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Multiple Leaks Suggest No New Hardware at WWDC
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The appleTV ui is a total freaking dumpster fire, and AppleTV+ is incredibly hard to find.
Its easier to just use it as an airplay target.
I don't think anyone even suggested that they'd be unveiling the iPhone 12 at the June WWDC! Why would anyone expect that??
I'm going to think it's because there will be a spec update at least - so - not taking any new immediate orders online... Only reason I can think of if they aren't releasing a new iMac refresh.
Despite this being fact. Every year, everyone forgets this and expects a bunch of new hardware at a software focused event. Then everyone has a sad about it. Welcome to the MacRumors crowed where memory loss is our thing.
Lol dude this is a developer conference, not a consumer event.
in all honesty there have been many hardware instances like HomePod and IMac Pro
As Seanm87 said, there HAS been SOME hardware announcements. But generally they are brief and for major revisions.
I would expect something hardware related with the move to ARM (If this instead goes ahead). But simply mentioning a transition to ARM chips would be sufficient. They don't need to show off new hardware models.
For example they DID NOT show off new hardware when they migrated from PowerPC to x86. They simply announced that it was coming.
I wonder if it has anything to do with more than one usually trusted source for announcement and leaks leading up to the event claiming there were going to be hardware released... Maybe that's why?
LOL that's rhetorical. That is why. No memory loss needed this year
My friend, you may be on the wrong forum
we are all more or less crazy to hear about Apple's software updates.Maybe fusion on the base model or middle of the range 21.5" iMac and high end to come standard with a SSD?
Or perhaps simply adding higher capacity SSDs as upgrade options.
The MacBook Pro has up to 8TB of SSD storage whereas the 27" iMac has up to 2TB of SSD storage.
They should be able to add a 4TB SSD option and perhaps an 8TB option pretty easily.
A small point, but the first Intel Macs were Core Duo machines, not Core 2 Duo.
Core 2 Duo machines were introduced in October 2006.
I wonder if it has anything to do with more than one usually trusted source for announcement and leaks leading up to the event claiming there were going to be hardware released... Maybe that's why?
LOL that's rhetorical. That is why. No memory loss needed this year
haha fair enough 😉 I think they may announce some ARM related stuff.
My point is, WWDC has always been a software focused event. You know, have “developer” in its name and all.
New hardware release is mostly happening at the developer conference and it's part of the software product like faceID on macs to provide a sneak peek for developers to support it.
I have a source that told me Airtags will either be announced tomorrow or in 2029.
I’m sure they figure Airtags aren’t necessary when people aren’t leaving their houses due to shelter in place/ COVID fear. Probably a more useful product when people are on the go and want to shell out money for nice to have products
The keynote is a consumer event and press is invited to it. In years past when they had NDA, the keynote was specifically exempt.
The developer keynote is later that day, the Platforms State of the Union, and there they talk about APIs and languages and such.
No hardware announcements are fine, but I'm interested to know their ARM chip plans for the Mac.
I'm waiting for the 15" MBP (preferably no bezels) with the new keyboard.
The 16" MBP is too large to bring around and the 13" is not powerful enough for compilation of large software projects.
This would be a great event to announce such hardware. Currently it takes me about 5 minutes to make a clean build on my MBP 15" from 2016. With an 8-core processor and other improvements, I could probably cut that in half. That would make a huge difference.
If not announced now, I will probably skip another Intel-based MBP and buy the ARM 6-12 months after the first version is out.
The 16" MBP is too large to bring around and the 13" is not powerful enough for compilation of large software projects.
This would be a great event to announce such hardware. Currently it takes me about 5 minutes to make a clean build on my MBP 15" from 2016. With an 8-core processor and other improvements, I could probably cut that in half. That would make a huge difference.
If not announced now, I will probably skip another Intel-based MBP and buy the ARM 6-12 months after the first version is out.
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