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Forbes
16 hours ago
- Forbes
When Will Apple Launch The New MacBook Air And MacBook Pro?
A MacBook Pro is displayed inside the Apple Carnegie Library store on May 30, 2025 (Photo by Kevin ...) While the main iPhone line has its launch date fixed to early September, the Mac portfolio, especially the MacBook Pro and MacBook Air laptops, has been adrift in the calendar for many years. Thankfully, Apple is settling into a steady rhythm of new releases across its hardware portfolio, bringing some stability to the Mac announcements. For many, that means regular updates to the MacBook Pro and MacBook Air laptops. Finding An Annual MacBook Pro Schedule Apple has indicated that it now prefers annual updates on software and hardware. The recent move to unify the various operating systems to a single number pointing to the year where it will be dominant only works with annual refreshes on the cardinal number and the associated software. The key hardware upgrade is the Apple Silicon chipset. Over the last five years, Apple has rolled out five major versions of the M-Series chipsets. Through these, Tim Cook and his team have worked to bring the chaotic laptop releases under some control. It now looks like the patterns set in 2024 will continue in 2025 and 2026, which lets us start putting some dates into the calendar. And it's the Apple Silicon M-Series that highlights Apple's consistent upgrade path. MacBook Pro's iPad Pro Barrier The current MacBook Pro was launched in late October 2024, five months after the Apple Silicon M4 chipset debuted with the iPad Pro M4. That happened one month before Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference. That iPad captured the love and 'new car smell' of the Apple Silicon M4 away from the Mac family. That's not the case this year; not only has a new iPad Pro been announced, but WWDC has also been and gone with no announcement of the Apple Silicon M5. With roughly eighteen months between each of the last three models, this doesn't come as a huge surprise, given we're looking at cadences. That should clear the way for the M5 to arrive inside new Mac products.. When Will The New MacBook Pro M5 Arrive Apple first launched the MacBook Pro with the M1 Max and M1 Pro chips on Oct. 18, 2021. The M2 Pro and M2 Max models arrived later in the cycle, on Jan. 17, 2023. Normal service resumed on Oct. 30 2023 with the M3 Pro and M3 Max models, with Oct 30. 2024 seeing the M4 Pro and M4 Max models (alongside the vanilla M4 model). There are enough signs from the supply chain that Apple's pre-release activities are following the same schedule as last year, for example, the Apple Silicon M5 chipsets are now in production. The schedule has been confirmed throughout the year. Oct. 30th is a Thursday this year. Apple tends to go earlier in the week for a launch, so it's likely Tuesday, Oct. 28th or Wednesday, Oct. 29th. Either way, Halloween week is the safest bet so far. And perhaps for more than the MacBook Pro. The MacBook Pro M5 Competition As for the eighteen-month window on the iPad Pro, that points to a similar late October launch. Apple will be considering a launch of the iPad Pro M5 alongside the MacBook Pro M5. Both the laptop and the tablet are geared towards different markets with different scenarios, and launching them together to complement each other would allow for the similarities of macOS and iPadOS to be demonstrated, as well as illustrating the different approaches Apple's mobile computing teams have taken. It's worth noting that the current M4-powered MacBook Air was launched in early March 2025, some ten months after the reveal of the M4 chipset in the iPad Pro, putting the consumer-focused laptop close to a year behind the current technology, while still giving the appearance of sitting on the cutting edge. Will The MacBook Pro M5 Be Enough All of this stands in the shadow of one key detail around the MacBook Pro M5… that it will be little more than an internal upgrade to allow for the Apple Silicon bump. The external design changes—including the long-awaited arrival of an OLED display—may be waiting for the M6-powered model in 2026. Now read the latest MacBook Pro, iPhone and WWDC headlines in Forbes' weekly Apple news digest...
