New Macs this month?

KevinJS · Oct 19, 2016

We might be looking at some new Macs later this month.

According to recode.net, October 27th will see the announcement of a new MBP lineup. The rumoured programmable OLED function bar could make its debut, as could a TouchID power button and Apple Pencil functionality for the touchpad.

The non-Retina 13" MBP will probably not survive the next update.

Could be some tweaks for the iMacs too, although these have been dusted off more recently than the MBPs.

Pinkpoison · Oct 19, 2016

KevinJS said:
We might be looking at some new Macs later this month.

According to recode.net, October 27th will see the announcement of a new MBP lineup. The rumoured programmable OLED function bar could make its debut, as could a TouchID power button and Apple Pencil functionality for the touchpad.

The non-Retina 13" MBP will probably not survive the next update.

Could be some tweaks for the iMacs too, although these have been dusted off more recently than the MBPs.

Oh nooooo! More temptation

ardchoille · Oct 19, 2016

Yeah, I'm seeing a lot of news about this. I'll have to keep my eyes on Apple around the 27th, hopefully new Mac Mini's will make an appearance. I'm a big fan of the mini line.

scifan57 · Oct 19, 2016

ardchoille said:
Yeah, I'm seeing a lot of news about this. I'll have to keep my eyes on Apple around the 27th, hopefully new Mac Mini's will make an appearance. I'm a big fan of the mini line.

In my collection is a G4 Mac mini from 2005, the first ever Mac mini.

ardchoille · Oct 19, 2016

scifan57 said:
In my collection is a G4 Mac mini from 2005, the first ever Mac mini.

That's a beautiful machine, and there is one for sale at my local CEX store. I might research finding a way to connect it to an hdmi monitor.. might end up buying the G4 mini.

scifan57 · Oct 19, 2016

ardchoille said:
That's a beautiful machine, and there is one for sale at my local CEX store. I might research finding a way to connect it to an hdmi monitor.. might end up buying the G4 mini.

Then you can discover the joys of OS X 10.5.8 Leopard. You can also run OS 9 in Classic environment. The output is a full size DVI port. Adapters can connnect it to the HDMI port on a display. Mine cost $50.00 with the keyboard, power supply and a Mighty Mouse.