What I would find useful is seeing the things blocking each update. E.g. Mac Pro waiting on new Xeon CPUs from Intel, new iPad basically not enough time since last release, EOL for iPod classic, etc.
Expected arrival times for Apple products
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#72About two weeks ago, Apple did an update on the Retina MBP and some price changes the the MacBook Air. I know it is a rather small change, but I think it counts for "release", so the calculation for the Macbooks is wrong.
Yeah, Apple counts it as a release. The updated retina MBP 13" describes itself as an "Early 2013".
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#73Earlier quoted context omitted.
A successor to Apple's current desktop display is more likely at least 7 months out. Look at the historical data: ignoring the outlier, Apple releases a new screen every 25 months - we're 18 months in. The last update was timed so because Apple switched from Mini DisplayPort to Thunderbolt. http://arrival.io/apple-thunderbolt-display As for Apple releasing a TV screen, I don't see it happening for at least a couple o…
Not to mention the state of the art hasn't moved very much - that 27" IPS LCD panel is still the very same that's being used by Dell, HP, et al. There's been a lot of development on both smaller and larger screen sizes, but the 27" form factor seems to be at a relative standstill. I don't expect to see an update unless there is a major change to either the panel tech or the interface tech. I really do hope that Apple…
A price drop would be enough. Surely they could sell them a lot cheaper at the high volume they would get cutting the price.
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#74Only 106 days until a new Thunderbolt Display! I really hope that it turns into an "Apple TV" announcement.
A successor to Apple's current desktop display is more likely at least 7 months out. Look at the historical data: ignoring the outlier, Apple releases a new screen every 25 months - we're 18 months in. The last update was timed so because Apple switched from Mini DisplayPort to Thunderbolt. http://arrival.io/apple-thunderbolt-display As for Apple releasing a TV screen, I don't see it happening for at least a couple o…
My pet theory[1] is that they'll jump to 4k/QFHD (3840x(2160,2400)) by using the same panels for a desktop Retina Display and as a stand-alone Apple TV. I think this would "shake things up" without having to sell in iPhone/iPad volumes.
A desktop Retina Display would be a great pairing with a Mac Pro replacement, which one might expect when Intel's Haswell starts shipping, which happens to be around 106 days from now. And they could retain the existing Thunderbolt Display as a lower-end model. (It also helps that Apple's current models all support outputting that resolution.)
A 4k Apple TV would allow them to differentiate from most of the TV market and soak up a fat margin in an area where only one of their major competitors (Samsung) as any position. And it wouldn't cannibalize the $99 Apple TV box in the process. There's still the chicken-and-egg problem of getting 4k content, but Apple, with iTunes and as a pipeline for Netflix, et al., seems to have a good position to get it.
[1] As a person so hip he doesn't own a TV or a Mac, yet finds the speculation irresistible.
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#75This is pretty nice. Where's the iPad Mini though?
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#76You should separate MBP and rMBP.
It's not so clear if MBP will even be a product line in the future - I'd bet that in the future Apple will want to have just two laptop lines, Air and Pro, both with Retina displays.
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#77Firefox 19/mac, progress bars don't display.
Yeah, for some reason Firefox won't show the gradient. Not sure why. In the meantime I made it so it would fallback to a solid color.
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#78Doesn't work in Firefox on Mac.
Yeah, for some reason Firefox won't show the gradient. Not sure why. In the meantime I made it so it would fallback to a solid color.
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#79This is a great idea, and is especially pertinent to Mac fans who care about the hardware they are using. Since Apple does not discount old hardware (even with 2-3 year old video cards, they charge the same amount as a brand new updated mac the very next week[1]), people buying a Macbook pro at the wrong end of the timeline can get totally shafted on equipment, especially from a price-per-performance view. That feels…
this is not a new idea. www.macrumors.com has had this for ages...
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#80Earlier quoted context omitted.
Hmm, what OS, browser, and version are you on?
Mountain Lion + Chrome on a retina MBP. On FireFox the text is also cut off and the blue bars do not show up: http://imgur.com/CfHWnzJ Update: Upgrading from Firefox 17 to 19 fixed the issue with the blue bars.
Yeah, for some reason Firefox won't show the gradient. Not sure why. In the meantime I made it so it would fallback to a solid color.