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Apple to Update Nearly Entire Mac Lineup at WWDC?
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Mines been on back order just a little longer than we have been waiting for new Mac Pros.
Colbert did a funny bit about this logic last night in response to North Carolina changing current climate predictions to be based on past history. He said "by this logic, I've been alive all my life. Therefore, I will always be alive! Also, in the next 50 years I will grow to be 20 feet tall!"
I would love nothing more than the whole mac line to be announced. On the one hand I agree that it would seem to be a bit too much for one date. On the other hand, we are into the 6th month of the year. We have a major iphone refresh later this year (Steve's last major baby as far as the phone is concerned). If we do in fact have a TV this year (which I think is highly questionable based on some of Tim's recent comments) then these two major products along with some other minor news could certainly round out the rest of the year. I question the viability of a TV being ready in 2012, but if it is then I think they would reserve a huge amount of resources and time for that release as they need to make a real splash with it.
I could see them doing a whole mac refresh in a short amount of time during the keynote, focusing on the overarching direction of the updates but not going into the minute details of each model. If it went this way I would imagine that a few of the machines, perhaps the lower end laptops, could be getting unexciting spec bumps but remaining the 'affordable' options for those with basic needs. There is no question in my mind that not everybody will be happy with all of the updates, as is usually the case.
If the Mac Pro is not updated my personal clock starts it's 6 week countdown for building my workstation. I have my fingers crossed. I actually dreamed about WWDC last night and there were no major mac updates
. I just want the torture to stop! Anyhow, this could be my last hurrah of hanging on waiting for this kind of news. I am actually rooting for Apple to keep me on board but the realist in me is still skeptical.I would hope that this is the case. My 2009 Mac Mini is perfectly fine for your average user. Games suck on it, but people don't buy the MM for gaming. By scrapping the Mac Pro, Apple would be abandoning the high end market. That may be their intention. There's more money to be made in the consumer market.
If apple remains idling, in a month or two my moola is going elsewhere. The world is not going to wait and it has no time to play silly games. At this rate, the best they could do is at least inform specific segments not to expect much and to move on.
Colbert did a funny bit about this logic last night in response to North Carolina changing current climate predictions to be based on past history. He said "by this logic, I've been alive all my life. Therefore, I will always be alive! Also, in the next 50 years I will grow to be 20 feet tall!"
I would love nothing more than the whole mac line to be announced. On the one hand I agree that it would seem to be a bit too much for one date. On the other hand, we are into the 6th month of the year. We have a major iphone refresh later this year (Steve's last major baby as far as the phone is concerned). If we do in fact have a TV this year (which I think is highly questionable based on some of Tim's recent comments) then these two major products along with some other minor news could certainly round out the rest of the year. I question the viability of a TV being ready in 2012, but if it is then I think they would reserve a huge amount of resources and time for that release as they need to make a real splash with it.
I could see them doing a whole mac refresh in a short amount of time during the keynote, focusing on the overarching direction of the updates but not going into the minute details of each model. If it went this way I would imagine that a few of the machines, perhaps the lower end laptops, could be getting unexciting spec bumps but remaining the 'affordable' options for those with basic needs. There is no question in my mind that not everybody will be happy with all of the updates, as is usually the case.
If the Mac Pro is not updated my personal clock starts it's 6 week countdown for building my workstation. I have my fingers crossed. I actually dreamed about WWDC last night and there were no major mac updates
Your thinking of a normal year though, I was thinking in terms of business years from July to June. Would Apple not follow the same pattern? Which would mean a few updates at WWDC but then more spread out.
This week though I won't be concentrating half as much about Apple's new toys because it's E3!!! My other guilty pleasure haha.. but WWDC is next week so a good month for me haha.
4 out of 5 will be updated, the mac pro will go the way of the white macbook, and all of the actual pros will be buying pcs. sad day all around.
