Up to date MacBooks and an iMac may be the highlights of an Apple occasion the final week of October, in line with a high-profile tipster.
Precisely what’s on the agenda isn’t but clear, however there are a selection of robust prospects, together with some potential surprises.
October 2023 Apple Mac occasion may be on
Apple historically introduces new Macs within the fall. For instance, M1 MacBooks and Mac mini hit the market in November 2020, whereas new MacBook Professional fashions got here in October 2021. However there have been no new Macs in autumn 2022 — the observe up macOS notebooks got here in January 2023.
There supposedly gained’t be a repeat this autumn.
“The corporate is probably going planning a Mac associated launch occasion on the finish of this month,” Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman reported Sunday. “I imagine the Mac announcement will happen on both the thirtieth or thirty first of this month.”
Word that this appears to contradict a prediction from analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, one other dependable Apple tipster, that no M3 MacBooks could be out earlier than 2024. Additionally, Kuo mentioned lately that the following iMac wouldn’t launch till subsequent 12 months.
2023 iMac and MacBook Professional?
None of Gurman’s sources have been capable of leak him the agenda for this occasion although. The most effective he can say is:
“Apple retail shops are in brief provide of the iMac, in addition to the 13-inch MacBook Professional and high-end MacBook Professional — two different fashions that could be due for a refresh. In the event you attempt to order the merchandise from Apple’s web site, a number of configurations gained’t arrive till mid-November. That several-week delay is a transparent signal that one thing is about to occur.”
Apple’s all-in-one iMac desktop hasn’t been up to date since 2021 when it bought a slim design and an M1 processor. The following mannequin is supposedly one other 24-inch one, with a 32-inch iteration not coming earlier than 2024 or 2025.
Past the desktop, the Bloomberg reporter says that speed-increased high-end MacBook Professional fashions are additionally a chance for the Apple October 2023 occasion.
“The corporate has made headway on new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Execs. You’ll recall that Apple simply launched MacBook Execs in January, so an extra replace the identical 12 months could be uncommon, however not inconceivable,” mentioned Gurman.
And he’s not the primary to say this. DigiTimes made primarily the identical prediction a number of weeks in the past.
The tipster didn’t have any perception concerning the processors these potential upcoming Macs will run. The Apple M3 sequence is anticipated quickly, although. The 2023 iMac may use the M3 whereas the MacBook Professional fashions may use the M3 Professional and M3 Max. That mentioned, introducing the Professional and Max variations of a processor household concurrently the entry-level model could be an unprecedented transfer for Apple.
No new iPads, although
The Apple October 2023 occasion will apparently be all about Mac. No new iPads are anticipated earlier than March. A number of leaks level to Apple upgrading the following iPad Professional with an OLED show in 2024. It is going to embrace a barely bigger 13-inch model as effectively and the same old 11-inch one. And the tablets will run the upcoming Apple M3 processor. And 2024 can even most likely carry the funds iPad 11.
If any recent tablets have been coming this 12 months, they doubtless would have been unveiled concurrently the Apple Pencil (USB-C), which launched all by itself final week.
