“Mid-October could very well see the introduction of a new line of iPads, if reports from French site MacGeneration are to be believed,” Kevin Bostic reports for MacRumors.
“This latest rumor also posits that Apple could take the opportunity to introduce new, Haswell-powered versions of several of its Mac desktop and notebook devices,” Bostic reports. “An October 15 event would fall just shy of last year’s iPad event, in which Apple introduced the fourth-generation iPad and the iPad mini.”
Bostic reports, “With regard to the full-size iPad, the prevailing opinion is that Apple will rework the design of the device, bringing it more in line with the look of the iPad mini. For months now, images of the full-size iPad’s redesigned case have leaked, showing it looking more like the mini with its slim bezel and thinner profile. The iPad mini, though, remains a comparative mystery.”
Read more in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Lynn Weiler” for the heads up.]
Mac Pro? Mac Pro? Mac Pro?
I’m still worried about the price. Not sure I want to see what it starts at!
Mikey,
We’ve already been told that the Mac Pro will show up this fall. Therefore it will be formally announced in full detail on or before 21 December 2013. (The teaser at WWDC does not count as a full, formal announcement.)
When it will finally ship may be a totally different story.
MacPro-c in 5 delicious colors.
Think different.
… as long as its black!
… you know… Henry Ford? … Oh, never mind.
Yes, Apple needs to start shipping the Mac Pro units or we will see last years iMac debacle happen again with the Mac Pro this time. This Mac Pro will pass the European environmental standards.
Clueless idiot is focussed on the outer shape of the edge. I believe the A7 and M7 chips with the low light and improved photos with the NSA resistant finger identification security may be the selling point driving up the refresh replacement rate of the iPad. Not the edge.
I touch with multiple user ability in iOS 7.
Doubt that will happen, but a much popular request for multi user. Probably iOS 8.
iOS 7 is already Golden Master or close to it, so no last minute features like multiple user logins can be added, and “I touch” isn’t a real apple product.
> and “I touch” isn’t a real apple product.
Nor are MBA, MBP, rMBA, rMBP or ATV, but no one complains when those shorthands are used. Almost everyone here knows what they mean, even if we cringe a bit at this particular one.
Yah, but if someone’s going to make up a name, at least stick to convention.
iTouch would be accurate, not “I touch”.
Oh Good! Another good reason for Apple’s stock to drop! I wish they would stop introducing products
I wish selling my stocks before Apple announced new products.
I am desperately trying to find a reason to buy a new Mac Pro, but keep finding myself working more and more on the road, so prolly will go with a maxed out 15″ rMBP. Hopefully they’ll be even thinner. I’m hoping they give an option for 2GB Flash. 768 just won’t cut it.
I’m now hoping for iTouch on the r-series. Sooo sick of password hell on all the sites I don’t choose to store my password for.
Recognize it might take some time (a year? more?) to link up authentication on third-party sites (if Apple allows that/creates an API for it) at all. Still, these two adds could make life a tad easier..
You really don’t want third party sites to have anything to do with a biometric identifier.
It’s ok if you want your website password remembered, on your local encrypted drive, and that memorized password only invoked with your fingerprint, But giving anybody in the world easy access to a password that you can’t change, your fingerprint, is a really bad idea.
If the Touch ID on the 5s is really only kept locally, encrypted, and deleted after 48 hours, that’s a fairly secure implementation. But having biometric info transmitted over the Internet in any way is asking for trouble.
Rex -You were right at first and then went down the wrong avenue.
A third party site would still need a password which you would supply, but when you access that site subsequently you can ( optionally ) have your password automatically sent to that site so long as you were identified as the user by means of your fingerprint.
Your encrypted fingerprint data always stays encoded within your iDevice and neither Apple nor any third party can have access to it and neither is it transmitted from that device at any stage.
Precisely!
It all depends on the details. If Touch ID can use a ‘zero knowledge protocol‘ to authenticate to a third party, then biometric at my end is not necessarily a security risk.
Another event, another reason to drop the stock. It’s a small price to pay to see the analysts and the jouranalist get knocked down, kicked and beaten and to watch them stooopidily get up and speculate because they are incapable of learning from their mistakes.
Oh that investigative reporting that totally missed the the 64 bit chip in the new iphone.
Go ahead Whore Street, push that price down. Small price to pay to remain pimp free.
Let them push. The more they push it down, the more shares my dollar buys. So I win either way… 😆
Agreed….this proprietary non-upgradable crap is for the birds. But that is the way of the future with the Air design.
I also want my 17″ back! I’m still running on a Late 2009 17 MacBook Pro. About time to update it, but I can’t go back to a 13″ or 15″.
A Mac Pro is the last thing I need . . . But I probably will get one.
I’m sticking with my 2009 Mac Pro for as long as possible. I like having the internal storage. Will probably upgrade to an SSD and get a few more years out of it along with a video card upgrade as well.
