Thursday, October 18th 2018
Apple Event on October 30th: New iPad Pro, MacBook Air and Mac Mini Could Be Announced
We've been seeing rumors for months about the new iPad Pro and especially the successors to the MacBook Air, and we'll soon be able to confirm whether those rumors were true. Apple has issued media invites for an October 30 event in New York with the tagline "There's more in the making". The company is expected to announce the new iPad Pro, which could be based on a processor more powerful than the Apple A12 Bionic used on the new iPhone XR, XS and XS Max. This new tablet would have both 10.5 and a 12.9 inches models with slim bezels and Face ID. The rumors suggest the new iPad Pro will ditch the Lighting connector and replace it with a USB-C port.
Even more promising is that theoretical successor to MacBook Air (not necessarily called this way) that has been talked about for months. In August Bloomberg pointed out that this machine would have a Retina display whose size is not entirely clear: while DigiTimes talked about a 13-inch screen, Ming-Chi Kuo, analyst at TF International Securities, spoke of a replacement for the current MacBook that would therefore have a 12-inch screen. There is no info around its CPU/GPU, but the recent launch of 8th Gen U-Series and Y-Series processors makes guessing a fun exercise.
The other important announcement of the event could be the Mac mini, which has not been updated since 2014. Rumor has it that this model might see a new version based on Intel Core U-Series processors, something that could impact the final size of the device. There could be surprises on other models, and in fact in his research note for investors Kuo included details for several Mac updates. These included chip upgrades for the MacBook, MacBook Pro, and an iMac with "significant display-performance updates".
Source:
9to5Mac
Even more promising is that theoretical successor to MacBook Air (not necessarily called this way) that has been talked about for months. In August Bloomberg pointed out that this machine would have a Retina display whose size is not entirely clear: while DigiTimes talked about a 13-inch screen, Ming-Chi Kuo, analyst at TF International Securities, spoke of a replacement for the current MacBook that would therefore have a 12-inch screen. There is no info around its CPU/GPU, but the recent launch of 8th Gen U-Series and Y-Series processors makes guessing a fun exercise.
35 Comments on Apple Event on October 30th: New iPad Pro, MacBook Air and Mac Mini Could Be Announced
Overpriced is a nice way to say they price gouge the shit out of people. At least for the wife, her work provided her with a few thousand dollars worth of software she uses, for free. So she can do freelance graphic design stuff when she wants, plus she can now work from home when the weather is bad. If she wasn't getting all the software she uses at work for free, no way in hell I would have spent around $1400 on her laptop.
I don't understand people's fascination with Apple and their overpriced hardware.
I used to use PowerPCs in the 90s and they could get away with the excuse somewhat then. But not when you're selling the exact same hardware PCs have now.
Did you seriously tried to use that as an argument? Are you for real mate ? :roll:
Who knows hey, maybe were not happy with MS either but were paying a hell lot less for our hardware and for some part jump to Linux if need be.
Ooh spare me the crap about spyware, Apple has it's own.
this looks a bit chunky to me, comparing to the one in the news article
Keep on topic, please.
Up to a few years ago the prices were largely fine (when looking at the total package and not just pure performance), there was a bit of a premium but not too much. Nowdays they are lacking though, and the hardware updates comes too slow. 16GB was maxing out the Macbook Pro until like the current model, which is bonkers for something aimed at professionals. They still make good hardware but they need to step up their game ... somehow.