Mac Mini Refresh, New Low-Cost Notebook, Apple Watches With Larger Displays and More Coming This Fall

[DeepIn2U]

Did i just read Mac Mini ?

Nah man, he bloodclaut lying!!!

 

[Ant2369]

I have a 2017 iMac with a fantastic display, what is the significant upgrade going to do? My biggest complaint at the moment is the lack of 4K codec support with YouTube. I have a 5K display with a 1080P limit on one of the most popular video sites. Sure, I can use another browser but I should not have to. Safari is fine for me otherwise why the need for a 3rd party.

What speed is your internet connection? I have the same iMac and I recently upgraded to Cox gigablast and I can now stream the 4k youtube content from safari on my iMac. Im wondering if its more of an internet thing than iMac thing. Unless its something thats added to Mojave (I'm also using the beta of that)

 

[Enraginangel]

Google removed 1440p option for Mac users.

Google is crap, what you expect?

They capped Safari at 1080 because they expect browsers to use the VP9 codec to get anything higher than 1080p. Download Chrome for Mac and you can get your 1440p option back.

 

[dv8r]

LOL, you are not going to buy Apple anyway

Ok mom.

 

[Chrome262]

People in this forum that complained Apple didn't update the Mac Mini are ALL going to buy it!

100% sure, you can bet on it.



Okay



Good, the home button is annoying to use, it's out of the way, I always use the gestures when I can.



LOL!

It will never be good until Apple makes basically PC with a 1080ti for $399




The outcry will continue because someone thinks they can configure computers better than Apple.



Finally! Kill the MacBook Air, and give the MB two USB-C ports.



Wow! 8K iMac?



Okay

I can't afford the new 15 inch pro to replace my 2012 macPro, well not replaces as of now but soon. So a low cost macBook would be nice, with two ports, ya think that would be a no brainier. The 8th gen chips run with less power so maybe we can see legit I5 or I7 processors in the MacBook, I have seen them in small PC notebooks recently.

 

[DNichter]

Awesome, looking forward to the update. I am interested in a new iPad Pro, Apple Watch, X Plus, and potentially a Mac mini. Going to be an expensive fall.

 

[picaman]

Actual reliable rumors from a credible source?!!? I hope to be spending on either a mini or an iMac this fall.

 

[PickUrPoison]

I hope they add more than 2 USB C ports to the 13 inch MacBook Pro without Touch Bar. It’s the same size as the one with Touch Bar, and it has 4 ports.

The 15W CPUs Apple uses in the 13” non-Touch Bar MBP don’t have enough PCIe lanes to support four Thunderbolt 3 ports.

They could use the 28W CPUs like the Touch Bar models but that would mean price increases, and those that like the longer battery life of the 15W MacBook Pros would be out of luck.

Given the necessary tradeoffs involved, I don’t think Apple will go that way.

 

[herocero]

Finally . . . come on xserve!

 

[mgollaher92]

Apple should make/label the non-Touchbar MacBook Pro as the MacBook Air replacement and drop the price a little bit. Then we would have the MacBook, MacBook Air and MacBook Pro like we used to in the good ol' days before confusing naming schemes.

 

[ignatius345]

[*]Mac mini - Kuo didn't have a lot of information to share on the Mac mini, but he says a processor upgrade is expected. The Mac mini has not been updated for more than 1,300 days, aka over 3 and a half years. It's not clear if additional upgrades will be included, such as a redesigned chassis, but at least some kind of refresh is on the horizon.

Literally just a refresh of internals would put this on my radar as a possible purchase. The only reason I retired my previous Mini was that it wouldn't support a retina display (well, that and USB 2.0 which was painful).

I'd accept, begrudgingly, soldered RAM and a non-upgradable hard drive.

 

[mgollaher92]

Also, pleaseeeeee new Mac Mini's!!!

 

[mscice]

so they will put 8 gen cpus in the fall of 2018 and within a few months gen 9 cpus will be out ... pathetic.

exactly hahaha so true

 

[PickUrPoison]

Always gonna find that negativity here.

With the way Intel chips are going lately, it'll be awful to miss out on that 4% power boost.

It's like people forget how it used to be, when your computer was already vastly obsolete the day after you bought it.

I hear what you saying, but since Intel finally released a quad core 28W CPU, it will actually be a nice upgrade from what’s currently available.

 

[enc0re]

Depending on the direction the mythical modular Mac Pro is taking, it might lead to the Mac Mini being repositioned. Maybe that's why Apple is refreshing this year. The AIOs now have iMac and iMac Pro, just like the Macbook/Pro, and iPad/Pro.

So perhaps there will be a Mac to the new Mac Pro that shares design elements or even chassis.

 

[ignatius345]

[*]MacBook Pro - Processor upgrades expected.
[*]MacBook - Processor upgrades expected.
[*]New Low-Priced Notebook - Kuo believes Apple is designing a new low-priced notebook. He originally said that this would be in the MacBook Air family, but now has changed his mind. Previous rumors have suggested this machine could be a 12-inch MacBook, so Apple may be planning to expand the MacBook lineup with an additional low-cost option to replace the MacBook Air.

None of this means squat to me if the current version of the butterfly keyboard is still used. Ability to type well and reliably trumps any and all other spec bumps for me.

 

[manu chao]

Mac Mini
Why upgrade it now and not last year? Or the year before. Or the year before that.

Very mysterious.

One explanation could be that they had decided to kill the Mac Mini but kept selling the existing model as long as the sales numbers were high enough to make a profit doing so.

 

[polee]

Best collection of Rumours for 2018! Cannot wait for the new ipad, new Apple Watch, and the new MAC mini.

 

[TheFluffyDuck]

How many laptop lines do Apple need? They need to cull some and streamline not add anymore. It used to be so simple. iMac, Mac PRO, Macbook, Macbook PRO.

 

[brendu]

Gimme a Mac mini with the new 6 core coffee lake i5 and i7 processors, eGPU support so I can use my 1070ti with it, and user upgradable ram and I’ll pay $1000 for it. Do it Apple.

 

[rpat701]

Making the watch face is a welcome advancement and may make me stray from Garmin.

 

[halfapie]

If the new Mac Mini has quad core, SO-DIMM ram and PCIE drive I am in.
If the new Mac Mini has soldered 16gb+ ram and 500gb+ ssd standard for cheap I'll hesitate a bit.

Otherwise, I am going to give tonymacx86 another try.

 

[johnrlaporta]

I'll believe it when I see it...

 

[quatermass]

Yes, with absolutely no ports. Wireless charging, Bluetooth mouse, and keyboard via Handoff.

And thinner. Always thinner.

 

[yngrshr]

Making the watch face is a welcome advancement and may make me stray from Garmin.

I have to admit that I am *THIS* close to jumping to a Fenix 5X Plus due to the battery life and overall form factor. I'm generally a mechanical watch guy and I ditched my Nomos and others since I wasn't using them with the Apple Watch and link bracelet. However, I just love the form factor of the new Garmin watches.