A new Mac Pro is the first thing I need and will accept. Previous generations of Mac Pro will find useful work; miscellaneous Wintel boxes are due for recycling.
A friend asked me what’s the best way to accelerate his aging Wintel box warning me against saying, “Recycle & get a Mac”..
My reply: “9.8 m/s².” 🙂
What, you’re not going till Apple comes out with Macs with bigger screens?
15 Hour battery life MBP anyone? I can’t wait…
20hours
Don’t tease me…don’t tease me. 15 hours would be amazing – 20 Hours I don’t think even Apple can pull that rabbit out of that hat.
IGZO may give you the battery life you want. Unfortunately, Apple’s obsession with thinness will likely lead to design of MacBook Pros with MBA-like anorexic dimensions.
This sounds interesting. The new Macs look very intriguing, but I unfortunately don’t have the money for it. Guess I’ll have to stay with Mac Mini for the time being…
I badly need a new Mac Pro. My 2008 Mac Pro is really starting to show its age. I depend on as much CPU and graphics performance I can get.
I’m still using my 2007 Mac Pro and I’m dying to upgrade. That said this old MP has been a helluva reliable machine. Much better than my 2005 G5 Mac Pro and its many problems, not to mention the 747 loud internal turbo cooling fans every time the processor has to do something just a little hard.. Hopefully the new one will be as dependable as the Intel 2007 model.
Why do so many require Apple to make a Mac like a Time Lords police box????
Bigger on the inside than on the outside !!!
Just saying. Lol
They can add multiuser for iPad, just like Siri for 4s. It’ll come next month.
Will the next iPads get the iPhone 5S’ best hardware features?
http://www.cnet.com/8301-31747_7-57602713-243/will-the-next-ipads-get-the-iphone-5s-best-hardware-features/
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It’s an unconfirmed rumor and it comes at a time when I’m desperately in need of new equipment. My iMac is chugging along at 7 years old and I’m hoping a Retina version is released this year, with a Retina iPad mini. They’ll play nicely with the 5S I’m planning to get.
Exactly…on almost all counts although my iMac is an ’08. An SSD made it seem new last year, but can’t wait to get my hands on a 27″ Retina iMac. Guessing no retina but it would be an a very pleasant surprise. Retina iPad mini, check. iPhone 5s, check.
Would love a new Mac Pro and a 27″ Cinema Display, but just cannot justify it. Wait…maybe if I try really, really hard… 😉
You’ll be in hog heaven if you do. 🙂
I’m an Early 2006. 2GB RAM, so I’m sure you understand my pain. It’s served me very, very well over the years. A 27″ Retina iMac would be heaven.
Mac Mini for enterprise at a competitive price point with total cost of ownership well below PCs. Low cost OS updates, free iWorks/cloud, low energy costs.
Alternative view that follows the current tech media and Wall Street narrative negating Apple.
http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2013/09/16/apple-has-many-more-launches-to-go-but-will-they-m.aspx
Sorry to say, the article has a point to consider for the future of Apple.
Only a fool quotes The Mötley Fool site!
No quote used. It is foolish to dismiss thoughtful articles regardless of source.
What about the Mac Pro Tube?
Let’s hope this “special” Apple event will see more than just a Haswell processor added to a slightly modified number of Mac devices. Noted in this post is the word “iPad.” Captain Cook has been steering the Apple ship toward the new AT&T: Apple Telephone and Tablet. Let’s pray that those of us who use Macs aren’t forgotten: Where is a refresh of the SuperDrive, which remains a piece of crap? Where is the “great” productivity software Captain Cook keeps promising, such as iWork with common sense features like selecting a default font or “Save As”? Where is an OS that is feature rich and that doesn’t have to be updated every year to correct last year’s problems or is only written for the most recent processor (which means a two or three year old Mac has to be shelved in order to buy a new one to run the OS – sound like MS?)? Let’s hope that Captain Cook’s promise to Apple’s Board of Directors about his commitment to the Mac and software development rings true. If it doesn’t, expect Apple to continue sailing toward becoming the new AT&T: Apple Telephone and Tablet.
I don’t think there will ever be a refresh of the SuperDrive. Apple seems to have gotten away from physical media as much as possible. A better option is a portable blu ray drive which in most cases is cheaper than a SuperDrive anyways.
Optical media is currently a train wreck. DVDs still live. I still use them for backups. But they’re too small in data size for most tasks. Meanwhile, Sony totally botched Blu-ray do to their nasty, paranoiac penchant for DRM (digital rights management) and user surveillance. Screw Blu-Ray. Screw Sony. That means any future optical media isn’t going to be much more than too little, too late, been there, hated that, bye-bye legacy tech. Yawn. 😛
This professional is drooling over the though of a
New MacBook Pro 8)
Can Haz Well?