South Wales Argus
13-06-2025
- Politics
- South Wales Argus
Vandalised ex library in Abergavenny won't yet become mosque
The disused grade II listed Carnegie Library, in Abergavenny, was set to be brought back into use by the Monmouthshire Muslim Community Association as a community centre and the county's first mosque. Though Monmouthshire County Council's cabinet had agreed it would offer the association a 30-year lease on the building that was last used as a pupil referral unit that decision will now have to go back to the cabinet which has 10 working days to meet and reconsider. A council committee meeting, called after three opposition councillors objected, could have accepted the decision but in a tied vote agreed to refer it back to the cabinet on the casting vote of scrutiny chair Jane Lucas. Some 48 hours before Wednesday's pre-arranged meeting the building, on the edge of the town centre, was vandalised with the words 'No Masjid' sprayed on one of its walls and crosses beside the doors along with the word 'no'. Masjid is Arabic for place of worship or mosque. The committee cited nine reasons, following its three hour meeting which included more than 30 minutes in a confidential session due to discussion around finances, why the cabinet should reconsider the decision. A photograph showing the anti-Muslim vandalism of the former Abergavenny Library. During the meeting the Labour cabinet member for finance, Cllr Ben Callard, who lives near the proposed mosque, defended how the former library had been declared as surplus to the council's requirements, last November, at a cabinet meeting and then the decision to grant the lease was also taken to the cabinet. If councillors disagreed with disposal of the building the November decision should have been called in, said Cllr Callard. He said taking the decisions in public had given them 'oxygen' but disputed all leases could be subject to full public consultation. The Llanfoist and Govilon councillor said: 'I don't see how we can as a landlord enter leases if we have to bring them to a scrutiny committee.' Cllr Callard since 2022 the council has entered 37 leases, with the figure rising to 63 when also considering short term arrangements and licences, and said: 'For no others was there a demand to review them or for prior scrutiny or to use the call in process.' Abergavenny Town of Sanctuary organised a show of support for the proposed mosque outside the Monmouthshire council chamber with some town councillors including Mayor Philip Bowyer and some members of the Monmouthshire Muslim Community Association. He also defended the terms of the lease, agreed in principle at a £6,000 a year rent, and said it was on a 'full repair basis' and said: 'That doesn't make it very attractive to businesses. It's a huge commitment to take on a building of that age.' Councillors had questioned the value of the lease as an earlier council document stated an ambition of raising a rental income of £25,000 to £30,000 a year from the former library. The council's landlord services manager, Nick Keys, said leases of 25, 30 and 99 years are common for the council to grant, with long term security often required by grant funding bodies such as the National Lottery, and the 30 year lease was requested. Mr Keys added the council also has clauses such as rent reviews. Final terms of the lease were still to be agreed. Conservative member for Shirenewton Louise Brown, one of the three councillors who called the decision in, questioned why the invitation to tender hadn't specified the building could be used for commercial purposes under its restrictive covenant. The former Abergavenny Library. Llanelly Hill independent Simon Howarth said members weren't aware of decisions related to the library as they hadn't been added to the council's forward work planner. Devauden Conservative Rachel Buckler described the library building as one of Abergavenny's 'most important civic buildings.' The committee said the cabinet should consider a re-tender with specifications including an independent valuation, a survey of the building, consideration of the building's history and importance, a public consultation and the possibility of selling the building. The library service was relocated to the Town Hall in 2015.
CBS News
30-05-2025
- Entertainment
- CBS News
Good reads, good drinks, and good pizza
The weekend is here, and so is June, so if you're looking to start your month off with some fun, we can help you with just that! Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books You can head to Oakland for the Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books. It's happening at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh on Saturday from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. The festival is free and will feature panel discussions, workshops, poetry readings, activities for kids, and of course, books for sale. Get the details on their website at this link. Spirit of the River Wine and Arts Festival If you're looking for good wine, head to Ohiopyle for a wine and arts festival. It will be full of live music, wine and spirit tastings, and more than 40 art and craft vendors. It goes from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Sherman Street, and it costs $25 per ticket. You can buy tickets right here. Pizzafest: A Slice of Delish Pizza lovers, this weekend is basically your Super Bowl: Pizzafest is back! Dough Daddy Brewery in Gibsonia is the host site this year, and you'll be able to try slices from eight local pizzerias. There will be two sessions on Saturday, first from noon until 3 p.m. and then from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. Good Taste Pittsburgh has all you need to know on their website.
