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What if they merged the AppleTV and Mac Mini platforms?

Redbeard25

Redbeard25

macrumors regular
Original poster
Oct 4, 2003
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Stay with me here...

AppleTV: Atom processor, 2GB RAM, 8GB internal storage, OS X heavily skinned, one HDMI out, one Ethernet port, one USB "service" port

Mac mini: i5/i7, 4+GB RAM, 64GB SSD, OS X "normal", one HDMI out, one Ethernet port, one thunderbolt 2 port that breaks out into a port replicator with USB, FW, etc.

This gives them one less interface to worry about on the iOS platform (and, admittedly one more on the OS X platform,) but it gives them a unified "desktop" platform.

I realize this is a bit of a throwback to the first AppleTV.

Thoughts?
 
chrfr

chrfr

macrumors G5
Jul 11, 2009
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Redbeard25 said:
This gives them one less interface to worry about on the iOS platform (and, admittedly one more on the OS X platform,) but it gives them a unified "desktop" platform.
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I fail to see this as any sort of benefit to Apple.
 
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El Hikaru

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Dec 3, 2013
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Mac Mini is a fully functional general purpose personal computer.
It is too much for Apple TV to replace it.
 
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paulrbeers

macrumors 68040
Dec 17, 2009
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Redbeard25 said:
Stay with me here...

AppleTV: Atom processor, 2GB RAM, 8GB internal storage, OS X heavily skinned, one HDMI out, one Ethernet port, one USB "service" port

Mac mini: i5/i7, 4+GB RAM, 64GB SSD, OS X "normal", one HDMI out, one Ethernet port, one thunderbolt 2 port that breaks out into a port replicator with USB, FW, etc.

This gives them one less interface to worry about on the iOS platform (and, admittedly one more on the OS X platform,) but it gives them a unified "desktop" platform.

I realize this is a bit of a throwback to the first AppleTV.

Thoughts?
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Apple already did this with the original AppleTV and it was expensive and sold poorly. The AppleTV now uses Arm processors that are cheaper and designed by Apple. Why would they want to back to depending on Intel for the AppleTV processor?

"Why go out for milk when you have a cow at home..."
 
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riggles

macrumors 6502
Dec 2, 2013
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Yea, when Apple dropped Front Row from OSX and reworked the first AppleTV format, I think that pretty much finalized the separation between Macs and the living room.

If anything, AppleTV will inherit more genes from iOS. But it won't become a Mac.
 
Crosscreek

Crosscreek

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Nov 19, 2013
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Margarittaville
Redbeard25 said:
Stay with me here...

AppleTV: Atom processor, 2GB RAM, 8GB internal storage, OS X heavily skinned, one HDMI out, one Ethernet port, one USB "service" port

Mac mini: i5/i7, 4+GB RAM, 64GB SSD, OS X "normal", one HDMI out, one Ethernet port, one thunderbolt 2 port that breaks out into a port replicator with USB, FW, etc.

This gives them one less interface to worry about on the iOS platform (and, admittedly one more on the OS X platform,) but it gives them a unified "desktop" platform.

I realize this is a bit of a throwback to the first AppleTV.

Thoughts?
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