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Feb 28th Products: Intel Mac mini and iPod Hi-Fi?
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FireArse said:
If you plan on running HD 1080p then stay away from the Mini! The Mini is designed as an introduction for people new to Macs or people who want a decent budget computer without the screen. iMac and Power Macs are the ones with the added grunt for that kind of stuff.
Peace said:
Yup! Umm... can someone remind me what time the event is?
dubnluvn said:This place is gonna be a mess...
MR handled MWSF 2006 very well. Let's hope they do live updates. Ok, well this is what I predict tomorrow...
Low-end Mini - £349/$499
1.66Ghz Core Solo
Combo-drive
Radeon X1300 64MB
60GB 5,400rpm HD
3 USB Ports and 1 FW.
Bluetooth + Airport not standard
Front Row
512MB Soldered DDR2 RAM - 1 Free slot
Mid-range Mini - £449/$599
1.66Ghz Core Solo
4x SuperDrive
Radeon X1300 128MB
60GB 7,200rpm HD
3 USB Ports and 1 FW
Bluetooth + Airport standard
Front Row
512MB Soldered DDR2 RAM - 1 Free slot
High-end Mini - £599/$749
1.66Ghz Core Duo
4x Superdrive
Radeon X1600 128MB - Upgradeable to 256MB
80GB 7,200rpm HD
3 USB Ports and 1 FW
Bluetooth + Airport standard
Front Row
512MB Soldered DDR2 RAM - 1 Free slot
Unsure about this DVR business!
I wish everyone would stop going on about the Core Solo. There is really no reason to use it instead of the Duo. Apple could take all this discussion of the Solo to imply approval of its use.BlizzardBomb said:
For the miniscule price difference and to encourage the use of multi-threading in all programming, Apple really needs to use the 1.66GHz Duo or higher in all of its Intel products.BlizzardBomb said:
With the current mini, sure. If the mini gets even a core solo or something comparable, it should be able to handle HD playback. I'd guess every mac moving forward will be able to play HD, at least 1080i. I'm not too worried about 1080p since there's not much support for it yet, is there?
MacinDoc said:I wish everyone would stop going on about the Core Solo. There is really no reason to use it instead of the Duo. Apple could take all this discussion of the Solo to imply approval of its use.
I do think Apple will use a Duo somewhere in the Mini, but I doubt it will be in all models.
MacinDoc said:I wish everyone would stop going on about the Core Solo. There is really no reason to use it instead of the Duo. Apple could take all this discussion of the Solo to imply approval of its use.
I half agree with you. I don't think it's worth it for Apple to use the Solo at all unless intel gives them a huge price break on it. But the duo is still way too expensive for a $499 machine, unless they raise prices the base mini may have a celeron or some other cheapie intel cpu.
i see the "Mac Mini" being a small(yet bigger then the mini), specs a lot like the iMac intel. So it would not be an intel Mac Mini but more of an intel Media Apple center. Mac Mini updates possible as well
Apple wil not ignore the PC WIndows iTunes users
Here's my guess:
1) A new "airtunes" network device that "Does video" but is bi-directional. In other words it can take a video source, digitize it and send it over the network (wired or wirelass)
Once you have one of these little boxes in your house you only have to tweek iTuns just a little and it becomes a "video jukebox. The advantage here is that you pick up all those MS Windows users too. All they need is the little video airtunes box and to update their copy of iTunes.
Yes, they wil also sell a new Mac Mini and yes it will be able to record video but any computer will have the same abilty if you buy one of those bidirectional video airtunes devices
I video optumized iPod would be nice too but I don't see that as being to radical. Al you have to do is make a 60GB iPod with it's LCD screen rotated 90 degrees and made 50% larger and maybe move the click wheel down. Just a small tweek to the current device.
The "iPod Boombox" could be the save as what I called the "biirectional video airtunes device". but with a smal LCD screen, speakers and an Apple remove included.
