Apple ‘Wonderlust’ event: three things Apple won’t announce today

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[{"selector":"#anim-2c185a3c-9332-4c7f-8257-cd8e925dad7f","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-772116c2-4ac3-4923-af13-87359e5a7173","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.3333333333333333)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] -They are expected to be announced sometime in October or November. -Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo recently claimed that Apple won’t launch new MacBooks this year, which suggests that only desktops will be updated with M3 later this year, while M3 MacBooks won’t arrive until 2024.

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[{"selector":"#anim-a5f645c2-81d2-461c-918f-3ead7ecebcf4","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-b6df4c68-1278-476a-9946-24981a8ca212","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.3333333333333333)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] -As for the iPad mini, Ming-Chi Kuo reported last year that Apple was planning to launch a new version between the end of 2023 and the beginning of 2024. -ShrimpApplePro said last month that the iPad mini 7 is coming soon.