The Courier
30-05-2025
- Business
- The Courier
Fife Planning Ahead: Glamping plan with shepherds' huts and Aberdour housing
Former council offices in Dunfermline city centre could be transformed into flats. Plans for the disused building at 4-8 Abbott Street include six private flats. The listed three-storey building, near Carnegie Library and Galleries, will remain the same on the outside, with all work being done internally. The former registry office dates from the early 1900s but has been empty for 20 years. A proposal has been lodged for a new housing development in Aberdour. If approved, Carolina Construction Ltd will build 12 houses at the village's western end, off Inverkeithing Road. A separate Aberdour development for 186 homes was approved for the Hillside School site earlier this month. The owner of the Albert Hotel, in North Queensferry, wants to replace the roof amid ongoing leaks. Water ingress has damaged plaster inside the building and the proposal would ensure it is watertight. The hotel, closed since 2017, was the subject of a failed community takeover bid two years ago, under the Land Reform Act. The former play centre at Muddy Boots could become a glamping site with shepherds' huts. Balmalcolm Farm owners have applied for permission for six huts for overnight guests, tent pitches, eight motorhome pitches and EV charging points. They describe the huts as 'high end', each containing a sleeping area and small kitchenette. All toilet and wash facilities will be housed in a separate communal building. The application adds: 'This small-scale sustainable development will provide subtle and discreet countryside accommodation for tourists.' Plans for a large solar farm with 58,000 panels have now been submitted for farmland west of Cupar. Balance Power says the 145-acre array at Over Rankeilour will take in land belonging to three farmers. The company reduced the size of the development by 20% following public feedback earlier this year. If approved, solar farm will take nine months to construct and will be in place for 40 years. Former Dunfermline council offices Aberdour housing Albert Hotel roof plans Muddy Boots shepherd huts Cupar solar farm
Yahoo
28-03-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Sheldon Prairie Museum's military collection includes Philo Woods' Civil War diary
SHELDON, Iowa (KCAU) — The Sheldon Prairie Museum features an amazing collection of history and artifacts. The museum building opened in 1908 as a Carnegie Library. Museum director Millie Vos and a group of volunteers are there to share the history of Sheldon with visitors. One fact is that Sheldon is named after Israel Sheldon, a stockholder in the railroad, which played a big part in the city's early growth. The museum has many different collections — in fact, about half the basement is dedicated to military service throughout the years, including the hand-written diary of an Iowa soldier serving in the Civil War. Philo Woods was born in Pennsylvania but moved with his parents to Auburn, Iowa (north of Carroll) in 1854. The Civil War broke out during his freshman year in college, and he enlisted in Company C of the 12th Iowa Infantry Regiment. Woods started writing a diary in the early fall of 1861 and continued to write throughout his Civil War involvement. Christian music festival RiseFest returning to Sheldon for 2025 'When he was there, it was his job to write what they did every day and what happened with everything,' Vols said. 'It happened to be that they were found here at a place in Sheldon.' 'Each day, what they did, what they ate, what activity was going on in the war,' historian and author Tom Whorley said. 'It's a true historical artifact we're happy to have here in our museum.' The actual diaries are kept in a locked vault. It's believed the museum is also home to the only remaining 1837 cannon: the 12-pound bronze mountain howitzer cannon, one of 12 ordered by the U.S. War Department. The museum has detailed exhibits for nearly every American conflict. For more of KCAU 9's Hometown Proud stories, CLICK HERE. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
