Apple has introduced an occasion for October 18th, with a video containing the title “Unleashed.” If you’ve been watching the rumor mill, it gained’t come as a shock — the corporate nonetheless has quite a lot of merchandise which are anticipated to come back out this yr however haven’t proven up in an Apple keynote.

Chief amongst these are new, extra highly effective MacEbook Pros, which can observe the unbelievable Apple Silicon-powered 13-inch MacEbook Pro that launched final November. The firm can be anticipated to launch new AirPods, and it’s acquired a whole OS that was introduced however hasn’t shipped. Read on for a deep dive into the rumors surrounding these merchandise and extra.

Redesigned MacEbook Pros

Most of the rumors concerning the occasion concern redesigned MacEbook Pros, that are anticipated to characteristic 14- and 16-inch screens, together with a brand new Apple processor. Mark Gurman and Ming-Chi Kuo (who’ve fairly stable observe information with regards to rumors) have each mentioned that the laptops will characteristic iPhone 12-esque flat sides with a redesigned MagSafe charging port and that they’ll now not have the Touch Bar that’s been a staple of many MacEbook Pros since 2016.

Apple can be rumored to be bringing ports again to its laptops with the redesign. The new MacBooks Pros could embrace an SD card reader and HDMI and MagSafe ports, which can be acquainted (and presumably beloved) by individuals who miss the times when MacBooks had a couple of kind of port.

Mark Gurman reports that the laptops can be powered by new chips, that are anticipated to be extra highly effective variants of the M1 processor present in right this moment’s computer systems. The “M1X” (or M2, or whatever name Apple actually goes with) is anticipated to have extra high-performance cores than its predecessor (eight as a substitute of 4) and even provide a selection of 16 or 32 graphics cores (in comparison with the M1’s seven or eight). What’s nonetheless unclear is whether or not the brand new processor will get rid of any of the seeming limitations of the M1: not one of the Apple Silicon Macs are configurable with greater than 16GB of RAM or 2TB of storage, they will’t run greater than two shows, and none of them have greater than two Thunderbolt ports (the iMac has at most two Thunderbolt ports and two USB-C ports). Traditionally, the higher-end MacEbook Pros have 4 Thunderbolt ports, although the inclusion of MagSafe and HDMI could make that much less essential.

If you’re considering, “Wow, these new computers sound like everything I ever could’ve wanted,” you’re not alone — lots of people are hyped about the rumors (although it’s price protecting in thoughts that these don’t all the time pan out). If it seems that Apple has taken all the neighborhood’s suggestions to coronary heart, the chip scarcity may make these laptops hot-ticket gadgets for fairly some time.

A Pro Mac Mini

Gurman additionally not too long ago reported {that a} extra highly effective Mac mini could be coming quickly, that includes the identical processor discovered within the up to date MacEbook Pros and extra ports than are at the moment obtainable on the M1-powered Mini. It’s an fascinating rumor as a result of the M1 Mini has one of many widest port picks obtainable on an M1 Mac with USB-A, HDMI, two Thunderbolt ports, and optionally available 10-gigabit ethernet. But the 2018 Intel-based model, which lots of people consider because the Mac Mini Pro (partly on account of its area gray colour), has all of that plus two extra Thunderbolt ports. For these in search of a robust Apple-powered desktop, a substitute for the 2018 Mac Mini may very well be an ideal choice, given the shortage of rumors a few 27-inch iMac.

New AirPods

Gurman, Kuo, and Nikkei have all reported that Apple is engaged on a follow-up to its common, non-Pro AirPods and have mentioned that the headphones will characteristic the shorter stems discovered on their costlier counterparts. It seems like AirPods would’ve slot in higher at Apple’s iPhone occasion, however on condition that they have been absent, we could find yourself seeing them on the 18th. There can be all the time the (hilarious) chance that Apple simply proclaims them by way of press launch prefer it did the AirPods Pro and Max, however with how in style the unique ones have been, it seems like their successors ought to get some occasion time.

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A macOS Monterey launch date

Apple has launched iOS and iPadOS 15, however macOS Monterey, which was introduced alongside them, continues to be in beta. It could be a bit unusual if Apple launched new Macs that have been working macOS Big Sur out of the field, particularly on condition that Monterey was introduced about three months in the past at WWDC. If Apple doesn’t announce that the brand new model of macOS is transport with the redesigned MacEbook Pros, I’ll be fairly shocked.