Casey Liss

If you're lucky, it gets announced at WWDC and ships much later in the year. So, no, don't have any expectations that you're going to see anything beyond an M4 Max chip, but... You know, because these things tend not to leak, for all we know, they've decided to stop naming them Pro and Max. Maybe there's only one of them and that has a different suffix. Who knows?

But yeah, our money's on M4, M4 Pro, and M4 Max. And the rumors are that these machines will be the same. The iMac will look the same, the MacBook Pros will look the same, the Mac Mini is the only one that's going to look different. So yeah, just a bunch of laptops with the same ports and the same design and the same everything, more or less, except swap out the M3 for a better M4.

But yeah, our money's on M4, M4 Pro, and M4 Max. And the rumors are that these machines will be the same. The iMac will look the same, the MacBook Pros will look the same, the Mac Mini is the only one that's going to look different. So yeah, just a bunch of laptops with the same ports and the same design and the same everything, more or less, except swap out the M3 for a better M4.

Insert suffix here. That all sounds great, and that's another reason why a press release may be reasonable. Have they ever done a press release for a new form factor for a Mac? I don't know. It seems like something that would have to be potentially rare, but not inconceivable. So honestly, I don't know if there's going to be an event. The rumors are, as we record this, that next week.

Insert suffix here. That all sounds great, and that's another reason why a press release may be reasonable. Have they ever done a press release for a new form factor for a Mac? I don't know. It seems like something that would have to be potentially rare, but not inconceivable. So honestly, I don't know if there's going to be an event. The rumors are, as we record this, that next week.

Yeah, no, that's the smart money because that's just – it just makes sense. I mean they did it to an entire – forget about like peripherals. They did it to the AirPods Max, right? The whole product. That's the only thing that it got. They've done that. They did it with the AirPods cases. Hey, first we had the case that was lightning. Now it's the same case but it's got a USB-C on it.

Yeah, no, that's the smart money because that's just – it just makes sense. I mean they did it to an entire – forget about like peripherals. They did it to the AirPods Max, right? The whole product. That's the only thing that it got. They've done that. They did it with the AirPods cases. Hey, first we had the case that was lightning. Now it's the same case but it's got a USB-C on it.

Apple is not super into revising its monitors or its keyboard and mouse peripherals on any kind of reasonable schedule. So – watch for that. And I would, I would have to think again, this type of, but these rumors with obscure products, not as much stuff leaks because people just aren't as interested in leaking it.

Apple is not super into revising its monitors or its keyboard and mouse peripherals on any kind of reasonable schedule. So – watch for that. And I would, I would have to think again, this type of, but these rumors with obscure products, not as much stuff leaks because people just aren't as interested in leaking it.

So if Apple did have all new peripherals, it's conceivable that we would know nothing about it a week out, but it's, you know, I would expect to hear something about, uh, revised products. Yeah. If they, if they, like, this is the best case scenario. They're just revised and have USB-C and they come with the iMac. It's like, yeah, that's what we wanted. Uh,

So if Apple did have all new peripherals, it's conceivable that we would know nothing about it a week out, but it's, you know, I would expect to hear something about, uh, revised products. Yeah. If they, if they, like, this is the best case scenario. They're just revised and have USB-C and they come with the iMac. It's like, yeah, that's what we wanted. Uh,

If you're waiting around for Apple to make like a new ergonomic keyboard that makes Marco happy or a new mouse that's much higher that makes me happy, like don't hold your breath. Not a chance. Their design philosophy on those peripherals has been the same for a really long time. And similarly for the MacBook Pros, again, no rumors about case design changes or whatever.

If you're waiting around for Apple to make like a new ergonomic keyboard that makes Marco happy or a new mouse that's much higher that makes me happy, like don't hold your breath. Not a chance. Their design philosophy on those peripherals has been the same for a really long time. And similarly for the MacBook Pros, again, no rumors about case design changes or whatever.

There are rumors about the next – essentially the next generation of Apple – of the MacBook Pro laptops.

There are rumors about the next – essentially the next generation of Apple – of the MacBook Pro laptops.

potentially getting slimmer which we just kind of just went through this whole big thing of like the johnny i philosophy of everything uniform not enough ports too thin blah blah to the much more sort of like rectilinear blocky utilitarian sd uh card slot sporting hdmi port sporting uh macbook pros they were like Hallelujah. Like the magic is back. They finally made more good laptops.

potentially getting slimmer which we just kind of just went through this whole big thing of like the johnny i philosophy of everything uniform not enough ports too thin blah blah to the much more sort of like rectilinear blocky utilitarian sd uh card slot sporting hdmi port sporting uh macbook pros they were like Hallelujah. Like the magic is back. They finally made more good laptops.

How many years has it been? We've just been riding this high. But eventually they will have to redesign them. And the rumor is they're going to redesign them to be thinner, which is fine. But now comes the real test of like, hey, that correction they made on the MacBook Pro line.

How many years has it been? We've just been riding this high. But eventually they will have to redesign them. And the rumor is they're going to redesign them to be thinner, which is fine. But now comes the real test of like, hey, that correction they made on the MacBook Pro line.

Where they gave us the ports back and put in more battery life and did a little bit of, you know, function over form by saying, let's just make it rectangular because that leaves more room for battery. The test comes when it's time to make the new revision. Do they go back to their old ways?