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Something tells me the next Mac Mini will be a tower....

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TheMechanic

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mayuka said:
Guys... You are all wrong. Apple will introduce the Mac nano, which is basically just the logic board from the Macbook Air + MBA's SSD + integrated power supply. It will aprox. the size of 4 iPod classics stacked one upon the others. Technically that's possible. Why shouldn't they do it? They've done it before with the cube and the original Mac mini.
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That would be awesome! An all flash based Mac mini in a smaller version of the new Mac Pro case..!
 
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TheMechanic

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Mar 2, 2007
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mayuka said:
Another trash can? :rolleyes: Maybe. I guessed it would be more like the original Mac mini, but considerably smaller.
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It's probably not going to happen. I don't think the mini is going all SSD in the near future, but you never know.
On the other hand if the Mini got the new design, after a few weeks most would wish they had a small square box that they could hide away somewhere instead of a shinny black dust collector on their desk.
 
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CausticPuppy

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I wonder how much smaller a Mac Mini could be if it went back to using an external power supply? Even a MagSafe, although you don't want your power cord coming out easily if there's no internal battery to keep your system running.
 
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notrack

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Go from square to round and from silver to black. Would be interesting how that looks like.
 
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BeatCrazy

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The current mini has about the perfect form factor, for use in a rack environment. You can fit two of them perfectly, side by side, in a 1U height shelf. Changing any single dimension will negate this extaordinarily efficient size.
 
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hleewell

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Oct 22, 2009
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The new ultra compact Mac Mini

airport_extreme_time_capsule_new.jpg

They already gave you a hint.....
 
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hleewell

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Oct 22, 2009
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The smallest headless PC....by Intel
It's called Next Unit of Computing (NUC)

NUC-Intel-9.jpg


It's about the size of Apple TV

appletv1.jpg


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More images of Intel NUC

NUC1.jpg


Intel-NUC-Mini-PC-On-Display-Has-HDMI-Thunderbolt-and-Ethernet-2.jpg
 
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animatedude

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i have completely changed my mind! the Mac mini will be the thinnest mini ever like.....this!

MD564
 
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APlotdevice

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mayuka said:
Thanks for this amazing hint. Do you know it the power supply is integrated into those little things? :confused:
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Just looking at the pictures over, I can say definitively no. That's a DC input [for an external power supply] on the back.
 
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