Tim Cook Says Apple is ‘Very Committed’ to the Mac, ‘Stay Tuned’

If there is still no October announcement from Apple, it could be launched in the first quarter of 2017.

What is also notable in the listing is the “six months seniority expires” phrase which reportedly means that if Apple fails to utilize a patent before its expiry, the trademark will already be released.

According to a report from MacRumors, Apple is planning on releasing an updated MacBook Pro model in the near future.

Whether we’ll ever see a new MacBook Air, which hasn’t had a proper update for a couple of years, remains to be seen.

The highly rumored iPad Mini 5 was also not present in the said event.

However, there has yet to be any news regarding the release of the product.

In terms of what to expect, the screen sizes and casing for these tablets are pretty firmly established by now. All internals are also expected to receive an upgrade.

After iPhone 7, another Apple product is on the verge of inducing another buzz of excitement.

Apple is also said to be working on enterprise software to make the iPad a more attractive device for the business market, including improvements to the Apple Pencil and smoother zooming.

The new laptop will most probably come with the Kaby Lake processor and the new GPU options.

While MacRumors is reporting that an email from Tim Cook appears to be written by the Apple CEO and is believed to be from Apple servers, whether or not he wrote it is another issue altogether.

The Mac range has not been updated, with the exception of the refreshed 12-inch MacBook, since past year. The new models will of course have faster, up-to-date chips.

A promotional photo of the current MacBook Pro.

A leak shared by Cult of Mac unveils a new design with keyboard that uses the newer layout found on the MacBook and the Apple Magic keyboard but with an opening at the top that likely includes an OLED touch panel to control some functions. An update to the MacBook is inevitable but the bigger focus in now on when that will happen.