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What to Expect From the 'Scary Fast' October 30 Apple Event
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I hadn’t heard that the event is being held in New York, which they typically only do when they’re talking services, such as the introduction of Apple TV+. What service could possibly be brought up in a Mac event? The only thing I can think of is that Apple is finally going to make a concerted effort in AAA gaming. Since they pushed AAA games for the A17 Pro, those graphics cores will probably be enhanced for the M3 versions. My prediction is that not only M3 Macs will be introduced, but Apple’s stream will bring up several game developers.
I am hoping they finally make the macbook pros fanless devices like the Macbook air!
Ive been buying a mac about every other month for the last 5 years, trying out all the models I’ve ever been interested in owning. To date, none are newer than the 2019 model year since AS won’t run the software I need for work, knocking new Apples to the lowest priority purchasing tier. But, three generations in is probably long enough to wait, the performance payoff should be well-earned. I’ll try an m3 mac mini to run FCP & take that load off the i9’s.
Time for a 30 inch iMac Pro with M3 or M3 Pro. 512 GB SSD minimum config; 1TB middle/max. That would be perfect.
But it is higher end versus lower end. MBA costs half as much and is lesser in every possible way except weight. It is not "just a different category for people doing different work." MBA provides lesser display and lesser speakers, for instance, no matter what work is performed.
That is not to say that many folks, perhaps most, should not buy the lower end MBA.
Most engineering disciplines will reject MacOS as well due to lack of software.
And it is passively cooled, has better ergonomics, longer battery life and exactly same performance until forced into throttling, which may occur after 6-8 minutes of heavy load. I'm using it as my main workstation for development. I'd choose MBA over MBP even if they were at the same price tag. For me MBA is way better laptop overall than MBP, even after taking price out of equation.
That's a great point, all of these news outlets are running this story but in reality it doesn't make sense since it's recorded. I haven't heard of an ongoing IN person event. Again fascinating. I wonder if they're just testing a new time for streams since much of the US is working during their regular streams.
You are likely correct but the timing is lousy in my opinion. Nothing today/tomorrow products reveals are suitable to put under the Christmas tree. iPads, MacBook Air etc are, by contrast, and these comes in the spring??? Alternatively, the Mac sales are so poor so it needs special attention but I doubt that.
LOL you serious?
To name one;
the M processor series is a game changer for the whole computer industry performance/watt.
What form factors you talking about?
Netbooks? Touchscreens? Inch-thick gaming laptops? What exactly are you envious of?
If you are after a 10inch netbook, feel free to buy one and give us a review man
Such a tired take. So what, there is always new tech coming.
I have the original AppleTV 4K from 2018. I went to the Apple Store on 10/28/23 to buy a new AppleTV because I wanted the new remote and my AppleTV will freeze a lot. When I went to buy the AppleTV, the employee asked if I was upgrading or buying an AppleTV for the first time. Then he asked if I needed it this weekend or could wait. Then he said, you know there’s an event on Monday, you should wait until after the event if you can.
Based on that experience at the Apple Store and the event time being during the 8 pm eastern time primetime TV slot (usually events are on Tuesdays at 10 am pacific time), I think the event is related to TV and possibly gaming. Apple is raising prices on AppleTV+ and other services. I think it will be TV/gaming hardware, but mostly focused on software/services due to the time of the event. Possibly live TV related services. I’m sure they would love for people to experience sporting events live through the Vision Pro in an experience that makes you feel like you’re there. Maybe something like that will be incorporated.
It just doesn’t make sense for Apple to break from their usual announcement time (10 am pacific) to announce their usual hardware (M3 chip in MacBook). It’s got to be something unusual (based on unusual time) and tv/services (growing portion of revenue) makes a lot of sense.
