.

5) 12“ RetinaHD MacBook Air, Broadwell-M, fanless. 1000$

One more thing category (less likely but feasible):

6) new Mac Nano (500$, Broadwell-M, fanless, 128gb pcie ssd, soldered ram, no Thunderbolt, 2 mini display port 1.2, 4K Capable, small cube or cylinder like design).

7) xMac *Pro*, same Mac Pro but on Haswell-E + optional nVidia 9xx ( single/dual), 2.5 spinner and or ssd. 1500$ base 6c/8gb model single dGPU.

8) Stick like Apple TV, cheaper more powerful. 50$.

9) Apple NAS replacing Timecapsule (headless osx server on ARM, multiple 2.5 hot swappable spinners), 400$ base empty model.

Blimey! You're going to be a bit disappointed in a couple of weeks, methinks.

Retina iMac, new ipads with touchid, new OSX. That's enough for now. Would make sense to have a new TB display at the same time, since that's just an imac without the works.

If we're talking dreams, then I'd want a larger display, 30-32" retina, and an upgraded mac pro. Then I'd get those instead of a Retina iMac.

12" ipad and retina Air are next year, I reckon. There might be a slight bump to Halswell in the mini, but nothing bonkers I wouldn't have thought.

 

[charlituna]

Will there be an iPad Plus/Pro????

I'm going to say no. on the basis that the various leak sources would know by now that confirmation would be a big money issue and we haven't had the kind of leaks that the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus got. This close to the announcement they should have happened.

Same I fear to say with the Apple TV, especially if it is a real TV set.

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Hopefully we get a live stream without the Chinese voice-over this time.

my boyfriend hopes we do. he's been using rosetta stone to try to learn enough chinese to tell if he's talking to a reseller or not. says if we get another voiceover he can use it for practice.

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Anti-reflective laminated display...isn't that how Samsung attaches the display to their phones?

you forgot about the gap. very important feature

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I know several iPhone/iPad users that barely use 16GB of storage due to very light usage. I'm sure that's part of Apple's justification.

But that is no reason not to dump the 16 GB and sell the 32 GB at the same price. or keep the 16GB as well but reduce the price and ditch keeping the old model

 

[Cape Dave]

TN sucks hard.

 

[mmcneil]

I want 27" Retina Apple Display!!

Apple to Unveil New iPads, Retina iMacs, and OS X Yosemite on October 16[/url]

I personally am hoping for Retina 27" Apple Displays and 27" Retina iMac. I am planning on a purchase in Oct and really want a updated Display to go with a new 13" MacBook Pro

 

[stringent]

16th October is a Thursday ... Have Apple done anything on a Thursday before?! Hopefully Friday Preorder then!

 

[Nismo73]

16th October is a Thursday ... Have Apple done anything on a Thursday before?! Hopefully Friday Preorder then!

Didn't even check to see it was a Thursday. Then that means some of the things being shown will be available in the store on Friday.

 

[malexandria]

Keep It!

I have an Ipad 2 and I'm not sure what more I want it to do.

I had an iPad 2 that I was ok with. The only thing I hated was the camera on it. But I convinced myself that the iPad Air was worth the $1,000 for an improved camera, retina display, LTE and more storage. Honestly, I've regretted that decision ever since.

The 128 improved storage is great, but I don't think the camera on the Air was much better than the one on the iPad (and honestly I rarely use the iPad Camera), ATT LTE Sucks ass - rarely ever get a strong signal and honestly I don't think the Retina display is really that big of an improvement over the display in the iPad 2. I felt like I paid $1,000 to buy the same thing again. I'll probably never buy another iPad.

 

[mattburley7]

so invites if this date is right should be out this week?

 

[kristoffer4]

Yes, they would have to.

 

[mattburley7]

to me it seems like the rumored event date is off a few days.. more likely to have it on tuesday the 14th.. has there been a event for products on a thursday before?

 

[rGiskard]

Then riddle me this, Giskard. If any manufacturer on the planet is building an IPS monitor at the kind of low price-point you have in mind, how come we haven't heard of it? Apple isn't going to make a display itself, it's going to have to go to some supplier. and no company in the world has demonstrated the capacity at making an inexpensive iPS monitor (Apple asking $3500 for the Sharp model they offer as a MacPro add-on, although you can buy the same unit from Amazon for $3000). If a 27-in 4k iMac is going to be announced in less than two weeks, presumably it will be on the market no later than Dec. 1, in order to take advantage of the seasonal buying surge, and you are asking Apple to make a technological leap forward over the next couple of months which is in all probability impossible. And if it were possible, wouldn't the rumor mills be working overtime already?

