WWDC 2023 this Monday 5th June

Wonder what they’ll announce. Plenty of rumours.

In reply to a post by Pheasant:

Wonder what they’ll announce. Plenty of rumours.

New software, hopefully with a lot less bugs in the iPadOS and iOS for portable and mobile at least. Anything else is rumour of course as its the software event.

In reply to a post by jchamier:

Anything else is rumour of course as its the software event.

Hardware needs to be developed too

In reply to a post by billford:

Hardware needs to be developed too

Of course, but primarily this Apple event is for their software developer community, as we saw with the Apple Silicon transition, there can be transition and experimentation hardware made available so that apps can be created long before any new hardware product is ready to show or announce.

At this point there is zero chance that they aren't announcing an AR/VR system next week.

If they weren't there would have been leaks by now to make it clear that they aren't.

this Apple event is for their software developer community

And they need to know the hardware roadmap, since that will influence what their software can do.

M2Max/Ulrtra reported as being tested.

AR/VR gubbins seems nailed on.

I would guess, new Mac Pros too (so an expandable/ pluggable Mac Studio, maybe?)

In reply to a post by andynormancx:

At this point there is zero chance that they aren't announcing an AR/VR system next week. If they weren't there would have been leaks by now to make it clear that they aren't.

Yep, but I'm guessing a developer box to create apps for an AR/VR system, rather than the system itself being launched. Who knows?

My guesses:

- very expensive developer version of the hardware available immediately
- an announcement that the consumer version will launch "later this year"
- possibly not even showing the consumer version
- consumer version launches in the autumn, at $1,999 rather than the $3,000 that has been mentioned in rumours (much like the iPad had much higher rumoured pricing until it was unveiled)

In reply to a post by ian_c:

I would guess, new Mac Pros too (so an expandable/ pluggable Mac Studio, maybe?)

I'd give a 50:50 chance of either that or launching the M2 Ultra Mac Studio and saying "this thing is so great, we don't need a Mac Pro after all".

In reply to a post by andynormancx:

In reply to a post by ian_c:

I would guess, new Mac Pros too (so an expandable/ pluggable Mac Studio, maybe?)

I'd give a 50:50 chance of either that or launching the M2 Ultra Mac Studio and saying "this thing is so great, we don't need a Mac Pro after all".

Yes. Much conjecture about the "quandary" of the Pro in the age of the mother of all SoC families. Will it live or die.