Tim Cook email response tells sender to 'stay tuned' for Mac refresh
Apple CEO Tim Cook has allegedly returned an email from a concerned consumer, and suggests that there are imminent changes in the pipeline.
A MacRumors reader emailed Cook, asking if the company was "pulling away" from the Mac line.
"I love the Mac and we are very committed to it," said Cook in the email. "Stay tuned."
MacRumors believes the email to be from Apple, if not necessarily from Cook himself, based on examined email headers.
In 2015, Apple's iOS-centric event was held on Sept. 9. OS X El Capitan was released on Sept. 30, 2015, with the 4k 21.5-inch iMac revealed about two weeks later on Oct. 13.
MacOS Sierra will have a consumer release on Sept. 20, less than a full year after El Capitan.
A possible appearance during the next Mac refresh is a new MacBook pro with an OLED strip replacing the function keys. The new machine is likely to have Thunderbolt 3, USB 3.1 Generation 2, and an AMD "Polaris" GPU.
Less clear for a new MacBook Pro is what CPU Apple has chosen. A quad-core Skylake processor for the machine is now available, but rumors peg new Kaby Lake processors beyond the first two official releases suitable for the MacBook Pro now at manufacturers.
A MacRumors reader emailed Cook, asking if the company was "pulling away" from the Mac line.
"I love the Mac and we are very committed to it," said Cook in the email. "Stay tuned."
MacRumors believes the email to be from Apple, if not necessarily from Cook himself, based on examined email headers.
In 2015, Apple's iOS-centric event was held on Sept. 9. OS X El Capitan was released on Sept. 30, 2015, with the 4k 21.5-inch iMac revealed about two weeks later on Oct. 13.
MacOS Sierra will have a consumer release on Sept. 20, less than a full year after El Capitan.
A possible appearance during the next Mac refresh is a new MacBook pro with an OLED strip replacing the function keys. The new machine is likely to have Thunderbolt 3, USB 3.1 Generation 2, and an AMD "Polaris" GPU.
Less clear for a new MacBook Pro is what CPU Apple has chosen. A quad-core Skylake processor for the machine is now available, but rumors peg new Kaby Lake processors beyond the first two official releases suitable for the MacBook Pro now at manufacturers.
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I just wish the Macbook Pro would return to Nvidia chips, they are much better for mobile applications.
In an ideal world there'd be a single global standard port (as small as Lightning: 1.5 mm), but until then at least we should have consistency. In a related matter it offends me most of the new Beats (besides the x) continue to have Micro USB rather than Lightning for charging. I detest Micro USB. That and comfort level are the two main things putting me off buying a set of Beats headphones. And I'd be able to swallow the price if they had noise cancellation quality parody with Bose. Mainly Lightning and comfort though. How many reviewers must say they are uncomfortable before Beats (Apple) listen. But that Micro USB—grrrrrr!! That's a minimum of a 12-month wait before Beats Solo and Beats Studio get Lightning.
I just can't imagine someone buying an iPhone 7 and new MBP, and being told they'll need an adapter (which does not yet exist) to use their Lightning headphones that came with their iPhone, with their Macs, much less if buy a brand new pair of Beats, or third party, Lightning headphones.
Right now is somebody asked how they would do that, Apple's only solution would be to use the 3.5mm adapter included in the box and buy a new pair of 3.5mm headphones, or use an old pair they may have. Apple really didn't think this whole thing out.
Yep. Typically, Apple doesn't mix and match different products at an Event. The phone and watch are connected, so it makes sense to see them together. Then there're iPads in October. There are notable exceptions of course. I'm not in the market for a new Mac, so November or January, doesn't matter to me. I do like to follow the 13" MBP line though, just in case.jahaja said:
That's just about any site in any category, including this one, though it's not as bad as MacRumors or BGR. It's as though making an objective positive statement about Apple or it's products can only mean you're a fanboi-sheeple lemming. Kidz. Can't reason with them, can't chase them like rats across the tundra.