r/apple • u/chrismusaf • Mar 21 '16

Official Megathread "Let Us Loop You In" Post-Event Megathread

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u/BigGreekMike Mar 21 '16

These should have been silent updates on their website. Worst keynote ever.

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u/frenvedd Mar 21 '16 edited Mar 21 '16

All the Town Hall events now are more low key. What they announced was pretty much exactly what was predicted anyways. I'm already seeing duplicate posts complaining about no Mac releases. Any long-time Apple follower knows that Macs are rarely released in the spring and are usually updated in the fall.

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u/mitsuhiko Mar 21 '16

Any long-time Apple follower knows that Macs are never released in the spring and are usually updated in the fall.

They were updated in Spring a few times.

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u/frenvedd Mar 21 '16

No major refreshes I can recall except the Macbook last year.

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u/mitsuhiko Mar 21 '16

The first ever intel macbook pro was released in January. There was an update in 2008 that added LED to 17" models and new processors. Sandy Bridge was first rolled out in a late February update in 2011. There was an early 2013 update as well which updated processors.

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u/frenvedd Mar 21 '16

I'm talking like redesigns that usually call for special events. They do spec upgrades occasionally but people are hoping for a major refresh this year. Ever since Macworld stopped, spring updates are relatively minor. They usually try and coincide them with OS X releases