Tomorrow is Apple's "One More Thing" event[1]. If you're a long-time Apple watcher, the "one more thing" idea probably holds a special place in your heart because of how the phrase was used in the yearly Stevenotes[2]. At the end of a keynote, Jobs often paused and then teased, "One more thing."
The first "one more thing" was the announcement in 1998 that the then-beleaguered Apple had returned to profitability. One of the earliest Wi-Fi routers, the AirPort, was introduced in a "one more thing." Year after year, just as the keynote ended, Steve came out and used the magic phrase, "One more thing."
The "one more thing" promise has only showed up three times since Jobs' death[3] in 2011. In 2014, Apple announced the Watch[4]. In 2015, Apple announced Apple Music[5]. And in 2017, to almost nobody's surprise, Apple announced the iPhone X[6]. That was the last "one more thing" we've seen.
Until now. This time, the entire event is titled "one more thing." And, given Apple's earlier announcement of plans to completely replace Intel in Macs with its own silicon[7], we can reasonably expect this announcement to be all about new Apple silicon-based Macs.
The good
Let's start with the three vectors of goodness that should eventually come from Apple's transition to its own processor architecture.
The first is battery life. Apple has put billions of research dollars into extending battery life for its phones and tablets, all of which live on top of Apple-designed chips. Apple designed its chips with battery life in mind, so they're strongly optimized for