All cliches aside, but if I knew today how long the Mac Pro wait was going to be, I would have bought replacements back in 2010.
Agreed, assuming that said updates are more than a shiny new sticker at the same price. For example, was there really any good excuse for the 2010 Mac Pro to have not gotten USB3? Afterall, its not even close to credible to claim that there wasn't any room anywhere for one more little chip inside the huge 'cheese grater' case...
Grand Central Dispatch ... at least that's been Apple's theory. We can look at the current Mac Pro (and software) to see how well GCD has been promoted and applied. Do make sure that you don't hurt your ears from the loud echo of an empty room...
I've decided that if the Mac Pro hasn't been refreshed, I'll buy mini's to use as OS X legacy support systems for the next ~3 years, to minimize any "crisis" elements when transitioning to a new IT supplier for my business.
In thinking about this rumor, it is IMO worthwhile to consider:
a) looking at Apple's business operations overall, we can recognize that all Macs combined are only roughly 1/4 of Apple's business, so a simultaneous refresh of all of them isn't really as huge of a deal as it would have been ~5 years ago.
b) when one "doubles down" on security, it is easier to lock everything down and then update everything (all at once) than to lock down just portions of stuff and have two events rather than one.
c) in terms of manipulating media and the fan base through selective leaks, to say "Nearly" instead of "All" results in a lot of free advertising through all of the speculation it prompts for what (if any) product may be on the chopping block.
So I suspect that the update is going to be "everything", but the very calculated and cynical manouver to be in effect jerking the customers' chain diminishes my opinion of Apple leadership.
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Steve Jobs used a Mac Pro.
They tried that in the 90's. I owned a Motorola Starmax clone. It nearly killed the company. They brought back SJ, and Bill Gates put in money to keep them afloat. SJ killed the clones immediately.
I really hope this is true. I'm looking to buy both an iMac and a Mini when the new ones come out. Fingers crossed!
True, but irrelevant.
While I agree that as far as users are concerned, it's nothing to get serious about, Apple deemed it enough of a refresh to call it the MacBook Pro (Late 2011), distinctly different in all support and reference documents than the MacBook Pro (Early 2011); as far as Apple is concerned, it's a distinct refresh.
we'll see...
While I don't use a Mac Pro, I want this tower to continue. I think video editors, photographers, designers should have a choice between platforms when it comes to workstations.
I am not in the market for updates. All the running around like a chicken with its head cutoff in the last two years has made me grateful I have a machine that runs just fine. I might be sick of my iMac, but she's working like a charm.
When I do have to update, I hope to continue to have a choice of Apple desktops beyond the iMac, since iPad suits my portable needs.
While I don't use a Mac Pro, I want this tower to continue. I think video editors, photographers, designers should have a choice between platforms when it comes to workstations.
I am not in the market for updates. All the running around like a chicken with its head cutoff in the last two years has made me grateful I have a machine that runs just fine. I might be sick of my iMac, but she's working like a charm.
When I do have to update, I hope to continue to have a choice of Apple desktops beyond the iMac, since iPad suits my portable needs.
My prediction of upcoming events:
WWDC: New Mac Pro, new MacBook Pro line. Both with new forms, Pro with major new hardware. Why? Because the Pro is in most need of an update, has been waiting for a new processor from Intel. Good time to do it. MacBook Pro, because they are the best selling line of Macs.
Later on this summer: MBA, iMac and Mini, all of which will receive performance tweeks, but nothing major as far as redesign; same case, same look, moderately better performance.
This fall: iPhone
WWDC: New Mac Pro, new MacBook Pro line. Both with new forms, Pro with major new hardware. Why? Because the Pro is in most need of an update, has been waiting for a new processor from Intel. Good time to do it. MacBook Pro, because they are the best selling line of Macs.
Later on this summer: MBA, iMac and Mini, all of which will receive performance tweeks, but nothing major as far as redesign; same case, same look, moderately better performance.
This fall: iPhone