Overhaul of All Apple Products Expected in 2012

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Overhaul of All Apple Products Expected in 2012

Apple will refresh all of its product lines in 2012 and is expected to have completed the process of choosing components for the next-generation iPad by the end of this year, a report claims.

Digitimes reports that sources in the upstream supply chain have confirmed that Apple will update the MacBook Air, iPad, iMac, and iPhone product lines in 2012. We've already heard that the MacBook Pro is likely to be overhauled as well and there could be a new, larger MacBook Air on the scene next year as well. Apple issued slightly modified configurations for the MacBook Pro last week, upgrading processors and hard disks while keeping the price tag the same.

The report also states that Apple will have enough inventory to produce two million next-generation iPads by the end of December 2011. There are apparently two iPad prototypes -- known as J1 and J2 -- Apple has asked manufacturers including TPK Holdings and Wintek to develop flat panel modules and LED light bars for both.

The next-generation iPhone and iMac are unlikely to be revealed until the second half of 2012, the report also says.
Meanwhile, the future of the Mac Pro is seemingly in doubt, with inside sources apparently claiming that sales figures for Apple's high-end workstation are low and that Thunderbolt capabilities mean that the iMac is now a suitable alternative for customers.

Article from: http://www.pcworld.com/article/243252/overhaul_of_all_apple_products_expected_in_2012.html

 

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The Mac Pro has not been updated since mid-2010, and delays in Intel's new chips have pushed their availability out from late this year to early next year.

But despite the new processors now being in sight, AppleInsider reports that Apple is reportedly "questioning" the future of the Mac Pro line and whether it will even release updated models.
Although the Mac maker has reportedly developed a revision to the existing Mac Pro that may or may not see the light of day, people familiar with the matter said management as far back as May of 2011 were in limbo over whether to pour any additional resources into the product line.

According to these people, the consensus among sales executives for the Cupertino-based company was that the Mac Pro's days -- at least in its current form -- were inevitably numbered. In particular, internal discussions were said to focus around the fact that sales of the high-end workstations to both consumers and enterprises have dropped off so considerably that the Mac Pro is no longer a particularly profitable operation for Apple.

The report's source indicates that with Intel's new Thunderbolt connectivity standard making its way across all of Apple's Mac products, those products now have enhanced flexibility to assume some of the tasks that have historically been handled the Mac Pro. Combined with a continuing shift towards notebooks that has seen the desktop share of Apple's Mac business fall from 70% ten years ago to under 30% today, the increasing power of Apple's other Macs has resulted in the Mac Pro becoming only a minor portion of Apple's product lineup.

Speculation in the report suggests that Apple could elect to offer higher-end versions of its iMac or Mac mini models in an attempt to appease those buyers looking for the power of a Mac Pro. Those smaller form factor machines are, however, unable to match a number of the Mac Pro's other features, although Apple apparently believes that Thunderbolt could serve as a means to bring some of that expandability from the Mac Pro to other Macs.

 

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Maybe they'll send me a new computer for free. This one is nice but just a little slow.



I cut out the background. This is my mom's Mac. She received this as a gift to add to her Star Trek collection. Not the same Mac model but she doesn't care.

 

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