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Apple CEO Tim Cook: Mac Mini Will Be 'Important Part' of Future Product Lineup
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Indeed. There's no defensible reason not to at least spec bump it to the latest chips. It's just outrageous greed to keep selling 2013 tech with no discount in 2017.
You're a consumer but you aren't the typical consumer. You're at the high end. The typical consumer doesn't go on forums and talk about technology. You aren't the target audience of the Mac mini even if it may fit your needs. You need to realize that.
Even the current Mac mini is selling well despite having not been updated in years.
In my opinion... you forgot to type in my opinion. Either that or at least source your facts.
What most here probably don't seem to understand is why you think the current mini appeals to any audience right now. Appeals wonderfully?
No, no you don't. Doing so leads to the type of though processes that produce what you quoted below.
The industry has seen a slowdown. There's less product being sold. That's true. Here's where your thoughts go off the rails. The industry is still investing heavily and releasing a steady stream of new machines... almost quarterly. They've never stopped. Seriously, where have you been? You literally (Urban Dictionary version of literally) can't throw a rock without hitting somebody's new machine. What does any of this description have to do with Apple? Modern Apple (Jobs rev.2 and Cook) has never released a steady stream of... anything. They've only had iPhone, iPad, and Mac. So you can't use incorrect industry anecdotal evidence as reasoning for Apple's decisions.
They? They who? Have you switched to talking about Apple? I ask because none of the major PC vendors are putting any money into smartphones or tablets. What you're doing... that's not how comparisons are made.
Chances are no one here is a CEO and Apple most definitely understand how to invest their resources. Based on your quotes, you don't understand Apple.
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I stopped trusting Time Cooks words...
Except for the iPhone, the rest of Apple products seems to be on a 2 to 4 year cycle with yearly quotes from Tim, "we deeply care in the Mac", "We have so many products in our pipeline". News flash, your competitors have caught up and pass you with much cheaper prices: e.g. SurfaceBook 2!!!
Except for the iPhone, the rest of Apple products seems to be on a 2 to 4 year cycle with yearly quotes from Tim, "we deeply care in the Mac", "We have so many products in our pipeline". News flash, your competitors have caught up and pass you with much cheaper prices: e.g. SurfaceBook 2!!!
Designers aren't the intended audience for the Mac mini. Many may us it for such but it's certainly not at all who Apple is targeting with that product.
Just look at the Mac mini page on the Apple site if you want to see who it's targeted at. There's nothing about it being great for graphic design, etc. Instead they simply make it clear it's for those that want a simple desktop computer. The general consumer. And that's who buy the most of them, and still are buying them. They clearly don't care that it hasn't been updated in a while and doesn't offer current specs. That's not what the people looking to buy these things care about.
You do realize the starting price points of each machine. One if VASTLY more than the other and we all know how Apple love's its margins.
Plus you're asking Tim Cook to streamline their offerings? HA!, HAHAHAHAHA!!!!
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And higher priced!
Internal Strategic Planning approx. 2015
- What if we roll out an iPad Pro for $800+?
- Then, what if we roll out an iMac Pro for $5K in late 2017?
- Ignore the Mac Pro, then roll a redesign out in about 2018-19 for $10K+
- Ignore classic iMac line, then drop it due to "lack of sales" at about the same time as...
- Ignore the Mac mini, then roll out a new version of it in 2019-20 filling the old iMac margin-'er I mean- PRICE slot at about $1500-$3K.
- Ease iPhones up and up to about $1250-$1499 for base unit.
- Roll out iPhone Pro for $1999 with some very visible difference to make it the "IT" phone
- Roll out iPad Edition for $1500 with some very visible difference to make it the "IT" tablet
Yes tomorrow we'll plot out "must have" accessories to go with all that and how to spin it as "the future" and similar so that our average unit sale rises beyond the new higher pricing for the actual product.
Can't innovate my *ss. We ARE geniuses.
And here's those new stock grants. Way to go fellas!
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I am cautiously optimistic. I have been wanting an updated mini for a few years now. That last "update" was a banana in the tailpipe. I'm not going to get my hopes up, but with the modular MP coming I'm hoping the mini will employ that modularity principle. That would be absolutely terrific.
Got! Dang! It! Hopes are up.
Got! Dang! It! Hopes are up.
"Apple CEO Tim Cook: Mac Mini Will Be 'Important Part' of Future Product Lineup"
That's good news!
That's good news!
How do you know that it is selling well? It is not even displayed in my local Apple store any more.
excuse me, While I laugh.
so important that it was last touched in 2014... and was actually downgraded with left over Macbook air parts.
"important" my rear end.
so important that it was last touched in 2014... and was actually downgraded with left over Macbook air parts.
"important" my rear end.
My prediction is that Apple will make the Mac Mini smaller, remove all the ports except a single USB-C, populate it with mediocre components, and then raise the price by $100. And for bonus points, make it run iOS only.
Don't do that!! Just don't!! I don't want your splashes of reality to distort my fields of enthusiasm over Tim's words. I don't need it! I've already gotten my hopes up. See:
Hopes man. They're up.I am cautiously optimistic. I have been wanting an updated mini for a few years now. That last "update" was a banana in the tailpipe. I'm not going to get my hopes up, but with the modular MP coming I'm hoping the mini will employ that modularity principle. That would be absolutely terrific.
Got! Dang! It! Hopes are up.
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Hahahahahahaha <—— as this might not qualify as an appropriate comment according to forum rules let me add I find Tims answer hilarious.
How do you know this? Apple doesn't break down Mac sales by model.
You may be half joking but you've nailed it. Yes there will be a future "Mac Mini" but it won't be a traditional desktop PC, more a stepping stone to the iOS future.
"Cook's response echoes a similar statement from Apple marketing chief Phil Schiller, who commented on the Mac Mini ... ... we weren't bringing it up because it's more of a mix of consumer with some pro use," he said.
Wow! What does that gobbledy-gook really means?
Maybe:
1. it is not consumer-oriented enough?
2. It is not pro enough?
3. We do not do real pro anymore?
4. ...
Wow! What does that gobbledy-gook really means?
Maybe:
1. it is not consumer-oriented enough?
2. It is not pro enough?
3. We do not do real pro anymore?
4. ...
The reason for the delay is obvious... Jony Ive hasn't figured out how to remove all the ports yet.
Maybe the next one will be made of liquid metal and will automatically configure itself as a 3-D talking emoji for those lucky owners who also own an iPhone X. Oh, and one more thing...
It'll cost $2499.
Maybe the next one will be made of liquid metal and will automatically configure itself as a 3-D talking emoji for those lucky owners who also own an iPhone X. Oh, and one more thing...
It'll cost $2499.
Well let’s hope for upgradable parts too
Sounds good though, it would be a cool little machine with an EGPU attached and fully supported.
Sounds good though, it would be a cool little machine with an EGPU attached and fully supported.
Why are you hoping a computer you purchase because I'm guessing you need a computer is comparable to an old np3 player because you thought the naming convention was "cute"?