So, what am I predicting\/hoping for? Well, something like this:<\/p>\n Locks<\/strong> \u2022\u00a0iPad mini. It\u2019s a lock that something<\/em> will happen here. The less-certain question: Retina or not? I\u2019m going to go way out on a limb here and suggest that Apple will bifurcate this product line, maintaing a lower-cost mini without a Retina display; almost immediate availability on this. Then, a \u201cmini Pro\u201d (not with that name) that has a Retina display and costs more. Apple hasn\u2019t done this with iPads but has for MacBook Pros for some time, and so I think there\u2019s precedent for it. The Retina mini will come out a bit later\u2014maybe two weeks after the regular mini\u2014but in time for the holiday shopping season.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0Mac Pro. This was my miss from last time, but I Apple is now running out of \u201cfall\u201d for a release timeframe, so I think this has to be the event for it. Availability will not be immediate, though, but again, in time for the holiday season (though that matters less for this one). Mind-blowing performance with similarly mind-blowing price, which will also be revealed. As noted, work owes me a new machine so I will be on this thing like white on rice.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0OS X Mavericks. Will ship coincident with the Mac Pro, mid-to-late November, because the Pro will require it.<\/p>\n Likely<\/strong> \u2022\u00a0MacBook Pros. I wasn\u2019t high on these for the September event and I\u2019m still not sure, but the rumor mill has been churning, and people seem to think this is more likely now. I\u2019m going to guess Haswell processors, faster PCIE Express, general performance bump, but nothing too radical.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0iPod Classic. I\u2019m guessing this will officially be dropped, though it won\u2019t actually be announced that this is happening.<\/p>\n Still Not So Much<\/strong> \u2022\u00a0New displays. My guess is that 4K displays are coming from Apple, but not yet. I\u2019m going to guess summer or fall of next year.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0MacBook Air. Nothing here as well. Again, probably next summer.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0iWatch. I doubt it. I think Apple execs are probably enjoying the crap out of the horrible reviews for the Galaxy Gear and are in no hurry to stop other vendors from putting out misguided guesses for a while. <\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0Bigger iPad. There are rumors about of a larger iPad. I\u2019m going to guess that this might be coming next year, but again, not yet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It\u2019s pundit\/forecaster time again! I did this for the September 10th event and had a mixed record. Both my locks hit, and I was 1 for 2 on my \u201clikely\u201d predictions, got none of the things I was hoping for, and correctly called 4 of the 5 in the \u201cNot So Much\u201d category. Not too … Continue reading Apple’s October 22nd Event<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[17],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=573"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":574,"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573\/revisions\/574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"wpid-PastedGraphic-2013-10-15-16-52.png\"](\"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/wpid-PastedGraphic-2013-10-15-16-52.png\")
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\n\u2022 iPad 5. This is pretty much a done deal; full case designs have been floating around the Net for a while now. I predict an A7X processor, same screen resolution, slightly smaller and lighter form factor (less bezel), and probably a somewhat improved camera, but not of the same class as the 5S. I\u2019m guessing TouchID as well. Availability pretty soon after the event.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022\u00a0New Apple TV. Probably an A6 inside and maybe mild bump to memory and GPU, otherwise not too much different in terms of specs. I expect a facelift for the OS to look more like iOS 7. My guess is still no generic third-party app support, but if so, I\u2019d order it immediately. If there\u2019s no third-party support, then immediate availability. If there is, then I\u2019d say mid-to-late November.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022\u00a0Mac mini. I will quote myself from my September 10th prediction: \u201cApple has been letting the update cycle on these go longer than most of their other product lines. I\u2019d guess late Spring or early Summer for this.\u201d I\u2019ll stand by that again.<\/p>\n