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New Mac Mini Finally Coming in October Alongside New iPads?
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Yes and no. The non-optical disc versions are thiner and if you crack one open, you'll see there is very little if any unused space. Outside of totally doing away with traditional HD's (and possibly user-removable RAM, which would suck), I don't know how they are going to save more space.
Back at ya!
Do you object morally to more storage space? The mini is already so small that there is no meaningful benefit for making it shorter. But, what I am more worried about is space for the connectors. The back is the right size for the current connectors. It has the correct connectors now. I don't want it to lose any.
So no, we would lose nothing by making the Mac mini a little smaller. And the current MacBook Pro isn't too thin either. I have an old one and I never use the optical drive and I never use the Ethernet port. That's all useless weight, I have to carry around. Let the Floppy Disk die already!
I agree about the optical drive, but, it should have become a second drive bay. And, I use my Ethernet every day.
You mean until Jony Ive releases it as his own hideous design (Just like the iPhone 6 and iOS 7) in which case you will praise it?
Yes they are thinner without the optical drive, but I'm not speaking only about height, but also width and depth. These 7.7 times 7.7 inch are a legacy from when there was an optical drive in the Mini and I'm not sure if this footprint is best for a future without spinning disks. Just because there is so very little unused space, they have to change the innards anyway to make room for an SSD blade slot on the motherboard.
And while they are at it, why not rethink the positioning of everything else in there? A modern hard drive is only 7mm thin, why not put it above or beneath the motherboard instead of next to it? Look how small the Wi-Fi chip in an iPhone has become. Apple is kind of done with Infrared and Firewire. These things are only still in there because the Mini is overdue for a new form factor.
I should probably follow my own advice and sell my End-2012 Mini while it's still worth it's weight in gold.
Yes they are thinner without the optical drive, but I'm not speaking only about height, but also width and depth. These 7.7 times 7.7 inch are a legacy from when there was an optical drive in the Mini and I'm not sure if this footprint is best for a future without spinning disks. Just because there is so very little unused space, they have to change the innards anyway to make room for an SSD blade slot on the motherboard.
And while they are at it, why not rethink the positioning of everything else in there? A modern hard drive is only 7mm thin, why not put it above or beneath the motherboard instead of next to it? Look how small the Wi-Fi chip in an iPhone has become. Apple is kind of done with Infrared and Firewire. These things are only still in there because the Mini is overdue for a new form factor.
I should probably follow my own advice and sell my End-2012 Mini while it's still worth it's weight in gold.
Baby Mac Pro form-factor!
If usb3.1+DAM becomes mainstream next year, I guess that even Apple can't deny that and at the latest in 2016 Apple needs to get on board. With TB3 with incorporated dp1.3 or ditching TB for good and replacing it with usb3.1+DAM.
Firewire is still useful
Whether Apple is done with FireWire or not, I personally have many legacy products (camcorder and external exchangeable drive bay most importantly) that require them and would really hate to see it go.
Whether Apple is done with FireWire or not, I personally have many legacy products (camcorder and external exchangeable drive bay most importantly) that require them and would really hate to see it go.
I think so too, but it's also very much like a diaper trash can fill-up cassette. I'd buy that design immediately.
Their proprietary connector is barely faster and not at all worth the lack of upgradeability. In 2-3 years, these systems can use even faster technology yet to be released.
Secondly, the new iMac released over the summer has soldered RAM.
I prefer more space in a desktop and I prefer standard connectors so that I can install larger/faster drives or larger amounts of memory to extend the life of my product.
Apple prefers I buy a new product and discard the old one. So much for green...
If they re-design, I suspect soldered and proprietary is what they will do. Its a complete money grab.
I've been waiting too long Apple.
I don't care if it doesn't have the latest cpu. Just give me a decent GPU, 6gbs of ram and a 500gb SSD drive.
And PLEASE be cheap.
If not cheap...at least reasonable.
I hope you're wrong. I want in the worst way to get a new Mac Mini, but not if it's not user upgradable. Let's pray it doesn't go that way
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The fans on my MacMini are very quiet.
I just done seen a troll get exploded. Humor is the best way to deal with them for sure.
For those who say "but Apple makes less money from computers than from phones and tablets" that may be true, but Apple also has put a lot more innovation into phones and tablets than they've put into desktops and laptops.
Look at how Apple has improved the iPhone over the past 7 years and look how Apple has improved the Mini. If Apple gave OSX users the same level of upgrades that Apple gives to iOS users, OSX-based system sales would go way up. Likewise if Apple never released the iPhone 5S or 6 or 6 Plus but instead left the iPhone 5 untouched for 2 years, would not a lot of iOS users be a little bummed right now?
I wish they would make one that used desktop grade hardware and had a pci-e slot for graphics cards. Something with some power.
I've been waiting for a couple years for an updated Mac mini. Hopefully, this rumor is true.
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I don't really like the fact that mini's use notebook class CPUs instead of desktop class. It's the only negative with these machines.
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I don't really like the fact that mini's use notebook class CPUs instead of desktop class. It's the only negative with these machines.
If not cheap...at least reasonable.
If not cheap or reasonable, at least affordable without selling my kidney or left testicle.
Sales of the older Mac Pros were already almost completely dead, with people angry about the lack of updates, so it didn't matter.