The Redesigned Mac Mini, The Setup Facing Apple Ahead of 4Q24 Earnings
Hello everyone. Today's update will kick off with new Apple product news, followed by the start of our Apple 4Q24 earnings preview. The earnings talk will flow into tomorrow’s update.
Let’s jump right in.
The Redesigned Mac Mini
Day 2 of Apple’s Mac week was all about the Mac mini (and M4 Pro chip).
Before we get to the device, Apple’s strategy of breaking up its Mac announcements into multiple days is striking me as a good one.
Each announcement is getting much more play on social media versus combining the announcements into one event or update. Such a strategy won’t work though for in-person Apple events when various products announcements are combined to take advantage of the press being on site. For non-event releases that involve multiple products, breaking up the news into individual announcements, complete with taped presentations, makes sense to me. We will see if this is something that Apple will look to replicate in the future.
As for the updated Mac mini, you can tell
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A Different Kind of Apple Product Unveiling, The Updated iMac, Apple’s Mac Pitch to Windows Users
Hello everyone.
This is shaping up to be a busy week. On Monday, Apple unveiled an updated iMac. As we will discuss shortly, Apple has pointed to more Mac news coming down the pipeline this week. We also have Apple Intelligence launching on Monday.
On Thursday (Halloween), Apple reports FY4Q24 earnings.
Today’s update will focus on the updated iMac. The tentative plan will be to begin talking about Apple’s earnings tomorrow with that discussion rolling into Wednesday.
Let’s jump in.
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