Apple’s Week of Bulletins begins Monday

In the event you’re fluent with ideas like launch schedules and calendars, you might discover Apple hasn’t up to date its computer systems shortly. It’s almost a full yr because the iMac and MacBook Professional received velocity bumps, and simply over a yr for the Mac Professional and Mac Studio. .

It’s simple to imagine we’ll see these fashions getting pushed from variants of the M3 to the M4. Given the M4’s give attention to AI, count on loads of consideration on Apple Intelligence, which involves customers as a part of iOS 18.1’s replace on the similar time. That every mannequin is prone to be introduced piecemeal throughout the week, somewhat than at one glitzy occasion, suggests we gained’t see too many different large modifications.

The rumor suggests solely the Mac Mini will get a significant {hardware} revision, shrinking its chassis to a much smaller footprint. If I’m trustworthy, I’m secretly hoping the Mac Mini doesn’t change into the identical dimension as an Apple TV mannequin, which has been hinted at. Particularly if it means saddling us with a beefy energy brick to litter the ground as an alternative.

— Dan Cooper

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Together with a ban on giving AI management over nuclear weapons.

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