Tim Cook email response tells sender to 'stay tuned' for Mac refresh
Mike Wuerthele
Apple CEO Tim Cook has allegedly returned an email from a concerned consumer, and suggests that there are imminent changes in the pipeline.
A MacRumors reader emailed Cook, asking if the company was "pulling away" from the Mac line.
"I love the Mac and we are very committed to it," said Cook in the email. "Stay tuned."
MacRumors believes the email to be from Apple, if not necessarily from Cook himself, based on examined email headers.
In 2015, Apple's iOS-centric event was held on Sept. 9. OS X El Capitan was released on Sept. 30, 2015, with the 4k 21.5-inch iMac revealed about two weeks later on Oct. 13.
MacOS Sierra will have a consumer release on Sept. 20, less than a full year after El Capitan.
A possible appearance during the next Mac refresh is a new MacBook pro with an OLED strip replacing the function keys. The new machine is likely to have Thunderbolt 3, USB 3.1 Generation 2, and an AMD "Polaris" GPU.
Less clear for a new MacBook Pro is what CPU Apple has chosen. A quad-core Skylake processor for the machine is now available, but rumors peg new Kaby Lake processors beyond the first two official releases suitable for the MacBook Pro now at manufacturers.
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Probably October.
Mac Pro please, a new Mac Mini and *hopefully* Apple TV?
I wouldn't have expected any different kind of reply.
It was pretty obvious (to me) that an event in October, maybe November should be expected. The event was only iPhone and Apple Watch. The iPads and Macs were absent. Or I at least hope Apple isn't waiting until January for a refresh; talk about suicide.
I just wish the Macbook Pro would return to Nvidia chips, they are much better for mobile applications.
Hopefully the entire line (edit: the Mac line) gets fixed up. Don't piecemeal us at this point. We've been waiting for everything for long enough, we should be able to choose based on what sort of form factor we need, not picking one because it was just announced while having to compromise on another factor.