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New 'Scary Fast' Macs May Launch on Wednesday, November 8
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Cupertino is I believe 9 hours behind GMT, so for most of the world it will be on Halloween.
Hmm... So Kuo is saying that Apple will release a 13-inch MacBook Pro (the one with a Touch Bar) with the basic M3 chip, but no MacBook Air will be released. How can that be? The MacBook Air is Apple's best-selling Mac, and Tim Cook prioritizes maximizing profits. So why would Apple not release a MacBook Air? Especially with the holiday shopping season starting in one month?
Yawn.
My 2012 MBP lasted until I sold it in 2020. I expect my M1 air to last just as long, if not longer.
People are too busy to watch on Halloween (at least in NA) so they would not do that. Close enough!
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If one thinks through the money lens, lots of conjecture about this event starts breaking down. Most are looking through enthusiastic consumer lenses to see M-base to M-MAX (I've seen a few thinking maybe ULTRA in a MB with some kind of magical heat sink adaptation) and not thinking about it like Apple thinks about it.
To maximize 4th quarter revenue, you want every desirable product to have minimal reasons to WAIT. Like you, I don't know how you do that by immediately dating a bunch of popular Macs to roll out a few with M3. You have to believe those few will drive enough revenue to make up for all those sales they would have realized on those other Macs. That seems like a big bet in the most lucrative quarter of the year. All M2s will immediately be viewed as "old technology" or worse "old technology that 'nobody wanted'" upon the launch of any one with the "latest & greatest" M3.
Wait until Q1 and you can drip-drip-drip out M3 evolutions with relatively little revenue consequences. How to make this make sense is a sudden arrival of M3, M3 PRO and M3 MAX TOGETHER for the first time ever so that several popular models can be updated at the same time. While that's plausible even if it counters to some pattern people think exists in only 2 iterations, to not update the most popular Mac too seems suspect.
I loved my 2015 MacBook Pro and then I managed to spill sparkling water all over it earlier this year and Apple quoted me over $1K to fix it. I picked up a M2 15" Air to replace it and just love that thing. A M3 Max MBP 16" would be an amazing beast.
Pacific time is -7:00h from UTC until the end of next week.
However here in Europe, daylight saving time ends already this weekend, so it will "only" be at 1AM here.
The era you claim to be durable had defective SATA cables in the MacBooks that were practically a wear item and GPUs that failed regularly. Tell me more about how great they are.
Build quality: You are dead wrong here. The 16" design is far ahead of the 2011-2015 design. My 2011 MBP had serious issues with the design leading to the screen being replaced twice due to damage on the screen from the keyboard. My 2016 MBP lasted until I got a 2021 M1 Max machine and I sold it in near-pristine condition despite never babying it. My M1 Max looks and works as brand new and will be sold as that when I replace it with an M3 Max next week.
OS: Nothing particularly wrong with Sonoma. It is not clunky and the UI is not based on the iPad in any way. Some of the helper apps now take cues from iOS (settings for example) but that is not UI. Those apps work fine and are rarely used. I take it you have not spent any significant time with the latest versions of macOS or you would know this. You admit to using an ancient system.
Timmy: Who cares. He is not the one designing the systems and likely has very limited input. He is not hands-on like Steve was. It is a loss to not have Steve in the processes but so far things have been fine.
Usability: You must be joking. My Core i9 MBP ran so hot under a light load that it would become totally unusable. Everything, and I mean everything, runs much better on the M1. This includes x86_64 apps. Apple Silicon was a long time coming and everything about it is better. Have fun with your lap warmer.
My 2012 Pro had five SATA cables go bad over its life. After AppleCare expired, I kept a spare at home and swapped it myself.
I'm mostly interested if new iMacs also means a new Magic mouse with USB-C port. And maybe, just maybe, they finally fix that stupid charge port placement. Or maybe Qi charging... One can dream I guess.
Yes, I'm one of those who actually like the Magic Mouse. Even game with it.
Yes, I'm one of those who actually like the Magic Mouse. Even game with it.
I hope they're not half cooked like the M2's or the iPhone 14's & 15's.....but I'm not holding my breath 😏![]()
Apple may be planning to launch new Mac models announced at its "Scary Fast" event on Wednesday, November 8, MacRumors has learned.
