Live Coverage of Apple's October 2018 iPad and Mac Event

[Wilderness-1902]

Finally, I can drop my old mac mini. New mac mini has a good start price

 

[CWallace]

So no updates on rMB or iMac?

Might be handled with a Press Release after the event if it is just a CPU/GPU bump.

 

[TMRJIJ]

I haven’t felt this much disappointment since my mom abandoned me and my sister.

You should see a Therapist about that....

 

[KPOM]

The new mini looks nice. There shouldn’t be many complaints about that device.

 

[FFR]

Audience sure loves Angela

No one else does.

 

[Crzyrio]

128is nearly useless, especially on a desktop with “an OS installed”

Depends what you use i for. My previous gen mac mini has been running for a few years now with a 128GB SSD.

It's just used as a server running a few services and plex, it's always on and headless.

 

[centauratlas]

The most anticipated Apple Event since the introduction of the Macintosh in 1984.

And yet 2TB max on the Mini? They ALMOST had a great machine if they'd allowed 4TB or more.

 

[GalileoSeven]

So they've completely shredded the value proposition (save for the mini, which is somewhat justifiable) - unless they drop the price of the 12" Macbook (which makes no sense given the new price point of the MBA), I'm definitely going back to Windows.

 

[ThisBougieLife]

Might be handled with a Press Release after the event if it is just a CPU/GPU bump.

I can’t believe that they’d update the Mini to 6-core and leave the iMac behind. There has to be some kind of update today.

 

[gigapocket1]

Anyone notice the new ipads behind Angela?

 

[dazzer21-2]

I finally got my new Mac! This new Mac Mini is awesome! And the RAM is upgradeable, what the heck? This is so pleasant surprise.

Pretty sure that the RAM is not going to be USER upgradeable.

 

[Shiro_Simba]

This is exciting - Angela ...... just jump to the iPad Pro....

 

[CWallace]

I can’t believe that they’d update the Mini to 6-core and leave the iMac behind. There has to be some kind of update today.

Mini has been neglected for years whereas the iMac is updated annually so if you're going to dedicate time to an unveiling, the Mac Mini wins.

 

[D.T.]

I wonder what the Mini GPU options look like? D or just I?

No matter, I still think I’d go eGPU, but I wish there was an Apple branded option that matched the Mini, I guess the 3rd party options will continue to develop.

 

[dynAdZ]

I dunno if they meant user upgradable or expandable at purchase?

It has SO-DIMMs, should be as easy to replace as with the previous model.

 

[Rogifan]

I don’t get the rMBa & rMB positioning at all. And Apple still has no sub $1000 option.

 

[redheeler]

No iMac? Strange. Maybe that'll be a "one more thing" with a 120 Hz or 8K display, redesign or other large improvement.

 

[mdriftmeyer]

And yet 2TB max on the Mini? They ALMOST had a great machine if they'd allowed 4TB or more.

It's called an external Drive Array.

 

[andyjam]

Did anybody catch that new iPad Pro in the retail slides?????

 

[nevesis]

I'm definitely going back to Windows.

No you're not.

 

[navaira]

Aaah, I feel at home with all the complaints I am super excited about the new Air (I am assuming here the keyboard will work somewhat better than the MBP), the Mini is FINALLY really updated AND has actual I/O, now just terrify me with Euro prices!

 

[dazzer21-2]

So.. a 6 core in the Mini and not in the iMac? And how much is that going to cost?!

 

[ThisBougieLife]

Mini has been neglected for years. iMac is updated annually.

Yeah I get that, but the iMac is their most popular desktop; it should have the latest specs.

 

[Googlyhead]

I really wish the SSD's would start at 256 GB and not 128. 128 just seems so puny...

I read the MR summary of 128Gb, and thought someone had made a mistake with the max memory...

 

[TheFluffyDuck]

Only 60% better graphics in 4 years? What kind of anaemic Mores law nonsense is that? Oh, and of course the base model now miraculously costs $300 more than the previous $499 base model. These deltas keep getting WORSE every update.