Not sure if I could hold my tears if they introduced a new mini at the event.
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When to Expect Apple's Rumored October Event Based on Prior Years
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I’d have liked that too, but “small” screens are dead, and regardless Apple wouldn’t upend the new paradigm they laid out just last month to which we’ve now adjusted. My savior will be the new Mini, which I’ll order within 10 seconds of when I can.
I'm betting the under--there will be no event until January 2019.
Then, in the name of "courage," Apple will vanquish the iPad Mini while upholding the aging iPad at a "reduced" price and trying to position the iPad Pro as a MS Surface contender.
There might be a CPU refresh in October (I doubt it), but I am betting Intel's continuing delay has accelerated Apple's plans to push consumer Macs to ARM, which will begin this coming WWDC.
Then, in the name of "courage," Apple will vanquish the iPad Mini while upholding the aging iPad at a "reduced" price and trying to position the iPad Pro as a MS Surface contender.
There might be a CPU refresh in October (I doubt it), but I am betting Intel's continuing delay has accelerated Apple's plans to push consumer Macs to ARM, which will begin this coming WWDC.
Apple serves every consumer, He saves money to buy things in cash and some extend their credit. That was really uncalled for.
This is the Mac equivalent of "But can it run Crysis?".
They had a subsequent interview and clarified it was definitely 2019
https://techcrunch.com/2018/04/05/apples-2019-imac-pro-will-be-shaped-by-workflows/
Might get a preview or something in the October event but probably not, I think.
I'll say sometime in October.. That gets me totally covered 
I am ready! I am hoping some fun MacBook (whatevers) to be introduced. Spice the line up a bit.
I'm starting to doubt we'll see an October event, it would put the XR launch in the shadow and hell knows Apple is nearly entirely dependant on its iPhone revenues at this point.
Macs and iPads, everything except the MBP line is outdated (some more than others, hello Mini and Mac Pro) - speaking of which, whatever happened to Apple's renewed focus on the Mini? And the Mac Pro that's been promised a few times over the last few years?
I expect updated iPad Pros so they get Face ID and the A12X chip, but little else.
Macs and iPads, everything except the MBP line is outdated (some more than others, hello Mini and Mac Pro) - speaking of which, whatever happened to Apple's renewed focus on the Mini? And the Mac Pro that's been promised a few times over the last few years?
I expect updated iPad Pros so they get Face ID and the A12X chip, but little else.
I didn’t ask for it to be released, I asked for an UPDATE!
It's excruciating waiting for the update to the Mac Mini... Please don't screw it up Apple!! - You've had 4 years to completely overthink it - what could possibly go wrong?
I have the Max but still want a new iPad mini. The 4:3 screen is just so much better for me with the apps I use most and the larger iPad is a pain to travel with. I really hope they will update it but suspect they won’t.
I can definitely foresee:
– iPad Pro update
– Mac Mini was more or less promised, but I would NOT expect it to start below $999
– Perhaps the 2015 Macbook will return as $999 replacement for Air
– ...and lots of watch bands and emojis.
Anything else would be more or less a surprise. As in shocker.
– iPad Pro update
– Mac Mini was more or less promised, but I would NOT expect it to start below $999
– Perhaps the 2015 Macbook will return as $999 replacement for Air
– ...and lots of watch bands and emojis.
Anything else would be more or less a surprise. As in shocker.
Based on how boring the Sept announcement was, I’m going out on a limb and saying no new Mac mini (because I’m hoping they would surprise me)
I think the Sept event was largely so boring because EVERYTHING leaked except the details on Watch. Now we have nothing except vague mentions of Mini and AirSEMaxPlusX that could really end up being anything. I like that! I just hope it doesn't mean there will be no event...
Apple hasn't used NV chips for ages, undoubtedly because NV charges a lot of money for their products (being the market dominant actor and all), and (historically) also because of NV's refusal to support OpenCL and instead focusing on their proprietary Cuda API. As Apple was a big proponent of OpenCL (until it was deprecated and replaced by Vulkan, which Apple doesn't support at all), that probably didn't help either.
Also, the TU102 chip is new and a VERY large ASIC - it's just about as big as you can commercially make it right now, and since consumer cards are still a ways from launching there's undoubtedly supply constraints involved as well. AMD Vega is being manufactured on TSMC's 7nm process, which is different to NV's Turing series GPUs, and ~40-50% higher density, so likely considerably smaller than TU102's monster 750sqmm+ die size.
Then your opinion, honestly, isn't worth very much.
Tahiti was a very good GPU for its time, it's just too damn old by now. It was actually a bit long in the tooth already at its introduction in the new Mac Pro (so Apple simply stuck two GPUs in there to compensate.) AMD was too resource constrained to develop both professional GPUs, consumer gaming GPUs and consoles all in parallel, so they let go of the high-end professional computational GPUs for years. That is about to change, since Vega 20 is right around the corner, pretty much.Well, realities still apply (like supply chain issues, cost issues (possibly also support issues - seeing as Apple has been an exclusive AMD GPU customer for years now and may have built better relations with them than with NV), and we've yet to see what Vega 20 can do as well when it comes to performance.
That's what I said it doesn't take, if you go back and check again.
Yeah, duh. Obviously.
The thing is though that pie is still pie, even if one slice is smaller than another slice. If they weren't so lopsidedly focused only on the iOS slice of the pie they wouldn't have left almost all of their Mac line-up to languish, often for several years at a time. They're leaving pie (well, money, but you understand) on the table by not properly, actively developing their Mac line as well. It's entirely a management issue, not a resource issue as they've clearly got more money than they know what to do with over there in Cupertino.
Nah, they had quite a few deals for the current ipads running until Oct 2nd, like free beats headphones etc. I imagine that was to push out the units before the new ipad comes out. I expect it will be this october
I think it’s also boring because Apple rolls out their features at a snails pace. They want you to buy slowly but surely
There’s no need to rush it. Better wait till 2023, making good Phil’s promise of wwdc 2013 that the trashcan would be the mac pro for the next ten years.
Seriously, if they plan to release it in 2020, they shouldn’t even bother. It takes apple three years to design a friggin computer?
Sadly, you’re most likely right
If you're on a budget, this works even without AirPower! #protip
(Is there a poll whether AirPower will show up this year or not? What can I win?)