“Apple plans to release its next Mac operating system, OS X 10.9 Mavericks, at the end of October, according to sources with knowledge of the launch plans,” Mark Gurman reports for AppleInsider.
“iOS 7 is set to ship alongside the iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C later in September,” Gurman reports. “There has also been chatter about Apple holding the iPad iOS 7 release back until October.”
Gurman reports, “The late-October Mavericks release is planned so Apple could focus the majority of its software engineering resources on pushing out iOS 7 alongside the new iPhone hardware over the next couple of weeks. In addition to the new Mac software, Apple is expected to release a slew of new Macs this fall. This includes updated versions of the Mac Pro, iMac, and MacBook Pro.”
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Bring on a faster Mac mini! I’m ready to buy.
Dude, you want a fast Mac mini? Do what I did. Get the i7, upgraded the mem. To 16GB, Use an external thunderbolt drive outfitted with a Owc 6G mercury pro SSD. It screams.
Put the SSD inside; mucho better. Can still add whatever you need outside, but that is backup for me.
An external SSD makes a morning backup of 5GB with CCC fly basically twice as fast as a hard drive.
Yup.
What’s so good about Mac mini?
By “sources” you mean Apple? It clearly states “Coming this fall” on the official Apple website. Much later than that and it would be winter. Just sayin’ …
The definition of “winter” in the Cupertino area is exceedingly limited.
If Apple adheres to the common interpretation of the seasons then the last day of Fall 2013 is 20 December. Gawd, I only hope the new releases are made available before the end of November.
Fall lasts until late-December… late-October is not even mid-Fall…
“For the Northern hemisphere, spring begins on 1 March, summer on 1 June, autumn on 1 September, and winter on 1 December” – Wikipedia
∴ coming this fall = on or before 30 November.
No surprise here. Next week’s presentation will focus on the iPhone. Don’t expect anything other than the iPhones being launched, the formal launch of iOS7, and announcements of deals with DoCoMo and hopefully, China Mobile. This would be a lot.
My hunch is that Apple has adopted a “rolling thunder” strategy of big announcements in the coming months:
October: Mavericks and new Macs (or early November?); iWork and iWork (iCloud) launch
October: iOS7 for iPad and iPad updates
Fall: AppleTV update or a complete AppleTV revision and announcements of big deals with TV and movie content owners
Where we once waited for January for the big announcements, Apple has shifted to target having new products ready for the Christmas holiday season, and for good reason. I’m looking for bigger developments for the AppleTV and the content available for it, tying in with iTunes, and a archipelago of Macs, iPhones and iPads controlling it remotely. Maybe, possibly, we could see gesture-based controlling become available for the AppleTV as early as this year. And it will be very interesting to see how the new iPhone’s home button sensor, if rumors are correct, is utilized by Apple, and how APIs for using it, if the rumors could be true, could be used by third party developers.
What I see is not just one product standing alone. If you look at the larger picture, I think we will see how iOS and OS-X Mavericks will work more cooperatively, and how the latest updates of Apple’s desktop, laptop and mobile products will work more closely with the latest AppleTV. New TV content offerings and announcements of deals with large Asian telcos does not sound as sexy as new hardware, but opening markets to nearly a BILLION new potential customers in China, Japan (and don’t forget India) could dramatically propel Apple sales. That is not to be underestimated.
Next year, look for Apple to launch one or more wearable devices – a watch, possibly an exercise tracking band (my guesses). Rather than rush to market like Samsung, Apple is taking its time to make sure that it can develop a svelte, efficient product that has a purpose and an interface to match. I am willing to be patient. It could be an interesting new product category.
Innovation does not happen on command. It takes time. But I think late 2013 and 2014 could shape up to be an interesting year.
Meanwhile, Apple stock is valued by Wall $treet with a P/E of only 12 – it means that the $treet assumes that Apple will not grow beyond the rate of inflation. For an investor, I see a lot of opportunity.
When you filter out all the noise, FUD and punditry, step back and see how the company is doing, there is much for which we can be excited.
As evidenced by AAPL price, people who actually have skin in the game don’t have very high expectations. None of the product rumors have given investors much reason to think that Apple is ready to release anything truly revolutionary. Many are assuming that Cook simply doesn’t have it in him. We can only hope that Apple proves them wrong … eventually, whenever Cook actually delivers his loooonng slow pipeline of new products.
Personally, I am extremely disappointed to hear that an organization that has grown as big as Apple now is doesn’t have the resources to simultaneously improve both mobile and Mac platforms. With dramatically fewer people, it seems Jobs rolled out more frequent, and more revolutionary products.
Most investors did not have very high expectations for Apple in 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, or even 2007 when the iPhone was released. But AAPL rocketed upwards during those years. The recent AAPL crash occurred *after* many of those naysayers *finally* got on board after missing 2000%+ ROI in the preceding years. They ran up the expectations and the price – then the smart ones ejected with the profits and the others lost out and started badmouthing Apple again.
I don’t give a fig for the opinions of these people, whether or not they have any “skin” in the game. Clearly, they still lack an understanding of Apple, its products, and its objectives.
Big deal. At least Tim will be able to claim an update for the OS even if, at the end of the 48-hour “celebration” that is bound to break out around this site and elsewhere in the world of Mac fans who continue to blindly think things are going well, there is really very little difference between this one and the recent cats now drifting into history.
My big decision will be whether to jump on 10.9 on release day, or wait for 10.9.1, which will iron out the worst of any bugs. I know waiting makes more sense, but I don’t if I’d have the patience! Want new shiny ASAP!
——RM
So, we upgrade to Maverick…try to print a page from the net or WP…and nothing happens….no new drivers for you Samsung, Epson, HP printer but apple says…don’t worry…they will come around eventually….which means trash your printers,open your wallet and buy $150 worth of new printers