Incase anyone missed it,…here’s a quick run down of what was announced from today’s Apple event. (which actually started at a reasonable time, didn’t have to wait until 1am to start watching it!)…..
New MacBook Air Now with Retina Display, still 13” Has the new “butterfly keyboard”, larger multi-touch trackpad, 2x Thunderbolt3/USB-C ports and headphone socket. Now comes in Space Grey, Silver and Gold. Also has the T2 Security Chip with Touch ID. Pricing starts at $1849 (and you can even take it from a 512GB SSD to a huge 1.5TB SSD! Only a mere +$1500 extra!). :) More info here - https://www.apple.com/au/macbook-air/ https://www.macrumors.com/2018/10/30/apple-new-macbook-air/ New Mac mini. Now in Space Grey! Now with 4 or 6 core processors and up to 64GB RAM. All SSD storage. Also has the T2 security chip, 4x Thunderbolt3/USB-C ports, HDMI, 2xUSB-A ports and Gigabit Ethernet (with an option to swap it to 10GB Ethernet). Pricing starts at $1249 More info here - https://www.apple.com/au/mac-mini/ https://www.macrumors.com/2018/10/30/apple-announces-new-mac-mini/ New iPad Pro. Now in 11” and 12.9” slim bezel and FaceID. Edge to edge “Liquid Retina”, no home button - FaceID and magnetic support for the new Apple Pencil 2 ($199). (the Apple pencil 2 “clicks” to the display and also wirelessly charges it at the same time! Now has USB-C to charge and run it. You can even “off charge” your iPhone directly from your iPad with a USB-C to lightning cable! Plus it will run a display directly from the iPad! And gives it a lot more options for connectivity. Slimmer, thinner and lighter! And faster of course! With better graphics and more….. Pricing starts at $1229 for the 11” model and starting from $1529 for the 12.9” model. Available in Silver or Space Grey. (seems they dropped the Gold colours). More info here - https://www.apple.com/au/ipad-pro/ https://www.macrumors.com/2018/10/30/apple-new-ipad-pro-models/ That was pretty much it. A few other things mentioned (Today at Apple workshops etc,….). And then 2 songs,…and it was finished. :) If you want to see the Keynote you can watch here - https://www.apple.com/apple-events/october-2018/ I think that was pretty much everything,…. Enjoy!! Kind regards Daniel --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: <daniel AT macwizardry.com.au> Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> **For everything Apple** NOTE: Any information provided in this email may be my personal opinion and as such should be taken accordingly, and may not be the views of MacWizardry. Any information provided does not offer or warrant any form of warranty or accept liability. It would be appreciated that if any information in this email is to be disseminated, distributed or copied, that permission by the author be requested. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
