Apple's Oct. 23rd event roundup: iPad mini, 4th gen iPad, new iMac, 13-inch Retina MBP and more
Apple teased that it had "a little more to show" us prior to today's San Francisco event, but it's clear now that the phrasing was humble at best. Not only has the much-anticipated, rumored and leaked 7.9-inch iPad mini been officially revealed, but so has a smattering of new and refreshed offerings across its range of gizmos. The standard iPad is seeing its fastest refresh yet (about six months) to a Lighting port and A6X-packing fourth-generation model, and the iMac has ditched its optical drive to go Air-thin in its Ivy Bridge-driven seventh-generation. Mobile power users should be especially be pleased, too, as a 13-inch variant of the MacBook Pro with a 2,560 x 1,600 Retina Display is now a reality. Lest we forgot that the iBooks app and iBooks Author have both been updated -- right on cue with that book-like iPad Mini. Hop past the break for a full listing of all the news and all of our on-scene coverage that came out of today's event.
iPad
Apple announces 4th generation iPad packing an A6X CPU, Lightning connector and FaceTime HD camera
Apple announces 7.9-inch iPad mini with a 1,024 x 768 display, A5 CPU and optional LTE for $329
iPad mini coming to Verizon, AT&T and Sprint in mid-November starting at $459
Mac
Mac Mini updated in two new flavors, at $599 for i5 dual-core and $999 for i7 quad-core server model
Apple unveils next-generation iMac with slimmer design and Ivy Bridge, starting at $1,299
Apple introduces 'Fusion Drive' as a build-to-order option for the new iMac