“You may have noticed that yesterday’s WWDC keynote address didn’t mention Apple’s desktops at all, and, in fact, the limited updates to the Mac Pro were only announced after the main event,” Sean Portnoy reports for ZDNet. “So has the electronics giant finally dumped the desktop?”
Portnoy reports, “According to New York Times tech columnist David Pogue, Apple says that isn’t the case. Chatting with a company executive after the keynote, Pogue heard that ‘new models and new designs’ were underway for both the iMac and Mac Pro, for probable release in 2013.”
Portnoy reports, “One reason for a possible iMac delay is that Apple could be perfecting desktop Retina Display monitors.”
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MacDailyNews Note: Pogue’s direct quote: “Many Apple observers also wonder if Apple thinks that desktop computers are dead, since not a word was said about the iMac and Mac Pro. An executive did assure me, however, that new models and new designs are under way, probably for release in 2013.”
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Fred Mertz” for the heads up.]