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<p>Still, the ebb and flow of technology and fashion means that sometimes Apple needs to take a breath and adjust how it presents its products to the world. The PowerBook became the MacBook, the Power Mac became the Mac Pro, the MacBook Air appears to be diminished and headed for the west in favor of the new (adjectiveless) MacBook. So it goes.</p>

<p>Which brings us to the report from 9to5Mac&#8217;s Mark Gurman that Apple is about to announce a new, updated iPad with the same 9.7-