Apple今週の大型イベントで新しいiMac発表か

Appleはこの秋第二の大型イベントを、10月16日木曜日にクパチーノの同社Town Hall Theaterで行う。イベントでは様々な新製品が発表されることが予想される。
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Appleはこの秋第二の大型イベントを、10月16日木曜日にクパチーノの同社Town Hall Theaterで行う。イベントでは様々な新製品が発表されることが予想される。

iPad

新しいiPadは、主としてiPad Airの新機種になると見られており、噂やリーク画像によると、すでに十分薄い現行機が、さらに薄い7 mmになるらしい。これはiPhone 6とiPhone 6 Plusのちょうど中間の厚さだ。

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他には、指紋認証でログインできるTouch IDがiPadにも導入される。Touch IDが最初に登場したのは昨年のiPhone 5sで、現在は5s、6、6 Plusの3機種で利用されている。iPadにTouch IDが加わることによって、セキュリティーが向上するだけでなく、Appleが推進するApple Payに利用できるようになる。

また、iPadの製品ラインにゴールドカラーが加わるとの情報もある。

iPad miniの改訂についてはあまり情報が入って来ないが、Touch IDが追加されたケースのリーク写真があることから、AppleがここでもApple Payを使える機種を増やそうとしている可能性は十分ある。iPad Airと共にプロセッサーがA8にアップグレードされるかもしれない。薄くなることも考えられるが、私が考えるに、iPhone 6 PlusがiPad miniの売上を食い始めている今、焦点はiPad Airだろう。

12.9インチのiPadという噂もあるが、殆どの情報源は来年まで出ないという意見で一致している。

Macハードウェア

新しいMacがこのイベントに向けて準備されていることは間違いない。Appleはいくつかの新しいMacを開発中と言われ、12インチのRetina MacBookという声もあるが、最もありそうなのが新しいiMacだ。

Appleのオールイン機はそろそろアップデートの時期に来ており、今年はスペックやプロセッサーの改訂だけではなさそうだ。iMacは長い間、AppleがデスクトップにRetinaディスプレーを持ち込む場所だと言われてきたが、ついに今年はそれを見られそうだ。Retinaについてはまだ疑問も残るが、いずれにせよiMacの新モデルが出てくることは間違いないだろう。本体のデザイン変更もあり得るが、テーパーのついた細いエッジのデザインは今も十分にモダンだ。

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新しい12インチのRetina MacBookは来年になりそうだと多くの情報筋が言っている。AppleはしばらくアップデートされていないMac miniの新機種を発表するかもしれない。このラインアップはAppleがあまり力を入れていないカテゴリーであり、今後の成り行きが注目される。

OS X Yosemite

Appleは、間違いなくこのイベントでYosemiteの一般公開バージョンを発表する。プレビュー版は6月のWWDCで発表され、まずデベロッパーに、続いて特別プレビューベータが一部ユーザーに提供された。Yosemiteは、iPhone 6/6 Plusと共に9月に公開されたiOS 8と協働する機能を数多く含んでいるため、そろそろ公開されないとおかしい。

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Yosemiteへのアップデートは無料であることを、既にAppleが発表しており、Mac App Store経由で入手できる。OS X Marvericksが動作するMac全機種で動作するので、古い機種のユーザーには郎報だ。Yosemiteが公開される正確な日時はまだ不明だが、ユーザーはハードウェアをアップデートに備えておくとよいだろう。

その他

Appleはこの機会を利用してApple Watchの最新情報を提供するかもしれない。発売予定は来年たが、9月のiPhoneイベントおよびパリのファンションウィークで披露された。デベロッパーがどうかかわれるのか、あるいは発売時期の詳細を聞けるかもしれない。

他に考えられるのが、Apple TVのハードウェアだ ― Appleはこのメディアストリーム機を長い間改訂しておらず、ソフトウェアだけがアップデートを続けているが、Siriの音声コマンドを使用できるマイク内蔵バージョンが出るという噂もある。ホリデーシーズン前にApple TVが発売され、HomeKit等のiOS 8機能と統合されればその意味は大きい。

イベントまであと数日に迫っており、本誌は現地からライブで状況を伝える予定なので、木曜日の西海岸時刻10 amにはチェックをお忘れなく。

(翻訳:Nob Takahashi / facebook

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