They better hurry up because the iMacs being sold in the Apple Stores are almost 1,000 days old. They are old machines. I wouldn’t think of buying one right now.
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What Else to Expect From Apple This Year Following the iPhone Event
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While it won’t happen this year, do we think iPad Pro and MacBook Pro will be moving to titanium at some point, mirroring the material’s implementation in Watch Ultra and iPhone 15 Pro?
Feels like they’re evolving their design language.
Feels like they’re evolving their design language.
They have always started a new chip upgrade with MacBook Air, so I expect nothing less this time either?
M3 MacBook Air is coming soon.
I expect a pre-recorded event only broadcasted online. If they release a bigger 27" iMac now, it's an upgrade too from the 24" too. No big deal for Apple.
So it's mainly 'upgrades' including some 'new' products that will be announced soon.
Apple makes the most whistles and noice around their yearly new iPhone event, as it is their biggest cash cow. Mac users expect nothing else, it's how it is, but we need no whistles. Just good prime products with regular upgrades.
M3 MacBook Air is coming soon.
I expect a pre-recorded event only broadcasted online. If they release a bigger 27" iMac now, it's an upgrade too from the 24" too. No big deal for Apple.
So it's mainly 'upgrades' including some 'new' products that will be announced soon.
Apple makes the most whistles and noice around their yearly new iPhone event, as it is their biggest cash cow. Mac users expect nothing else, it's how it is, but we need no whistles. Just good prime products with regular upgrades.
For the love of god and working in the dark, PLEASE backlight the coming usb-c Magic Keyboard.
No October event for Macs with an M3 would be a departure, although Apple has pushed them to November before. Let’s hope we get that M3 MacBook Pro and Air.
Even the Beats lineup is up to date with the new Beats Studio Buds+ and Beats Studio Pro.
Was really hoping to get a beats fit pro refresh with the H2 chip 🤷🏻♂️
Kuo is obviously very wrong. Gurman repeated many times an M3-based MacBook Pro is due to arrive very soon. Gurman is the leading light of the Apple community.
If they don’t release that, I recommend: BenQ ScreenBar Halo Monitor Light
It’s excellent.
I'm looking forward to Season 4 of For All Mankind. I wish they would bring some of the IOS 17 features to the regular airpods (I was buying the Airpod Pro 2s and then I cancelled the order because they are the tips and they fall out of the ears easily). I also wish MacRumors did an article about IPad OS 17. It's very much Iphone based but Ipad deserves some love too.
Id like to see new imac starting at 27'inch & 32", more ports, dont skimp out on the ports please, bring back optional ram port for upgrade later instead of at checkout, and possible redesign of screen with adjustable height and swivel fucntanlity without making us pay extra for it.
This year has been a lot of nothing only thing was official announcement of Vision Pro is coming... when real soon!
Now that Apple's annual iPhone and Apple Watch event is in the rear-view mirror, attention shifts towards what the company has planned for the remainder of the year. And based on the latest rumors, there might not be a whole lot coming, if anything.
At this point, the chances of an Apple event in October are looking quite unlikely, as supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo recently said that he does not expect Apple to release any new MacBooks or iPads between now and the end of 2023.
Kuo did not rule out new desktop Macs launching this year, so there is still a possibility of the long-awaited iMac with an M3 chip being announced with a press release on Apple's website next month, but there have not been any specific rumors suggesting this will happen. It's also unclear if Apple wants to debut the M3 chip in the iMac. Given that Apple's upcoming Vision Pro is equipped with the M2 chip, another possibility is that Apple waits until after the headset launches in early 2024 to announce the M3 chip. As for other desktop Macs, the Mac mini, Mac Studio, and Mac Pro were all already updated this year.
With the iPhone lineup, Apple Watch lineup, and AirPods Pro all updated last week, there are few if any remaining Apple products and accessories that are likely to be updated by the end of this year. A new HomePod mini, Apple TV, AirTag, and AirPods Max are expected to launch in 2024 at the earliest, the full-sized HomePod is still fairly new, and there are no rumors suggesting that new versions of the Studio Display or Pro Display XDR are imminent. Even the Beats lineup is up to date with the new Beats Studio Buds+ and Beats Studio Pro.
Apple could have some surprise announcements planned for later this year, but as of now it is looking like it could be rather quiet for the remainder of 2023.
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I don't think Apple has any more events planned, but think there could be a press release type release of some new things to try and generate holiday sales. Maybe some M3 computers to open the door for M3 Pro et al in 2024.
HobeSoundDarryl
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I can buy that too. I mostly think it will because Apple Inc is in "maximize revenue & profit" seemingly more than ever before... and not having an event or press release does NOT seem supportive of harvesting every possible nickel of revenue.
Remove the extreme "another record quarter" efforts, and I can easily see anything else waiting for 2024 (too). But money chasing can make them (and any company) do things that don't make logical sense purely through our consumer lenses. Thus, I could see them freshening up the loose end hardware (like those) and issue a press release to try to lure a few more dollars into the already-overflowing vaults of 2023. 💰💰💰
Not for the reasons you pointed out.
iMac M2 before 2024 will not happen as it is 1 quarter before the scheduled M3 chip release. If it were to ever occur it should have done so with the Jan 2023 Mac mini M2 or even as late as the 25th anniversary of the iMac last month.
