WWDC Is Finally Here, But New Macs Will Have to Wait
/If you follow Apple closely, June is always a great time of year. WWDC always brings an interesting combination of the latest versions of the company’s collection of operating systems, in addition to usually bringing us at least one new device.
According to several sources, including Jon Prosser, it’s looking like we may not see new hardware introduced at WWDC today. The two most likely Macs to see an update were the long-overdue iMac, and new ARM-based MacBooks.
Looking like any possible hardware has been scrapped for WWDC tomorrow 🤔
— Jon Prosser (@jon_prosser) June 21, 2020
Might be wrong about this one. Would love to be wrong!
I’ll be surprised with all of you, either way!
Apple’s still expected to announce its transition to its own in-house A-series chips, even if it doesn’t launch a Mac powered by those chips. The iMac, in particular, would be a painful miss, unless Apple intends to still roll out an updated design later this summer or fall.
If that’s the case, I suspect that it’ll likely be just a spec-bump of the current design, instead of a complete overhaul. I have no inside information, but that’s the sense I get. If Apple doesn’t use its largest platform to roll it out, it’s probably because it’s not going to be something that the company thinks is worth taking up space during its most-watched keynote.
Watch the keynote live
Speaking of the keynote, you can watch it live today at 1 p.m. EDT/10 a.m. PDT over at www.apple.com/apple-events, on YouTube, or in the TV app on your iPhone, iPad, Mac, or AppleTV.