Time strikes quick. Scary quick, you would say. Per week in the past, we didn’t count on there to be a second fall Apple occasion this 12 months. Now we’re wading by means of what to anticipate from Apple’s shock Monday video-only affair tonight.

USB-C equipment

First, an commentary to start out us off. Bear in mind these USB-C cables that have been purportedly going to be coloration matched to the iPhone 15 and packaged with the brand new telephone?

Yeah, that didn’t occur. The parents who known as the declare doubtful and predicted as an alternative that they have been meant for the iMac will seemingly take a victory lap on Monday night.

The colours, I feel, have been yellow, orange, blue, white or purple, and … black. A black (or midnight) iMac would rule — so long as the bezels weren’t white.

The M1 iMac comes with color-matched peripherals (Magic Keyboard and Magic Trackpad or Magic Mouse) and a USB-C to Lightning cable for pairing and charging. We are able to in all probability count on to see these cables and the USB-C model of the Magic Keyboard, Magic Trackpad, and upside-down charging Magic Mouse on Monday.

This has since been talked about by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman as taking place.

M3 Macs

Apple’s use of the Comfortable Mac face from Finder removes any thriller about this being a Mac occasion.

Ming-Chi Kuo, who predicted no new Macs this 12 months, now believes Apple will reveal extra new Macs this 12 months:

I imagine M3 sequence MacBook Professional can be Oct thirtieth media occasion’s focus. I beforehand predicted a launch this 12 months is unlikely as a consequence of restricted 4Q23 shipments (lower than 400-500k items in whole). If new MBPs launch in Nov-Dec, tight provide will final into 1Q24 except demand weakens.

Daring predictions apart, Mark Gurman at Bloomberg provides to his ongoing reporting round next-gen Apple silicon. He expects Apple to unveil M3 Professional and M3 Max 14- and 16-inch MacBook Professional fashions. They’ll function as much as 16-core CPU and as much as 40-core GPU choices.

Apple launched M2 Professional and M2 Max MacBook Execs in the beginning of the 12 months. These have been anticipated to debut a couple of months sooner, nevertheless. These new Macs would put Apple roughly again on schedule.

As for some wishcasting, nicely, Apple doesn’t supply a MacBook Professional in midnight… but.

Again to Mark Gurman’s intel, he additionally highlights his present reporting that the subsequent iMac will function the M3 chip, a minor inside redesign for the stand, and the identical or related colours.

One thing Gurman doesn’t count on? M3 MacBook Airs. He says 13-inch and 15-inch M3 MacBook Airs are additional behind MacBook Execs in growth, and he doesn’t imagine we’ll see them subsequent week. The identical goes for brand spanking new variations of the Mac mini, Mac Studio, and Mac Professional.

Learn Mark Gurman’s occasion rundown in full on Bloomberg.

So there we have now it. Not solely will Apple unveil the M3 chip, however we’ll additionally see the M3 Professional and M3 Max chip on the identical day… err night time.

The Scary Quick keynote video performs on Monday, October 30, at 5 p.m. PT, 8 p.m. ET.

However what if it’s M2 iMacs in spite of everything?

John Gruber at Daring Fireball has a special concept on what’s coming:

• 24-inch iMac with M2
• New “professional” iMacs with M2 Professional and M2 Max, presumably 27-inch show just like the Studio Show

Now that’s extra like what MacOtakara first floated.

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