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Apple Announces New Mac Mini Starting at $499
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The complaints are because it literally used to be configurable with quad-core and now all of a sudden it's dual core only.
I have PERSONALLY sold more people on the MINI than a store full of Apple "salespeople"
Own 4 of them myself
The new MINI is D.O.A.
D E A D to me .
and this is called an "upgrade", pathetic
Own 4 of them myself
The new MINI is D.O.A.
D E A D to me .
and this is called an "upgrade", pathetic
So they are charging less, yes. But also giving us less. Seems odd in 2014 to not offer all kinds of options for all types of users.
I have PERSONALLY sold more people on the MINI than a store full of Apple "salespeople"
Own 4 of them myself
The new MINI is D.O.A.
D E A D to me .
and this is called an "upgrade", pathetic
Lol @ selling people on a mini, why would you screw them like that?
I'm sure others will follow...I may come back with a torch and pitchfork and form an old-school angry mob
CONGRATS, you just said the OLD MAC MINI is superior to the "NEW UPGRADED" mac mini
HAA
I looked at your post, every corners, I searched and searched. I think you miss the "/s" there, buddy.
Apple makes 85% or so of its cash on PHONES and PADS
If any of you thought Apple gives a DA*N about the MAC MINI LINE.....
....you were deluding yourself.
If any of you thought Apple gives a DA*N about the MAC MINI LINE.....
....you were deluding yourself.
With a 1080p TV?
Aloha,
I have never considered getting a Mac Mini before, but since the 21.5-inch iMac with a 4K display is not out yet, I thought this might be a good way to replace my mid-2008 iMac (I also have a one-year-old retina MacBook Pro).
So, my wife and I just bought a 40-inch Samsung TV, and now her year-old 21-inch 1080p Samsung TV is sitting there on the desk collecting dust. We have a Bluetooth keyboard a SmartMouse (or whatever it's called), so the two-part question is this:
Can the new MacMini work well with a 21-inch 1080p Samsung TV, and would a 1080p Samsung TV make a good monitor for a MacMini?
Mahalo in advance for the reply...
Aloha,
I have never considered getting a Mac Mini before, but since the 21.5-inch iMac with a 4K display is not out yet, I thought this might be a good way to replace my mid-2008 iMac (I also have a one-year-old retina MacBook Pro).
So, my wife and I just bought a 40-inch Samsung TV, and now her year-old 21-inch 1080p Samsung TV is sitting there on the desk collecting dust. We have a Bluetooth keyboard a SmartMouse (or whatever it's called), so the two-part question is this:
Can the new MacMini work well with a 21-inch 1080p Samsung TV, and would a 1080p Samsung TV make a good monitor for a MacMini?
Mahalo in advance for the reply...
With this joke of an update with no more quad core option I think it is finally time for a Hackintosh. Apple is apperently afraid with its own competition.
I don't think it's so bad.. But each to their own.
If anything, it's more like the 2012 gen was a little too good for its time, and (as already suggested) I'll bet had been eating into sales of Apples higher end desktops.
Like it or not, these new ones look more appropriately placed in the Apple desktop range now.
Besides, (at time of writing this) we've not even seen the benchmarks for it yet. I'm thinking the higher end ones could still turn in a decent pace.
If anything, it's more like the 2012 gen was a little too good for its time, and (as already suggested) I'll bet had been eating into sales of Apples higher end desktops.
Like it or not, these new ones look more appropriately placed in the Apple desktop range now.
Besides, (at time of writing this) we've not even seen the benchmarks for it yet. I'm thinking the higher end ones could still turn in a decent pace.
You JUST SAID "yeah the old model was too good, so they took a dump on the "improved" new model"
Shameful and expensive Mac Mini line
The headline Apple cares about giving is they have reduced the price of the entry model for the Mac mini. Well done on that front.
However,
how are you going to advertise PCI-E Flash SSDs on your Mac Mini when it is only available as the $999 option or more. This is truly shameful. Apple should convert the Mac Mini platform to all PCI-E Flash or none at all.
Considering they offer PCI-E Flash as standard on the Macbook Air I really don't get what the hell they are doing with the Mac Mini. Surely it would be cheaper for Apple to now make PCI-E Flash standard across all Mac computer platforms?
Why would Apple hold on to the Mac Mini and not upgrade them for two years when this upgrade is so minimal? They could have done this upgrade at least six months ago.
I was expecting the Mac Mini to not be upgraded but fully redesigned with Broadwell. I guess that won't be coming now for at least a year. Maybe wait for a Skylake Mini which will be here in 700 days.
The headline Apple cares about giving is they have reduced the price of the entry model for the Mac mini. Well done on that front.
However,
how are you going to advertise PCI-E Flash SSDs on your Mac Mini when it is only available as the $999 option or more. This is truly shameful. Apple should convert the Mac Mini platform to all PCI-E Flash or none at all. Considering they offer PCI-E Flash as standard on the Macbook Air I really don't get what the hell they are doing with the Mac Mini. Surely it would be cheaper for Apple to now make PCI-E Flash standard across all Mac computer platforms?
