The Apple iPad Mini is coming tomorrow,October 23. Tim Cook and his mariachis are presenting the new ultra-thin, ultra-light, magical and sightly smaller iPad* at 1pm Eastern /10am Pacific at the California Center in San Jose, and we'll be covering it live.
This is what you can expect—and what you shouldn't hold your breath for:
iPad Mini: Yes
Everyone and their dogs have confirmed it. This is what we think we know about the iPad mini:It will have a 7.85-inch screen that's not Retina, an A5 processor and 512MB of RAM. The rest—price, capacity, colors, model—is not certain yet.
Updated iMacs: Probably++
A latecomer to the rumor party, but it appears that freshened up iMacs may be a real possibility after new iMac product numbers appeared in some retailers' stock systems. Expect a spec bump across the board while prices stay about the same. Don't expect a redesign or a Retina display. Apple would have a separate event for that kind of thing.
Updated Mac Mini: Probably
Same as the iMacs. Although there's a slight possibility that these would get a redesign—it's been long enough. I'm thinking smaller models, perhaps a renewed look. You know, like the latest Airports (though not that small). It would be cool to see ultra small Mac Minis with solid-state drives, but that sounds spendy. Expect these to just pop up in Apple's online storewithout any fanfare.
Apple HDTV: Unlikely
Don't you think Apple would have a dedicated event to unveil something that major? Us too.
13-inch MacBook Pro Retina: You wish!Likely
Some Twitter people are twittering that this is an event about smaller things and a Retina version of the 13-inch MacBook Pro would fall under that umbrella. We hope so! But Apple has a history of focusing these events on one single major product, mentioning other products' minor updates in passing as garnish. It's unlikely that they would deviate from their core announcement with something as significant as a 13-inch MacBook Pro Retina.We're betting that this announcement would come along side the news that all Macbooks are going Retina—probably next year. But you can always dream!
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