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Forget iPhone 13: Potential October Apple Event Could Reveal Five Things We've Been Waiting For

Here's hoping they announce a new MBA with colors and M1X or M2 or whichever. I been digging the colors on the iMac.
 
Meh. I would only be excited if the made the Mini taller with enough internal space for RAM slots and an extra 2.5 inch SSD drive. Bring back the Cube.😍 Resistance is futile.

One more thing, if they release a OS update with zero new features, only bug fixes and streamlining. That's something I would get excited about. Snow Leopard 2.0.:cool:
 
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I dont trust APPLE BUILD QUALITY on Laptops anymore after the M1 Screen, SSD and Battery issues.

So I'm sticking with an M1X Mac mini
 
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A new Mac mini with 6 TB4 ports would be smashing. Or even a MacBook Pro with 6 TB4 ports which would be a big upgrade over the current one where I am needing to daisy chain or just swap TB3 devices as and when I need them.
 
Freeangel1 said:
I dont trust APPLE BUILD QUALITY on Laptops anymore after the M1 Screen, SSD and Battery issues.

So I'm sticking with an M1X Mac mini
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Hmmh, no issues with my M1 MBA but whatever… and there will not be a M1X… and it won’t run Win11 either
 
JosephAW said:
Someday they will drop older Bluetooth versions so older iPhone devices won’t be able to connect to buds. :rolleyes:
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Not even close to how that works.
They could obviously make it to where auto pairing only works with more recent iPhones, pretty sure it already requires the iPhone 7 and up, but there’s no reason to do that.
But as for just connecting in general, that’s not how it works. You can literally connect a pair of AirPods to an original iPhone and have them work just fine
 
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wiredog1 said:
27" iMac with lots of ports would be nice. But since I already have a 4k monitor I'd probably get a new Mac Mini. Since Windows 11 won't run on my 4 year old box this is a good time to switch to a Mac.
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My guess is that the next iMac will be 30”. The smaller iMac went from 21” to 24”. It will be the same story with the larger iMac, its foot print will be the same as the current 27” iMac.
 
jz0309 said:
and the new chip will be the M2 ... Apple is not going to name it M1x
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M2 is for The new, more colorful MacBook Air next year.
M1: MacBook Air, iMac, low end Mac mini and MacBook Pro
M1X: MacBook Pro, high-end Mac mini, high end iMac
M2: MacBook Air, 24 inch iMac, low end Mac mini
M2X: High end iMac, MacBook Pro, high end Mac mini
If they put a processor named the M2 in the new MacBook pros, what would they name the next generation of a chip for the lower end computers? M3? I don’t think so. That wouldn’t make any sense.
Than the MacBook Pro and high end Mac mini and high end iMac would have the M2, but the lower end would have the M3? No.
Just like they’ve been doing on iPads since 2012, the lower end will be named M, and the higher-end will be M-X.
Wouldn’t even be surprised to see them Introduced a M1Z for the first Apple silicon powered Mac Pro
 
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Lounge vibes 05 said:
M2 is for The new, more colorful MacBook Air next year.
M1: MacBook Air, iMac, low end Mac mini and MacBook Pro
M1X: MacBook Pro, high-end Mac mini, high end iMac
M2: MacBook Air, 24 inch iMac, low end Mac mini
M2X: High end iMac, MacBook Pro, high end Mac mini
If they put a processor named the M2 in the new MacBook pros, what would they name the next generation of a chip for the lower end computers? M3? I don’t think so. That wouldn’t make any sense.
Than the MacBook Pro and high end Mac mini and high end iMac would have the M2, but the lower end would have the M3? No.
Just like they’ve been doing on iPads since 2012, the lower end will be named M, and the higher-end will be M-X.
Wouldn’t even be surprised to see them Introduced a M1Z for the first Apple silicon powered Mac Pro
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I see you’re an Apple marketing expert 😜
But whatever, you’re entitled to your opinion just as I am, Apple will not use the “x” nomenclature going forward
 
All I'm waiting for is USB-C in a iPhone. Imagine all the versatility with the MacBook. You could unplug the cable from your MacBook and plug it right into your iPhone to charge it! Or then unplug end from the wall and plug it into your MacBook for super fast transfer. Amazing! Steve Jobs would have done it already, he strove for simplicity and connectivity. Just do it Apple, no stupid excuses.
 
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SFjohn said:
Waiting on new Mac Minis, if they have HDMI 2.1, I’ll buy 2.
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It would be wise of Apple to keep updating the Mac Mini. They should put an emphasis on software and getting and keeping people in the Apple ecosystem.

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jz0309 said:
I see you’re an Apple marketing expert 😜
But whatever, you’re entitled to your opinion just as I am, Apple will not use the “x” nomenclature going forward
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I mean, if you can come up with a better idea I’d love to hear it.
The MacBook Pro is rumored to use the same architecture as M1, but with eight performance cores and two efficiency cores instead of the current four performance and four efficiency, and also have the option of a 16 or 32 core GPU. In other words, not a second generation M series, just A more powerful variant of the current M1, a “M1X” if you will.
Meanwhile, the processor rumored to be used in the new MacBook Air is a direct successor to the M1, with an updated architecture that still keeps the four performance and four efficiency core design, while upgrading the GPU from eight cores to 10 cores. In other words, a direct successor to the M1, a “M2” if you will.
As I said before, they’re not gonna call the more powerful version of the exact same architecture M2, and then immediately after that call the next consumer grade chip the M3.
They’ve never done that before, and it would be a horrible marketing move.
Imagine trying to explain to someone that you can buy a MacBook Air with an M3, or a MacBook Pro with an M2. Not exactly easy to do, it’s a lot easier to say that the pro computers have the X chips symbolizing more power.
 
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iPad Air bumped to A15? Makes sense…. But you NEVER know.

However, iPad mini with A15 and Air with A14 doesn’t make much sense beyond October…
 
USB-C is for next IPhone, it doesn't make much sense to go back to magsafe (which i loved for the time past, until I found USB-C cables with magsafe tips). Now I have M1 with USB-C magsafe tip and single charger for every device I have. I hope new macbooks will have USB-C ports that can be used for charging.
 
Lounge vibes 05 said:
I mean, if you can come up with a better idea I’d love to hear it.
The MacBook Pro is rumored to use the same architecture as M1, but with eight performance cores and two efficiency cores instead of the current four performance and four efficiency, and also have the option of a 16 or 32 core GPU. In other words, not a second generation M series, just A more powerful variant of the current M1, a “M1X” if you will.
Meanwhile, the processor rumored to be used in the new MacBook Air is a direct successor to the M1, with an updated architecture that still keeps the four performance and four efficiency core design, while upgrading the GPU from eight cores to 10 cores. In other words, a direct successor to the M1, a “M2” if you will.
As I said before, they’re not gonna call the more powerful version of the exact same architecture M2, and then immediately after that call the next consumer grade chip the M3.
They’ve never done that before, and it would be a horrible marketing move.
Imagine trying to explain to someone that you can buy a MacBook Air with an M3, or a MacBook Pro with an M2. Not exactly easy to do, it’s a lot easier to say that the pro computers have the X chips symbolizing more power.
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Apple doesn’t even publish processor speed, leave alone further specs for their SOCs… 99% of Apples customers don’t care about those specs, why would they cater to the MR techno folks in the way you and others make things up based on rumors?
Even Intel called it an i7 or whatever just that the technically interested actually could look up the specs and Apple just referred to them as 8th gen, 9th gen etc…

so why would Apple start differentiating the way you describe? I just don’t see that happening, and if they do, I’ll stand corrected
 
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