Based on that experience at the Apple Store and the event time being during the 8 pm eastern time primetime TV slot (usually events are on Tuesdays at 10 am pacific time), I think the event is related to TV and possibly gaming. Apple is raising prices on AppleTV+ and other services. I think it will be TV/gaming hardware, but mostly focused on software/services due to the time of the event. Possibly live TV related services. I’m sure they would love for people to experience sporting events live through the Vision Pro in an experience that makes you feel like you’re there. Maybe something like that will be incorporated.
It just doesn’t make sense for Apple to break from their usual announcement time (10 am pacific) to announce their usual hardware (M3 chip in MacBook). It’s got to be something unusual (based on unusual time) and tv/services (growing portion of revenue) makes a lot of sense.
Primetime TV starts at 8 eastern/7 central (which is 5 pm pacific). Maybe it is nighttime because it’s referencing east coast time and tv, not the boring Mac refresh that everyone thinks is going to have Apple create a brand new time and way of delivering an announcement. 🧐
But they do invite warm-body "influencers" to show up and play with the new gadgets.
It seems a small number of said influencers on the US East coast have been invited to NYC for such a hands-on, apparently watching the event as broadcast and then being allowed to fondle some things.
A lot of trolls start showing up during announce-season. We can find posts all over this forums by people throwing out either inflammatory claims or just silly claims.
And a lot of dick-measuring over computers.
At least.
When the announcement came I immediately thought it was timed for the business day in Japan/Korea/China.
Perhaps Apple is going to push for a "gaming" (a word I dislike immensely) ecosystem expansion. I thought it rather novel of Apple to add a gaming mode to Sonoma. The timing of that too is rather suggestive.
Improved performance - with same or even slightly improved battery endurance - is a good, if not outstanding, jump. It's a cup half full, not empty, boost. My question is; is the battery – smaller, lighter, less polluting, happening while performance is even moderately improved? That's great, if not exactly eye-opening.
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But, but, but .... all the youtubers said it was s good for nothing, throtteling mess, that can only do very light web-browsing and emails ... now I'm all confused and just a bit scared 🤣.
j/k, obviously, love the mac air 15" which is my 3rd ranked computer of all time
(only outdone by the Amiga 500 and mac mini m1).
“Aside from the iMac and refreshed 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models, there are no other rumors that suggest other devices are getting updated”
No rumours predicted this event or any new Macs, in fact all the rumours stated the total opposite, so I really wouldn’t rely on them being accurate in the slightest for what Apple will announce today. It’s like the 6th gen iPad Mini all,over again. New Macs obviously but what else beyond that, no one knows or what Macs will be updated either.
No rumours predicted this event or any new Macs, in fact all the rumours stated the total opposite, so I really wouldn’t rely on them being accurate in the slightest for what Apple will announce today. It’s like the 6th gen iPad Mini all,over again. New Macs obviously but what else beyond that, no one knows or what Macs will be updated either.
My wallet has been giving me the side eye all weekend. I swear at one point it said “Don’t you even dare” and “You can wait another year on Intel” and I just don’t know if I can trust it.
But those towers were a one-off exception to the rule. For the most part of Apple’s history Steve Jobs’ vision of the computer as an enclosed sealed appliance reigned supreme. It’s not just a technical limitation of tighter integration and a unified memory architecture, which enables superior performance. It’s an ongoing philosophical dispute about how much tinkering with the hardware configuration should be allowed. And Apple’s usual answer is none!
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Let’s be honest, this website and all analysts are utterly clueless about what will be announced today. This article today states no new iPads yet this one yesterday claimed possibly new iPad Mini:
So I’ll ignore ALL the so called predictions, they have been a bit of a disaster since the Apple Watch Series 8 total redesign and iPad Mini 6th gen launch date fiascos. With this site and analysts being 100% wrong in both cases.
So I’ll ignore ALL the so called predictions, they have been a bit of a disaster since the Apple Watch Series 8 total redesign and iPad Mini 6th gen launch date fiascos. With this site and analysts being 100% wrong in both cases.
If the event is 2 hours long as the calendar entry Apple will make for you suggests then I believe there is a good chance.
you are kidding right? do you actually use it for its power?