Apple notebook overhaul rumored for mid-October
Apple may be planning to hold its final media gathering of the year a little over a month from now to usher in much anticipated overhauls to its MacBook line of notebook computers, according to a new report.
In his write-up of Apple's music announcements this week, Daring Fireball's John Gruber said sources "familiar with Apple’s hardware plans" have informed him that the company's new line of Mac notebooks will arrive on Tuesday, October 14th.
While Gruber is not a traditional source of Apple rumors, his predictions do fall in line with a recent hardware roadmap published by AppleInsider, which suggested that redesigned MacBook and MacBook Pros would come weeks after the company's iPod announcements.
Beyond that, Apple also holds a refresh to its iMac line of all-in-one desktop computers that have been described to AppleInsider as more of a series of speed bumps than major design overhauls.
Apple has in recent years used smaller gatherings on its Cupertino-based campus -- specifically the Apple Town Hall auditorium -- to set a more intimate setting for its Mac-related announcements.
In his write-up of Apple's music announcements this week, Daring Fireball's John Gruber said sources "familiar with Apple’s hardware plans" have informed him that the company's new line of Mac notebooks will arrive on Tuesday, October 14th.
While Gruber is not a traditional source of Apple rumors, his predictions do fall in line with a recent hardware roadmap published by AppleInsider, which suggested that redesigned MacBook and MacBook Pros would come weeks after the company's iPod announcements.
Beyond that, Apple also holds a refresh to its iMac line of all-in-one desktop computers that have been described to AppleInsider as more of a series of speed bumps than major design overhauls.
Apple has in recent years used smaller gatherings on its Cupertino-based campus -- specifically the Apple Town Hall auditorium -- to set a more intimate setting for its Mac-related announcements.
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...will arrive on Tuesday, October 14th.
Calling Jack Skellington.
Thanks.
? Will the notebooks be getting the SFF package of the typical package size?
? Will the iMacs be getting a desktop grade Montevina/Penryn now that the TPD is lowered?
? Will the Mac Mini be refreshed, retired or redesigned?
? Will the Mac Pro be refreshed or redesigned?
? Will the dynamic feedback trackpad come to fruition?
? Will the MB get a backlit keyboard?
? Will the optical drive be made external (included with purchase, of course)?
? Will Apple offer an SSD option for the MBP?
? Will Apple offer SSD boot disk option for the Mac Pro and Xserve?
? Will Intel's X-25 SSDs be ready available by next month?
if everyone agreed sep going to be music (ipod) event, there will be less speculation, less rumor, less stress
But can't get too aggressive, Steve's not ready yet to put Michael out of business.
- Chipset bump
- Price drops across the board
- Unified styling in Aluminium, new style keyboards
- Another machine in the Air range, possibly a smaller one or a faster one
- Enhancements at the top end like > 4GB memory, possibly Quad core
- bigger touch pads with gestures ala AIr
Things we are not going to see:
- 3G laptops
- Tablets
- Midi Mac Pro
Maybe:
- GPS
what ever happened to the september production transition that will introduce "revolutionary new products at a pricepoint competetors can't match that will result in substantially lower margins and quarterly earnings"???
Obviously they're taking a bath on the new iPods, or were they referring to the next quarter?
rumor rumor and more rumor... tiring...
if everyone agreed sep going to be music (ipod) event, there will be less speculation, less rumor, less stress
Umm you are on a Rumor site. LOL
Obviously they're taking a bath on the new iPods, or were they referring to the next quarter?
There is nothing about the new iPods that changes their margins. In fact, Wu today said the new iPods won't be a hit to their margins.
If you calculate the numbers Apple said about their guidance, the margin impact would have to be HUGE and impact huge volumes of some product. Not just a few weeks of iPod sales.
There is nothing about the new iPods that changes their margins. In fact, Wu today said the new iPods won't be a hit to their margins.
If you calculate the numbers Apple said about their guidance, the margin impact would have to be HUGE and impact huge volumes of some product. Not just a few weeks of iPod sales.
Well then either our rumour monger is full of shit, or they changed their mind about September and moved it to October. It wouldn't affect this quarter that much anyway.
I'm a little shakey on the timing anyway, care to help us out here? You seem well informed.
— Will this be a complete redesign or just a refresh to Montevina?
It better be the former or I'm going to be pissed
— Will the notebooks be getting the SFF package [or] the typical package size?
Normal
— Will the iMacs be getting a desktop grade Montevina/Penryn now that the TPD is lowered?
Maybe. Although quite a few "desktop" Intels already have TDPs equal to or lower than the G5 and Apple doesn't use them.
— Will the Mac Mini be refreshed, retired or redesigned?
xMac, xMac, xMac!
— Will the Mac Pro be refreshed or redesigned?
Refreshed.
— Will the dynamic feedback trackpad come to fruition?
You what?
— Will the MB get a backlit keyboard?
No
— Will the optical drive be made external (included with purchase, of course)?
No
— Will Apple offer an SSD option for the MBP?
Maybe
— Will Apple offer SSD boot disk option for the Mac Pro and Xserve?
Doubtful
— Will Intel's X-25 SSDs be ready available by next month?
Dunno.