On the other hand, if Apple sticks to TN technology it can probably bring in an iMac at a price not dramatically higher than the present model. A highly likely supplier would be Samsung, whose U28D590D, a well-received TN monitor has been on the market since June. Its current list price of $600 (which I believe was originally $700). If Apple made it worth their while, it would presumably be no great feat for Samsung to produce a revised version at 27" (if Apple went to a 28" iMac they'd have to do a lot of factory retooling to manufacture larger cases and a cascading series of resulting design changes, which might be quite expensive).

So, given the current industrial realities, I think we come down to one of two possible alternatives: a super-high-end IPS model at a price point, as I originally said, north of five grand, sold in addition the current model, or b.) a TN replacement iMac sold at essentially the same price as the current one.

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This might be a straw in the wind: http://www.cnet.com/news/intel-to-deliver-cheaper-4k-monitors-thanks-to-samsung-partnership/

Apple don't chase specs, they will not sacrifice color accuracy and viewing angles to the alter of PPI.

You're right about current 5K displays being expensive, but as the old cnet article you link to suggests, high density IPS prices are about to nosedive. Whatever panel Apple chooses, it will go into iMacs and standalone TB displays, so they'll have the volume needed to offer typical Apple prices: overpriced, but not woefully so.

I do wish I could say more, but you'll be surprised at the price of the new 5K iMac. Expect a cutting edge price, not a bleeding edge price

 

[mdlooker]

I had an iPad 2 that I was ok with. The only thing I hated was the camera on it. But I convinced myself that the iPad Air was worth the $1,000 for an improved camera, retina display, LTE and more storage. Honestly, I've regretted that decision ever since.

The 128 improved storage is great, but I don't think the camera on the Air was much better than the one on the iPad (and honestly I rarely use the iPad Camera), ATT LTE Sucks ass - rarely ever get a strong signal and honestly I don't think the Retina display is really that big of an improvement over the display in the iPad 2. I felt like I paid $1,000 to buy the same thing again. I'll probably never buy another iPad.

I'm thinking about getting the mini but I'm in no hurry. Yes the camera is the worst on this thing but I love this ipad. So we'll see..idk

 

[HarryWild]

Retina Mac 27" is rumor to more pricey then the Mac Pro. I just hope this not the case. I have $2,500 save, but if id like $4,000 or more; then I will pass on it until price goes down.

 

[mattburley7]

hopefully they are sending out invites soon if this date is real...

 

[IvanX]

to me it seems like the rumored event date is off a few days.. more likely to have it on tuesday the 14th.. has there been a event for products on a thursday before?

I don't remember last time Apple did a product announcement event on a Thursday. I doubt that it will be a week today, no invites yet so too late. Tuesday 21st is what I reckon with invites to go out this Thursday. Happy to be proven wrong though

 

[mattburley7]

doesnt the source have a excellent traking record so this is basically all confirmed to happen on the 16th? just waiting for invites still.

 

[Duane Martin]

I don't even know why you would bring up a speed test when discussing the lack of RAM.

In case you missed the URL = iphone-6-multitasking-speed-test-destroys-concerns-1gb-ram

Take the time to listen to what is being said during the test, it addresses RAM. Software needs to be written to take advantage of the hardware. Simply throwing more hardware at the problem doesn't automatically solve problems (which is the point of the test). And no, I am not dense, but thanks for asking.

Perhaps the iPad is not the right tool for what you want to do?

 

[BigMacIain]

I hope they introduce a new iPod Touch, I don't think they should kill the iPod just like that

Apple should rename the iPod Touch as the Pocket iPad, or some such. In the end, you then have an iPad line with three form factors -- or four if an iPad Pro really appears -- the same way as Moleskin notebooks, as an example, come in 3 or 4 sizes but they are still notebooks. That way, the iPod can continue as a dedicated media device.

 

[mattburley7]

jim from the loop never said nope to this claim did he? if it was not happening wouldn't you think he would have said something.

 

[calaverasgrande]

PLEASE GIVE US NEW 5K TB DISPLAYS for the nMP that run on dual TB connectors

Or 4k Displays that dont gobble up two TB jacks.