I don't think they will put the video I/O jacks on a Mac. Those jacks will be on some standalonf device. THis way they can pick up al those Windows PC users
Here's my guess:
1) A new "airtunes" network device that "Does video" but is bi-directional. In other words it can take a video source, digitize it and send it over the network (wired or wirelass)
Once you have one of these little boxes in your house you only have to tweek iTuns just a little and it becomes a "video jukebox. The advantage here is that you pick up all those MS Windows users too. All they need is the little video airtunes box and to update their copy of iTunes.
Yes, they wil also sell a new Mac Mini and yes it will be able to record video but any computer will have the same abilty if you buy one of those bidirectional video airtunes devices
I video optumized iPod would be nice too but I don't see that as being to radical. Al you have to do is make a 60GB iPod with it's LCD screen rotated 90 degrees and made 50% larger and maybe move the click wheel down. Just a small tweek to the current device.
The "iPod Boombox" could be the save as what I called the "biirectional video airtunes device". but with a smal LCD screen, speakers and an Apple remove included.
I don't think they will put the video I/O jacks on a Mac. Those jacks will be on some standalonf device. THis way they can pick up al those Windows PC users
so does this mean that there wont be an intel iBook released in the coming months? Or just not really soon like the intel mini's?
Damek said:
Google "CableCARD"
Or go to: http://arstechnica.com/guides/other/cablecard.ars
In a nutshell, the TV manufacturers are adopting a standard (PCMIA Type II based) "cable TV descrambler card", and all Apple has to do is to adopt it too.
Problem solved...although not necessarily without some potentially controversial trade-offs in DRM.
-hh
oh ok that's good. i need to get a new laptop this summer for college. so how does apple do things? do they release a new product right after it's announced? most companies (aka microsoft) announce something and then release it months later.
Apple Tablet competition winner
Have seen the winner of engadget's WWJD (What Would Jobs Do?) 3 competition? It looks bloody lovely!
http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/27/wwjd-3-results/
If something like this was annouced on Tuesday it would consign Microsoft's 'Origami' vaporware to the dustbin before it's even announced.
Have seen the winner of engadget's WWJD (What Would Jobs Do?) 3 competition? It looks bloody lovely!
http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/27/wwjd-3-results/
If something like this was annouced on Tuesday it would consign Microsoft's 'Origami' vaporware to the dustbin before it's even announced.
welshandrew said:Have seen the winner of engadget's WWJD (What Would Jobs Do?) 3 competition? It looks bloody lovely!
http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/27/wwjd-3-results/
Very cool!
I've just been thinking (for once), could a fun new product be a Bluetooth Mighty Mouse?
welshandrew said:6PM - just enough time for me to get home from work and help crash all the apple rumour sites
Whey! Nice one, you and me brother!
I'll have my Credit Card ready I think, although I probably won't buy anything unless it's something very special
iPod Hi-Fi??
It'll be interesting to look at the form factor of the iPod Hi-Fi if it comes out. I doubt that the speakers would be integrated into the iPod body, unless they have a way of making the speakers really compact. As iPods are supposed to be portable, a huge, clunky speaker assembly would really detract from the product.
An iPod Hi-fi would probably just be a set of external speakers. But there are about a million of those on the market right now, which means that some customers wouldn't have an incentive to buy them.
As to the Intel Mac Mini, it's probably plausible. As other people have been saying, it'll be bundled with some wireless, PC compatible video Wi-Fi system: maybe the AirPort Express Video? It'll fit right in with the iPod video as well as the iTunes Video Store.
It'll be interesting to look at the form factor of the iPod Hi-Fi if it comes out. I doubt that the speakers would be integrated into the iPod body, unless they have a way of making the speakers really compact. As iPods are supposed to be portable, a huge, clunky speaker assembly would really detract from the product.
An iPod Hi-fi would probably just be a set of external speakers. But there are about a million of those on the market right now, which means that some customers wouldn't have an incentive to buy them.
As to the Intel Mac Mini, it's probably plausible. As other people have been saying, it'll be bundled with some wireless, PC compatible video Wi-Fi system: maybe the AirPort Express Video? It'll fit right in with the iPod video as well as the iTunes Video Store.
