What's Still Coming in 2021 at Apple's Second Fall Event

[aroom]

Oh they're doing it, and it's because they have to drop Thunderbolt bolts. For whatever reason they can't or won't use more than 2 Thunderbolt ports with Apple Silicon.

that's what I'm afraid about: the hdmi port being used due to a limitation of the chip... nothing pro about hdmi... what a mess

 

[4or Daze]

Why anyone would believe or entertain anything MacRumors, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac or any other outlet writes after the largest botch of writing articles of what Apple devices will be designed like or what new devices will feature spec wise is beyond me.

For almost a year readers endured articles that pushed baseless claims of designs etc, to only be proving wrong. You all are an absolute desperate joke!
Editors ought to be fired!

I would think that Apple is cracking down on their inside leaks for the rumors to be less trustworthy. For the most part, not all the claims have been false and even if they are, they've withdrawn statements in the following articles when leaks and reports state that Apple is farther behind with a developing technology.

 

[anshuvorty]

Why anyone would believe or entertain anything MacRumors, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac or any other outlet writes after the largest botch of writing articles of what Apple devices will be designed like or what new devices will feature spec wise is beyond me.

For almost a year readers endured articles that pushed baseless claims of designs etc, to only be proving wrong. You all are an absolute desperate joke!
Editors ought to be fired!

I think you are over-generalizing quite a bit here:

• I admit, these blog sites over-hyped the Apple Watch redesign and made it seem like the gospel truth or the 2nd coming of Christ and they should be held accountable for spreading this rumor as truth.
• However, I disagree that they should be crucified for reporting on the news regarding the iPad Mini or the iPhone. Although they got the release date of the iPad Mini incorrect, these rumor sites were spot on that the iPad Mini would get a redesign with the new generation.
• Regarding the iPhone: they were basically spot on with all of the features and specs for these phones. They reported that there were going to be 4 iPhones and there were 4 iPhones. They reported that the Pro models may receive ProMotion and the Pro models did get the ProMotion feature.

In other words, I don't think the editors should be fired, but they should do a better job at noting and emphasizing or maybe over-emphasizing that the news that they are reporting are rumors and not actual facts.

 

[adib]

Replace the Touch Bar???? What? I love my Touch Bar!

Stream Deck?

 

[JereV]

What's stupid is that it is September 2021 and the MacBookPro is still not using Apple Silicon. I don't count that entry thing with the MBA chip.

When Apple transitioned to Intel, Steve Jobs made sure the very first machine they updated was single most important machine: the MacBook Pro. Not only did they need to prove that it would work and be viable, but this is what all the developers and professionals use (the high end Apple notebook).

15 years later it is still true. The most important machine in the lineup is the MacBook Pro, and it was delayed incessantly, allegedly because of the mini-LED display. Something absolutely no one needs or cares about. So here we are 15 months after the announcement of Apple Silicon transition, without a MacBookPro. Absurd and inexcusable.

AFAIK MacBook Air is currently the best selling MacBook. But that’s not relevant.

With Intel transition Apple had no other choice than start with the Pro, as they were unable to make competitive pro laptop with PowerPC and Intel had Pro chips readily available.

Apple silicon is coming from phones – the low end. It makes more sense to start with the chip that needs the least amount of extra power and new features (which needed to be implemented from scratch).

If Apple had decided to start with the Pro, they’d had to start the transition later. Maybe a full year later. Why throw away full year of low end M1 sales? This launch order makes more sense also technically, and gave more time for developers to fix and optimize pro SW for Apple silicon before releasing Pro machines.

By my experience, rumors about delays are usually made up to cover up other rumors about made up release dates.

If the MacBook Pro is launched with a CPU based on A15, it’s clear that it was always planned to be released after iPhone 13 (by always I mean it was decided years ago, like 2018 or something). All we have to do is wait to find out.

 

[JereV]

I don't see the appeal of mid-ranges, unless they can square off against mid-range external GPUs. Even with that, the lack of upgradability will be its Achilles heel. The apple silicon is only for entry level only without external RAM and GPU.

I used to think they would support ext GPU & RAM, but not anymore.

Obviously the chips must be faster than the current GPUs for 16” MacBook Pro are. I have no doubt Apple can pull that off – that’s what they have been working on this year. eGPU support is probably one of the other new features.

Upgradeability is not a thing – you can’t upgrade current Intel MacBooks either. Mac Pro is the only Mac that really has to be upgradeable. For other Macs, it’s mostly just buying cheaper RAM/storage for a new machine. I don’t think Apple sees selling more RAM as a big problem.