In less than 48 hours, journalists blessed withApple’s “It’s been way too long” invitationwill gather on the Town Hall Campus grounds in Cupertino, California for another dose of technology news.

With new iPads and OS X Yosemite on everyone’s mind, it’s time to step back and asses exactly what other goodies Apple may or may not deliver at its media conference. And what better way to make such a roundup entertaining than a listicle augmented by a poll?

Apple event (September 2014, Tim Cook smiling 001)

Here’s a dozen predictions of our own so please kindly vote for your favorite one.

Before we get to the actual voting, I just want to touch briefly on the surprises Apple might or might not unload Thursday. And to help paint a more accurate picture, I’ve assigned each item one of the following descriptive probability ratings:

Apple invite (October 2014)

Apple typically refreshes its hardware products in tandem with applications and services, and this event should be no different.

With all of the above off our chest, we now turn our attention to whatyou’remost excited about for Thursday’s event. Armed with the analysis above, cast your vote now.

OS X Yosemite (teaser, MacBook Air and iMac)

Note: you can only pick a single item.

We’d also love to hear the reasoning behind your vote so feel free to elaborate further.

Wrapping up, how many announcements can Apple realistically compress into a two-hour presentation, do you think?

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