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Apple Acknowledges Mac Mini Update?
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Finally an official answer
I don't know if it has been mentioned yet (already four pages of comments), but we finally know, from Apple itself, that the Mac mini is a popular computer, despite all the people who kept saying the Mac mini was a poor seller, etc.
Long live the Mac mini! (or its replacement!)
I'm not asking for much, only what's already in the new MacBooks. A new form factor would be nice, then again I wouldn't mind the same casing (6.5 x 6.5 x 2.0").
I don't know if it has been mentioned yet (already four pages of comments), but we finally know, from Apple itself, that the Mac mini is a popular computer, despite all the people who kept saying the Mac mini was a poor seller, etc.
Long live the Mac mini! (or its replacement!)
I'm not asking for much, only what's already in the new MacBooks. A new form factor would be nice, then again I wouldn't mind the same casing (6.5 x 6.5 x 2.0").
I don't understand how these people are getting e-mails to Steve Jobs and the chief hardware engineer... not only getting them to read it but to actually get a response? Impressive.
I am hopeful that Apple will indeed refresh the Mac mini or replace it with a model that is equivalent to it in the same market segment. The Mac mini gives first-time Mac users who are considering switching a great way to get started -- use your current keyboard, mouse, and monitor, and just swap out the tower with a Mac mini; not to mention the fact it's rather affordable as well.
i guess they must answer some people, i could easily imagine Jobs putting aside an hour or two every so often to go through emails that one of his assistants must have vetted.. surely there can't be THAT many people emailing him. From the brief nature of his replies, it does seem totally believable. I think all company figureheads should directly speak to the customers, so deep down i secretly love to believe emails and 'phone calls' like this are genuine.
This one in particular is something i've been waiting ages for, even if it is folly, it has still offered me some hope... the amount of friends and family i know who would be willing to spend £400 ($700) to enter the world of OS X, especially as a HTPC or just to replace the big noisy dust box they have in their rooms... very few people will buy the laptops and imacs purely because of the price, and the fact they naively think cheaper competitors with 'similar' specs are better. I'm so tired of people asking me how to get rid of virus', capture stuff off their camcorder, connect to the TV.. and taking them on some long winded windows explanation, download this, uninstall this, cross your fingers and pray etc.. part of me would consider just buying friends and family a whole bunch of mac mini's just to make my life easier if anything! i know i'm definitely getting one as a HTPC, i'm sick of having to convert MKVs to put on my Xbox, and it isn't going to hurt having a mini Mac without a display i can take with me wherever i go
This one in particular is something i've been waiting ages for, even if it is folly, it has still offered me some hope... the amount of friends and family i know who would be willing to spend £400 ($700) to enter the world of OS X, especially as a HTPC or just to replace the big noisy dust box they have in their rooms... very few people will buy the laptops and imacs purely because of the price, and the fact they naively think cheaper competitors with 'similar' specs are better. I'm so tired of people asking me how to get rid of virus', capture stuff off their camcorder, connect to the TV.. and taking them on some long winded windows explanation, download this, uninstall this, cross your fingers and pray etc.. part of me would consider just buying friends and family a whole bunch of mac mini's just to make my life easier if anything! i know i'm definitely getting one as a HTPC, i'm sick of having to convert MKVs to put on my Xbox, and it isn't going to hurt having a mini Mac without a display i can take with me wherever i go
I still haven't give up. I need a TV-side PC and still waiting for the new mini.
Wish it would equip with proper and modern specification at a reasonable price point. (otherwise I would go for Vaio TP-1, seriously...)
There is a difference between new products and updates. Apple said no new products. Did not say no new updates.
Exactly....I get phone calls from Apple chief hardware engineers all the time
What is this obviously bogus rumor doing on here as a page one news item?
Exactly....I get phone calls from Apple chief hardware engineers all the time
What is this obviously bogus rumor doing on here as a page one news item?
How do you get that?
I can't even get the appointed Apple Corp. Rep. to return my calls.
Did you notice this
I think he was being sarcastic as well (I hope). It's hard to tell, his statement was a little vague.
Did you notice this
Yes.
I'm Australian, we have seven kinds of sarcasm.
Yes, just "be patient" for a few more years sheeple. The Mac Mini is gone, baby gone. Get over it and build yourself a Hackintosh.
This is 100% proof there are still good anecdotal rumors somewhere on the web.
Other than that it really means very little.
Other than that it really means very little.
Well, not everyone can or wants to do that. For instance, I would find it rather fun to build a computer, but I don't know enough about computers themselves. Besides, some people just don't want to take the effort. Apple shouldn't be denying a costumer base what it wants, that's just dumb.
Ooh yeah! I wanna see a MBA kinda case all streamlined and such! Can I geta "Woot Woot?"
No. Though I don't need it, I would love to see a mid-range tower, so that those who still wanted to use OS X could, and keep all they power they had without going overboard. It's ridiculous that Apple doesn't offer a real upgradable mid-range tower option.
Why is Apple releasing all these information these days? What is happening to their secret nature?
Why is Apple releasing all these information these days? What is happening to their secret nature?
Oh yeah, a shady phone call really qualifies "releasing information". Sorry if I'm a bit of a jerk, I just think it's stupid how a lot of people are blindly saying that this will happen based simply on what could easily be fake.
Low cost ? Compared to what ? The rest of Apples's computers ? Maybe so. But extemely over priced and underpowered compared to what's available.
Yeah, as much as we all want this to happen, it's not.
I think you all will recognize this:
"Is a Mac reliable?
When you buy a PC, youre buying hardware from one company and an operating system and software from other companies. Not so with a Mac. Because Apple builds both the computer and the software that comes with it, theyre literally made for each other. So a Mac rarely freezes or crashes. And Mac OS X resists most viruses, so you can do almost anything without worrying about losing everything."
There's all of like, three pieces of hardware you can actually get third party to upgrade Macs. Hard Drives, RAM, and two Graphics Cards for the Mac Pro.
The Hard Drive and RAM requires little to no knowledge, other than a couple of minutes of Google reading to actually replace.
And there's like, two graphics cards for the Mac Pro that are worth the upgrade. The ATI 3870's and the NVIDIA 8800 GT The Mac Pro isn't exactly the big profit product for Apple. Plus, most users won't actually take the initiative to learn how to pop open the case and pop the new graphics card in.
The point is, the way Apple is going right now, they'll never offer the fabled mid-tower that everyone longs for. That means they'd have to offer compatible drivers for every video card that's put out, and deal with the whining when they don't keep up with the video card companies on drivers. That'd really go against the whole, "...Apple builds both the computer and the software that comes with ..." They wouldn't then.
It'd cost a helluva lot of money for them to support all the new hardware that goes on the market every two months (or sometimes even less), specifically with video cards. It's a closed platform. If you want freedom with hardware, you have to stick with personal computing, plain and simple. Hehe.
end rant.
tl;dr
Apple is never going to let you choose exactly what hardware you want, and hell will freeze over before OS X is sold to run on anything like Windows. Cry more.
