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I do hope they keep the mac mini around, If your like me, you have lots of game systems that all plug into one HDTV. and with a mac mini you get all the computer you need ( -graphics card) with cash left over for buying games. It would be cool if the mac mini had a graphics card upgrade option or some kind of expansion slot or an external graphics accessory that allows any mac to boost its graphics through a simple USB or Firewire connection. also a small LCD on a mac mini or mac pro would be nice in case your monitor poops on you and you need to troubleshoot or safely remove drives before shutting down.
Good & about time! Though it should have happened ages ago, this time Apple really had little choice, other than ending the Mini altogether. With Snow Leopard's support of OpenCL, significantly improved GPUs on the Mini were a must. Looking forward to next month to find out more.
new mini with nvidia chip would be great for my home theatre (watching full hd)
but without a dp-hdmi adapter i cant connect the mini to my TV.. so im happy to have an old one
btw this would be nice:
with magsafe..
Magsafe is a bad idea on the Mini.
On a laptop, you have the battery, so if it gets unplugged by mistake it's no big deal; just plug it back in and keep computing.
On a desktop like the Mini, no battery. Unplug it by mistake and... darkness and possible lost data.
So yeah, no Magsafe please on anything that's not a laptop.
I remember getting a PC with a 6 GB HD and thinking I was the pimp of the neigborhood. Gawd, am I getting old. Thanks for the tangential reminder.
I remember when I got my LCII and it had an 80MB HD over the 40MB predecessor and I thought I was hot ****.
Have you had experience with the current Mac mini power supply? Its less resistive than a MagSafe connector, the MagSafe at least as a magnetic pull to try and keep it in place. The current adapter is so small and lacks grip, and it's a desktop, you're not going to get your power cord ripped out. If anything the MagSafe would be a great idea so you could use it with the LED Cinema Display without another cable.
If they can forego the size fixation and make it a wee bit bigger, they can use 3.5" hard drives which are MUCH cheaper than laptop drives, and more reliable too.
Include a small clip to retain the MagSafe plug.
I think it's a terrific idea for the mini. I don't think it provides enough power to drive any larger desktop.
Ya beat me to the punch. My first Mac was an SE (I think) and the choice was between a second floppy or a 20 MB HD (I took the HD and wondered how I would ever fill it). Upgraded the RAM from 1 MB to 4 MB for $160.
**waiting for the "I had to use punch cards..." response**
I remember my 486 DX2 running Doom with 4MB of Ram and I thought it was the end of it all
I remember watching the Screen Savers and how they once said who can fill up a 80GB HDD! That's massive....
Times change. Now we have close to 1 Trillion transistors on a GPU....
You don't have to be all that old to remember punch cards. I studied computer programming in 1972 and not many people back then have glass screens. They were very expensive. Although I did get to use the CRT based operator's console on the CDC 6400 Have a look here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:CDC_6600_console.JPG It's not as primitive as you might think. Those a two huge screens and they worked like a pen plotter and drew characters on the screen on e at a time
One nice thing about punch cards is that we did not have to type in the source
code. We'd write by hand with a pencil and turn the forms into the keypunch service and they would do the work for us
By about 1980 it was a hybrid system. We had CRT based terminals everywhere but the card punch service was still in place. So I'd send the first cut in on paper forms and then read the cards in and from that point make any changes using a text editor.
In those days no one except computer professionals went near computers so having an easy to use interface was a non-issue. I was hapy with 20 bazillion switches on a front panel and a card reader
I actually still own a "512K Mac". This was the machine with one floppy that could be upgraded al the way to 1/2 megabyte. I think it cost about $3,500. back when $3K was a lot of money.
I doubt that nvidia based mac minis will be sold for $500...but even if they are priced around $600 they are an ok deal...any more than that...for me personally an iMac is a better deal...note that the macmini lacks webcam, keyboard, mouse...remote etc....
I wasn't alive back when computers used punch cards. The first machine I used was a Zenith 286.......
For those wanting to stream video/audio
Never had a mini but glad apple is updating it for those that love them. As for people that want something that can stream audio/video somewhat like what apple tv can do but better, check this out:
http://www.egreat.nl/index.php
to see its details, click on Specifications
Hope this help those interested
Never had a mini but glad apple is updating it for those that love them. As for people that want something that can stream audio/video somewhat like what apple tv can do but better, check this out:
http://www.egreat.nl/index.php
to see its details, click on Specifications
Hope this help those interested
Ah... finally, finally.... the return of the Mac mini.
I needed a new Mac mini to hook up to my TV. My current Core Duo 1.66 GHz just can't get Plex or XBMC to play my 1080p .mkv files smooth enough.... Just not enough horsepower.
Bring 'em on, dear Phil! (gotta get used to that....)
I needed a new Mac mini to hook up to my TV. My current Core Duo 1.66 GHz just can't get Plex or XBMC to play my 1080p .mkv files smooth enough.... Just not enough horsepower.
Bring 'em on, dear Phil! (gotta get used to that....)
They did some time back enable Macs & PCs I think to rent HD movies through itunes.
Love this thread. Just couldn't understand that there are still people sitting around and voting for negative!
Love this thread. Just couldn't understand that there are still people sitting around and voting for negative!
yeah weird that , whats negative about new mac minis ?
best news for ages this!! ,
.......... always a catch with apple tho' so I wonder , silly prices ??? probably .
still looking forward to getting one if the price is not too silly .
I'm expecting 599£UK then dropping to 5 @starting point.*hopes
Firewire is also essential for Target Disk Mode and repairs on any Mac. Any.
Besides audio and video on real-time. USB cannot deliver. It is amazing how Apple can do things so wrong sometimes.
The new mini will be thinner if they leave out the optical drive. I seriously doubt Apple would put in a 3.5" drive and keep the same form factor. The average mini user needs no more then 160 GB at this point. So look to see a mini with the same form factor as the Apple TV. Even though that code says Mac Mini, I wouldn't be surprised to see a change of the name as well. The Mac Mini has gotten stale and needs a new name for the relaunch.