Why would Apple hold on to the Mac Mini and not upgrade them for two years when this upgrade is so minimal? They could have done this upgrade at least six months ago.
I was expecting the Mac Mini to not be upgraded but fully redesigned with Broadwell. I guess that won't be coming now for at least a year. Maybe wait for a Skylake Mini which will be here in 700 days.
please elaborate, because i havent touched a dual core machine since 2006
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Oh my god they totally killed this thing. Wow. It got diluted and consumerized in the worst way
apparently you are NOT familiar with this stuff called MONEY
$500 mac mini
$1100 (base model) macbook AIR
do the math.
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Im going to FORTUNE TELL you something right now.
The "old" mac mini will start to VANISH like free gold within 3 weeks when everyone realizes the NEW mini is really a DOWNGRADE
I retired at age 32 by being able to predict such things
(however this is obvious)
JUST CHECKED EBAY......STOCK Quad core MAC MINI have all but vanished.
Haaaaaaaaa
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THE BEST IMAC (and cheapest!) is a QUAD CORE MINI attached to a $300 27" SAMSUNG (or LG etc etc etc) display, ...
...attached on the back with industrial velcro.
SUPERIOR, CHEAPER, MORE OPTIONS, EASIER (by far) TO REPAIR
I have 2 such "improved" "IMACS"
After reading all the posts, I'll be pulling the trigger. It will be an excellent replacement for my 2010 mini. It's a decent machine at a good price. I understand why some people are disappointed. But for my needs (mostly serving media) it's a good deal.
So no dedicated GPU? like others, I waited for this update to purchase a mini as a home computer, but this is very disappointing. And for what? To save a $100 from the base model we got last year's hardware.
like others, I waited for this update to purchase a mini as a home computer, but this is very disappointing. And for what? To save a $100 from the base model we got last year's hardware.
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CONGRATS, you just said the OLD MAC MINI is superior to the "NEW UPGRADED" mac mini
HAA
Uh, the quad core version pretty much was.
Let's face it, the upgraded graphics aren't going to make or break most Mini users. And Haswell's performance improvement over Ivy Bridge isn't anything to be noticed. Thunderbolt 2 is an improvement, but really how many people are in the boat where they have devices that would benefit from a TB2 connection and are Mini users?
The PCIe SSD interface is a good improvement as well -- assuming that Apple doesn't cheap out on the actual SSD they connect in there.
So all that aside, the new top of the line configurable Mac mini is a 3GHz *dual* core i7. In single threaded apps, it will beat out the previous top of the time Mac mini at 2.6GHz. But that previous mini has an extra 2 processors (real cores, not hyper threaded -- it has those too, but since it's a 4 core CPU, it has 4 hyper-threaded cores as well and looks like an 8 core CPU to the OS). Those extra two processors will more than make up the 400MHz difference between the old core and the new core.
I know it seems odd, but there are quite a few people where the old mini was actually a really good system for their needs. And the new mini is no longer a good system for their needs. The prior gen mini was a very good developer machine -- I was able to do everything I needed for iOS development on it, along with the ability to run some Linux VMs if needed and even some light gaming. It was a very good machine.
And because it didn't have soldered down RAM (still unconfirmed for the new model, but looking likely) and a proprietary SSD, it was fairly easy to take the maxed out CPU model and upgrade it yourself. My mini has a quad i7 @ 2.6GHz, 16GB of RAM and a custom fusion drive made up of the 1TB drive that came with it and a 256GB Samsung 840 Pro. That machine cost *less* than the dual i7 @ 3GHz model with 16GB and fusion drive that you can buy today (and Apple's fusion drive usually comes with a 128GB SSD, not the 256GB that I have).
Let's call it about 40% less powerful for $100 more. Does that sound like a good upgrade?
Is 100$ cheaper. Most Mini's users chose it because is a cheap Mac, so this is a good news for them.
Let's wait and see if the RAM is soldered or not. If you can still replace RAM after market the new Mini is not bad at all, you lose the 4 core upgrade but gain 100$.
Let's wait and see if the RAM is soldered or not. If you can still replace RAM after market the new Mini is not bad at all, you lose the 4 core upgrade but gain 100$.
There is a new low end option that is $100 less. But it's less capable than the old $599 model. That's just expanding the price range but not really making it cheaper. If the $499 model had equivalent CPU, memory and storage to the old $599 model, it would be cheaper.
Sure, this $499 model is going to be great for the people who can use it. But for people already buying minis, they didn't get cheaper at all with this update.
I'm talking about new Mini's users. If you already own a Mini is not worthwhile to upgrade to the latest model, but for the average customer who wants to buy a Mac for the first time and have a low budget the new Mini is $100 cheaper. That kind of user doesn't care about specs, so $499 is a good starting price