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>> "the announcement at WWDC of a product with no release-date" If you're referencing the Mac Pro, that one made sense to me. People have been complaining abou

>> "the announcement at WWDC of a product with no release-date" If you're referencing the Mac Pro, that one made sense to me. People have been complaining about the lack of an update for a long time and Apple was probably losing people to Hackintosh/other platforms. An announcement helps slow that loss. Also developers are likely one of the main groups the Mac Pro is relevant to so it makes sense to announce that they are working on it at WWDC. Also didn't they say 'later this year'? That's not too different that what they do every year with iOS (coming this fall).

girvo 13y ago
I thought the also did it with the iPad Mini Retina? I'm probably wrong though
- frogpelt 13y ago
  They said "Later in November". More of a general time frame than a release date.
  - ctdonath 13y ago
    Yup, timeframe. The first iPad was announced as coming "next month", which turned out to be 5:00pm on the last business day (a Friday) of April.
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CodeWithCoffee 13y ago
It's also no different to what they've done in the past when they are launching a brand new product; the first iPhone was announced about five months before its release.
- hyperpape 13y ago
  That was because of FCC regulations: they had to apply for licenses that the public would find out about. It hasn't happened with any subsequent iPhones, which have all been announced with < 1 month lead time (I think 1-2 weeks was normal).
gsnedders 13y ago
Also the Mac Pro ceased being sold in the EU from the 1 March (it didn't comply with some EU regulation that came into force — with years of warning — that it trivially could have been made compatible with), so given they had ceased selling it in one major market it would've seemed reasonable to conclude they didn't care about it (and arguably they don't — if they can go without selling any Mac Pros in one of the largest markets in the world for almost a year).

girvo 13y ago

I thought the also did it with the iPad Mini Retina? I'm probably wrong though

frogpelt 13y ago
They said "Later in November". More of a general time frame than a release date.
- ctdonath 13y ago
  Yup, timeframe. The first iPad was announced as coming "next month", which turned out to be 5:00pm on the last business day (a Friday) of April.
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CodeWithCoffee 13y ago

It's also no different to what they've done in the past when they are launching a brand new product; the first iPhone was announced about five months before its release.

hyperpape 13y ago
That was because of FCC regulations: they had to apply for licenses that the public would find out about. It hasn't happened with any subsequent iPhones, which have all been announced with < 1 month lead time (I think 1-2 weeks was normal).

gsnedders 13y ago

Also the Mac Pro ceased being sold in the EU from the 1 March (it didn't comply with some EU regulation that came into force — with years of warning — that it trivially could have been made compatible with), so given they had ceased selling it in one major market it would've seemed reasonable to conclude they didn't care about it (and arguably they don't — if they can go without selling any Mac Pros in one of the largest markets in the world for almost a year).