Last time he acknowledged a stock shortage it was of the 8th-gen iPad on the date of the September event announcement. I don’t expect invites today but that is an interesting coincidence.
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I'd love to see it! Just purely to see how that strategy works out. I don't think Apple wants to share the media spotlight with Google — but who knows? It seems more Apple-like to taunt Google by putting out an invite moments before Google has their event.
I wholeheartedly agree, and that’s what I’m expecting.
Yikes! Maybe I should spitball more often...
We really made it!!! All that waiting and only six days until they're unveiled!!!!!
Well one thing's for sure: They love to keep us guessing!
i am doing a naked hamster dance now. thank god this site is text and not video based,
Announce Tuesday for a Monday event...that combination most people didn't think of.
I wonder if the event was originally planned for Tuesday until Google announced their Pixel event for Tuesday.
In either case, this is the most I've looked forward to an event in a long time. The new iPhone every year is always interesting, but it's rarely a "game changer". I don't see how these new MacBooks will be anything other than that.
I wonder if the event was originally planned for Tuesday until Google announced their Pixel event for Tuesday.
In either case, this is the most I've looked forward to an event in a long time. The new iPhone every year is always interesting, but it's rarely a "game changer". I don't see how these new MacBooks will be anything other than that.
Looks like they were right and your estimates were off - 18th it is!
These might just be big enough the Pixel event the next day will be buried completely 🤣
Eating my words but I love it!!!! The drought ends on Monday!
Now hopefully it meets (and exceeds) expectations
Yup! Very interesting. Pretty sure he knew that the invites were imminent and that was his subtle hint, without directly revealing anything. The MBPs have been largely unavailable for at least a week, so it's a timely point to all of a sudden notice and mention that.
I was gonna put together a whole timeline based around invites on Thursday, or even mark up a whole October calendar with which days were likely/unlikely for invites and the event. Glad I didn't do that!! Now we can relax and wait!
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I hope so too! I can't wait. Monday is a perfect day honestly.
I'm putting it down as coincidence. He's just posting what people on here have been discussing for a while now.
None of these guys are shy to post rumours when they have them, but as usual, the genuine Mac leaks are few and far between. He did say Apple would release new Macs at an event "this Fall", but that's been about as good as they've got in terms of info.
If the event is on the 18th, that could mean preorders on the 22nd and availability on the 29th! So we could actually get new Macs BEFORE November! Although November 5th shipping could still be a possibility (especially seeing how the Apple Watch release was delayed).