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The past fewer months person been afloat of speculation, anticipation, and beautiful chaotic rumors concerning nan upcoming M4 Macs — and now nan predicted merchandise day of November 1 is conscionable a week aliases truthful away. Despite nan deficiency of an arena announcement, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman still believes nan motorboat is “imminent,” pinch an announcement reportedly coming connected October 30.
According to him, Apple Stores are moving very debased connected iMac, Mac mini, MacBook Pro, Magic Keyboard, Magic Mouse, and Magic Trackpad units — and this usually happens erstwhile updates are astir to beryllium released.
While astir of nan whispers lately person focused connected nan Mac lineup, it is existent that hints astir caller peripherals person surfaced, too. It’s assumed that nan caller Magic Mouse, Magic Trackpad, and Magic Keyboard updates will mostly attraction connected nan move to USB-C. With immoderate luck, Apple will besides make a flimsy accommodation to nan location of nan Magic Mouse’s port and bring an extremity to nan decade of ridicule nan mediocre rodent has suffered through.
But turning backmost to nan mobility of “when” this motorboat is coming — Gurman has besides said connected X (formerly Twitter) confirming a media arena will return spot successful Los Angeles connected October 30. According to nan post, it seems for illustration location won’t beryllium a keynote, conscionable merchandise videos and property releases.
Apple is inviting media/creators astatine different assignment times passim nan time connected 10/30 successful my municipality of LA — they seemingly aren’t bringing a group together to watch a keynote video. So nan announcement is online only (video and property releases), arsenic I’ve been indicating. https://t.co/sVk6GjrVeC
— Mark Gurman (@markgurman) October 22, 2024
With this post, dream for a due arena seems almost decidedly dormant — and successful immoderate ways, this does make sense. After all, it’s existent that nan M4 spot has already been announced and has moreover launched pinch nan latest iPad Pro, so possibly an arena isn’t strictly necessary.
On nan different hand, nan Mac mini is owed for its first creation overhaul successful complete a decade, truthful you mightiness person thought Apple would want to show that disconnected successful a spot much detail. Plus, assuming nan manufacture experts are correct, location are six merchandise updates owed to beryllium announced, and that number successful itself seems for illustration capable of an excuse for an event.
Either way, everything should beryllium made clear adjacent Wednesday, and we’ll beryllium judge to study nan latest.
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