| Host | Pick | Score |
|---|
| John |
"Apple is going to introduce a standalone display next year" |
6 |
| - "Costs less than a Pro Display XDR", iMacs and laptops don't count.
- Yet again, John makes this his 3 point pick, but Jason thinks this might be the year.
- Indeed it is, and in the first half of the year for 6 points.
|
| James |
"Apple will introduce a Mac in 2022 that is more than twice as fast as any existing Mac from 2021" |
0 |
| - As defined by the multi-core Geekbench score. It wasn't mentioned during predictions, but the Mac to beat is going to be the 28 core Mac Pro from 2019, which was still at the top of the charts for multi-core with a score of 19907. That means to earn the points, a new machine will need a score of 39815 or higher.
- Jason points out that if it’s just introduced, the score may not be available and therefore no points. However, with no Mac Pro even introduced this year, the Mac Studio falls well short of the required score.
|
| Jason |
"iPadOS will finally get non-mirrored external display support" |
6 |
| - Another repeat pick from Jason, but it comes true this time. The feature did ship in the first half of the year in the form of betas, although the final feature wasn't released until later. This is deemed enough to get the double bonus.
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| Host | Pick | Score |
|---|
| John |
"Eddie Cue is going to return to the next Apple keynote to talk about services, but he won’t dance (unfortunately)" |
0 |
| - The "next Apple keynote" was in March, but sadly featured no Eddie.
|
| James |
"At least one Mac will be introduced in 2022 that is available in regular, Pro, and Max processor configurations at once" |
0 |
| - Ungraded: Likely the iMac and maybe the Mac mini.
|
| Jason |
"Universal Control ships before WWDC" |
2 |
| - Yes, and thus gets double points.
|
| John |
"The Notes app is going to gain smart folders based on both tags and other metadata" |
2 |
| James |
"The Apple Silicon Mac Pro will not support discrete graphics cards or any other form of PCI-e cards for expansion" |
0 |
| - Still unknown at the time of grading, so no points.
|
| Jason |
"Apple Notes is going to get on the notes cross-linking train in iOS 16" |
0 |
| John |
"The 13 inch MacBook Pro is going to be discontinued" |
0 |
| - In fact it got updated at WWDC.
|
| James |
"Apple will announce that Apple Arcade will have AR and VR titles at the consumer launch of the headset" |
0 |
| Jason |
"I will set foot on the Apple Park campus this year by invitation" |
2 |
| - Cannot be induced by Jason by, say, applying for a job or asking for an invitation.
- Another one of Jason’s picks about himself.
- Came true at WWDC for double points.
|
| John |
"Apple finally updates Safari Reading List" |
0 |
| - New Shortcuts support for Safari Reading List isn't enough to earn points.
|
| James |
"The AR/VR headset is going to have a sensor on it that can detect mouth shapes and other facial expressions" |
0 |
| - James is not successful in arguing that "the" headset in question is the Meta Quest Pro which does have this feature.
|
| Jason |
"At some point in 2022, there will be a video made for an Apple event of some kind featuring Ted Lasso" |
0 |
| John |
"Apple will introduce a classical music focused app" |
0 |
| - Jason suggests the name "Classical Music", but James points out that may be too long for the home screen and suggests "Classical"
|
| James |
"No Apple executive will say the words 'metaverse', 'blockchain', or 'NFT' during any Apple event in 2022" |
1 |
| |
| Jason |
"Apple will introduce a new service with a monthly fee option" |
0 |
| - Jason thinks that, despite its vagueness, it is actually a tricky pick. As it turns out, too tricky.
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