M3 needs to come out before a iPad Air M2 launches as the M2 is in the iPad Pro today.
As for "maximize revenue & profit" that applies to all businesses and to even professionals. Singling out Apple for this behavior is disingenuous.
I am hoping you are correct, but the Ming-guy probably has an insider who gets his info. from the supply chain while Gurman probably gets a few tips every once-in-a-while from someone inside Apple's office (or an executive).
I would think the supply tip guy knows what is happening as far as production and that determines what will come out as it should already be in production (or setting up now), if we are going to get a release in October.
My bet is on the Min-guy, but I hope Gurman is correct.
HobeSoundDarryl
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I didn't single out Apple: "(and any company)" is right there.
iMac M2 could show up in October (or tomorrow) and M3 anything could wait until the last day of Spring to still technically hit in Spring... or even get delayed off to around WWDC time. There's only rumors... the same rumors that had the potential of 15" MB Air launching with M3 a few months ago and/or SEVERAL Macs with M3 launching in October. Apple has made no commitments for ANYTHING M3... not even the announced Vpro.
if iMac M2 hits in October, it could easily have 5 months of existence before ANY M3 Macs hit, and an M3 iMac can- based upon history- then not show up until next October or perhaps the October after that.
As is, anyone with any knowledge of Silicon knows to AVOID buying iMac because it is a full generation behind. And "here comes Santa Claus" season of wallets opening wide may miss some sales potential from those in that kind of know.
Roll out M3 iMac in October and the story flips into every other Mac might be seen as "old" technology... WAIT (on purchases)... because M3 versions should be coming soon (because iMac is already out with M3). Why would Apple want that for the holiday season? And if the big "Gee whiz" super product of Vpro is in fact going to launch with M2, I'm not so sure Apple wants to get M3 established in anything before it gets its turn in some "buy now" limelight.
So the easy one that generally fits for sales maximization is M2 iMac in October. iMac will be "up to date" for anyone who wants an iMac. It will get some fresh press for the holiday season. It won't risk putting some purchase pauses on any other Mac because they are all M2 too. It won't make an M2 Vpro look like it is a generation behind in early 2024.
But we'll see. I acknowledge your opinion that very well NOTHING may happen in October. I'm simply thinking through the beancounters lens and wanting anything and everything to eek out any additional revenue & profit. Doing nothing when "we" could possibly do something won't do that. Those as my guesses are relatively easy "somethings" with no undesirable consequences for sales of anything else.
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This is the typical road map for Apple (generally) and I too expect something along this road.
Unless M3 is just a power and efficiency increase (still good of course), "if" something comes out in-line for the holiday push, then just a press release probably.
I think Tim-y hinted to push the 15" MacBook Air for the holidays, so no other releases this year. The M2 13" Air is probably "acceptable" in their eyes until at least Spring 2024.
I would think that Apple would update "something" as far as iPads and MacBooks before the holidays to draw attention to shoppers, but Apple is doing soooo well right now as far as income, so probably no need. Maybe the iMac is still selling, so no need until spring to upgrade for the holidays.
I would think that the iMac sells during the beginning school season and Christmas/Holiday times. It makes business sense to put out a press release now or in October for an undated M2 iMac. School season (at least for the U.S.) is now and no updated iMac, so if there will be an updated iMac for the Holiday season, it should come in October.
Makes sense to get all Macs on m2 and wait it out for the Vpro. Then release M3's all in 2024.
I’m anxious for an M3 iMac to appear just to see all the M2 iMac predictors’ heads explode with howls of, “Why didn’t it get M2?”
Besides if iMac were to get M2 there is no reason whatsoever it wouldn’t have happened by now.
Besides if iMac were to get M2 there is no reason whatsoever it wouldn’t have happened by now.
I doubt it.We just going to pretend Mark Gurman never said there was likely an October even for M3 iMac?
Apple's First M3-Powered Macs Likely to Launch in October
Apple's first M3-powered Macs could arrive as early as October, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. Writing in his latest Power On...www.macrumors.com
Given that Apple launched new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models in January, and more recently new 15-inch MacBook Air, Mac Studio, and Mac Pro models in June, Gurman believes the first beneficiaries of the new M3 chip will be the next iMac, 13-inch MacBook Air, and 13-inch MacBook Pro.
But I am not really excited with M3 iMac for a reason.
HobeSoundDarryl
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The reason would be that Apple just got around to it now. Maybe they had a different plan and this is plan B or C or D… supposed to be M3 but M3 is not ready yet (see iPhone SOC last year vs. apparent plan). Maybe resources have been focused elsewhere and iMac finally came up on the checklist.
But whether M2 or M3, 24” or 27”, notch or dynamic island, accessories still Lightning or new USB-C stuff, bring it on… or don’t. There are prob buyers ready to buy either iMac but don’t want to buy the “old” one tagged “don’t buy- updated model expected soon”
And as many a pedant have pointed out, things like ChatGPT and Stable Diffusion are not really AI to begin with.