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At the start of the month, MacRumors reported that Apple was proceeding with plans to announce at least one new Mac model in October. Apple yesterday announced its "Scary Fast" event for Monday, October 30, featuring a Finder hint, which virtually confirms the arrival of new Macs. Now, related information provided to MacRumors suggests that new Mac models could launch on Wednesday, November 8 – nine days after the "Scary Fast" event.
While Apple product launches often take place on a Friday, there is precedent for Apple opting for the first Wednesday in November following an October event. For example, at its "There's more in the making" event on Tuesday, October 30, 2018, Apple announced new iPad Pro models. The machines launched on Wednesday, November 7 – eight days later.
Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says that Apple's upcoming event will focus on new MacBook Pro models with M3 series chips, which could include the 13-, 14-, and 16-inch models with the M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max chips. In addition to these machines, a new iMac featuring the M3 chip is also on the table for announcement at the event.
The M3 chip is widely expected to be fabricated using TSMC's 3nm process for performance and efficiency improvements compared to the current, 5nm-based M2 chip, which debuted in June 2022. It will also likely feature an all new GPU with hardware ray-tracing, first introduced on the iPhone 15 Pro's A17 Pro chip last month.
Article Link: New 'Scary Fast' Macs May Launch on Wednesday, November 8
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Apple may be planning to launch new Mac models announced at its "Scary Fast" event on Wednesday, November 8, MacRumors has learned.
![scary-fast-apple-event-feature.jpg]()
At the start of the month, MacRumors reported that Apple was proceeding with plans to announce at least one new Mac model in October. Apple yesterday announced its "Scary Fast" event for Monday, October 30, featuring a Finder hint, which virtually confirms the arrival of new Macs. Now, related information provided to MacRumors suggests that new Mac models could launch on Wednesday, November 8 – nine days after the "Scary Fast" event.
While Apple product launches often take place on a Friday, there is precedent for Apple opting for the first Wednesday in November following an October event. For example, at its "There's more in the making" event on Tuesday, October 30, 2018, Apple announced new iPad Pro models. The machines launched on Wednesday, November 7 – eight days later.
Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says that Apple's upcoming event will focus on new MacBook Pro models with M3 series chips, which could include the 13-, 14-, and 16-inch models with the M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max chips. In addition to these machines, a new iMac featuring the M3 chip is also on the table for announcement at the event.
The M3 chip is widely expected to be fabricated using TSMC's 3nm process for performance and efficiency improvements compared to the current, 5nm-based M2 chip, which debuted in June 2022. It will also likely feature an all new GPU with hardware ray-tracing, first introduced on the iPhone 15 Pro's A17 Pro chip last month.
Article Link: New 'Scary Fast' Macs May Launch on Wednesday, November 8
No its not. Raytracing is a game changer for a lot of people. 3D artists will celebrate finally!
Yeah, Devil’s night announcement at night with a negative space monochrome Finder face, seems to scream black Macs.
For me it was a pint of Old Rasputin and a brand new 16" MBP in 2016. Thankfully, my credit card covered it because it was a total loss.
What device? I replaced the battery in my 15” MBP 2012, and there wasn’t any SATA cables, the SSD was in a slot on the motherboard, similar to M.2 but proprietary
What we're overlooking here is that if iMac gets updated with M3 (and M3 Pro???????), that likely means USB-C Magic Keyboard, Magic Mouse, and Magic Trackpad. Even if standalone purchase accessories are still Lightning, they won't be for too long. Hopefully Apple updates all of that all at once though, and not just the color matched ones that come with iMac.
I have two 2014 mini's in active use, an i5 and and i7. They both run Monterey and supposedly run Ventura with Open Core legacy patcher.
If you change the connecter from Apple's to M2 (kits are aonly a few dollars) an M2 NVME will work, but supposedly you only get two of the four lanes. OWC still sells Apple format NVME sticks for those machines, It's probably easier to go that route.
The i5 is in the stereo cabinet where its fusion drive is working just fine. The i7 is the file server. It came with a hard drive (no fusion) and I replaced that with an SSD in 2.5" format, and it has an external drive for the movie collection. The slot for an NVME stick is still open for future adventures.