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So, everyone here is talking about rMB being updated, and hoping that the MBP is updated... But Apple has been hiding a new product line right under our noses.

The MacBook Shuffle. It runs OSX on an A9Y processor, weighs less than an iPhone and gets 3-6 hours of battery depending on usage. It charges via an included Apple Watch magnetic charger and, get this, it has ZERO ports making it completely waterproof. Starting at $1199 for the 32gb option, but if you really want to wow your friends you should buy the 18k solid gold "MacBook Shuffle Edition" which goes for $399,999.

Kidding (obviously), but when you put it into perspective this event won't be THAT bad. I hope...
 
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I'm making my late-breaking call: I think there will be macs today.

I just don't think that a smaller iPad Pro, a smaller iPhone and some new watch bands is enough to make a keynote. They are all tweaks on existing products and all for niche markets. There has to be something big today.

So if not macs, then something we haven't been hearing about.
 
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Baldrake said:
I'm making my late-breaking call: I think there will be macs today.

I just don't think that a smaller iPad Pro, a smaller iPhone and some new watch bands is enough to make a keynote. They are all tweaks on existing products and all for niche markets. There has to be something big today.

So if not macs, then something we haven't been hearing about.
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I wonder if that something could be a Apple VR headset? 'Apple Loop' or :apple: Loop. Sounds dorky but could very well be a Gear VR like headset that is powered by the iPhone?

Although that would require Apple to be at the forefront of innovation.... *cough*
 
Further prediction:

2016 rMB announced (Skylake) / released within the next 30 days

2016 rMBP 13" announced (4th gen redesign) / released within next 30-60 days

2016 rMBP 15" announced (4th gen redesign) / NO GPU (entry-level model) - released within next 30-60 days
2016 rMBP 15" announced (4th gen redesign) / Polaris GPU - released this summer
 
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just popping in to say hello, and i feel all your pain!

reminds me of the wait for the redesign in 2008 :)

my gut says it'll be a spec bump if it gets announced today, but a higher chance of some design changes if it happens in june. not knocking spec bumps though. the 2011 quad cores came out quietly in march and those were epic (if you avoided radeongate, as i miraculously did!)
 
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I wonder if that something could be a Apple VR headset? 'Apple Loop' or :apple: Loop. Sounds dorky but could very well be a Gear VR like headset that is powered by the iPhone?

Although that would require Apple to be at the forefront of innovation.... *cough*
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not to go off topic, but apple will need to get some much denser iPhone screens before they are suitable for vr. the plus's 1080p would be the bare minimum. as someone who has been working with vr since the dk1, i will say this... that industry is shaping up A LOT like the smartphone landscape pre-iphone: interesting potential, but hobbled by a clunky user experience that only enthusiasts will really want to put up with. ;)
 
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From the March 2015 event -
Schiller intro'd the all new retina MacBook in ~23 minutes.
MBA update? Took about *20 seconds*
MBP update? Took about *30 seconds*

So Schiller swanned through MBA and MBP updates in 60 seconds. So they at least have time for a refresh to be announced :)

Seems like they'd have a similar pattern of Sept event

0m = 2 minutes of Tim intro
2-10m = 8 minutes of Watch
10m-15m = 5 minutes of Watch straps

15m-28m = 13 minutes of iPad Pro intro
28m-33m= 5 minutes of Pencil
33m-51m = 18 minutes of demo.

52m-68m = 15 minutes of ATV 4
78m-82m = 4 minutes of demos
82m-120m = 38 minutes of iPhone 6s

I guess today has less stuff - no initial intro of the iPad Pro, Pencil, ATV4 - but they're still announcing new straps, watch OS, tvOS and iOS update, new iPad Pro, new iPhone.
 
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not to go off topic, but apple will need to get some much denser iPhone screens before they are suitable for vr. the plus's 1080p would be the bare minimum. as someone who has been working with vr since the dk1, i will say this... that industry is shaping up A LOT like the smartphone landscape pre-iphone: interesting potential, but hobbled by a clunky user experience that only enthusiasts will really want to put up with. ;)
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Well I guess it sets the stage for Tim Cook to come riding in the self-driving :apple: Car, announcing 'Hyper Reality' (Apple's version of VR, VR that's so real that it's more real than real life.) with $499 lenses and $899 iPhone Pro :p

but yeah... that's like 5 years from now.. for now I'd be happy with a 16" rMBP redesign :)

Edit: just a thought... that would really put the 'walled garden of Apple' analogy to a whole new degree... VR so good that you never want to get out..?
 
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Exile714 said:
So, everyone here is talking about rMB being updated, and hoping that the MBP is updated... But Apple has been hiding a new product line right under our noses.

The MacBook Shuffle. It runs OSX on an A9Y processor, weighs less than an iPhone and gets 3-6 hours of battery depending on usage. It charges via an included Apple Watch magnetic charger and, get this, it has ZERO ports making it completely waterproof. Starting at $1199 for the 32gb option, but if you really want to wow your friends you should buy the 18k solid gold "MacBook Shuffle Edition" which goes for $399,999.

Kidding (obviously), but when you put it into perspective this event won't be THAT bad. I hope...
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I like this product, but you forget the most important part of it.
Actually its name is for a reason.
It open all your files just... shuffle. Like the good ol' iPod Shuffle.
Writing a project for university?
It randomly opens a movie from Quicktime.
Presenting some slides during a job conference?
It reveals your secret porn folder.
Surfing on internet?
It summons Lord Inglip.

"It's really the most beautiful Mac we've ever made."
 
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