Whoa. I have now changed my mind, I think this is the back of the box and the nvidia logo bwshockley linked to is in fact that logo and not a network port.
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Whoa. I have now changed my mind, I think this is the back of the box and the nvidia logo bwshockley linked to is in fact that logo and not a network port.
kudos to bwshockley!
well this pic probably is fake, but i sure hope that the mac mini is updated very soon, like tomorrow
Since the back of the box? I don't know what the current mini box looks like though. I think the Airport extreme and Time capsule boxes are like that but I'm not sure of the mini.
I just want it to be real since I want a new mini with a Firewire 800 port.
My daughter really wants my my VM server off her computer.Someday we'll have some real hardware running OS X Server.
Maybe... This is old back:
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Exactly what I thought. Apple would never do this. Their current box highlights the better looking side of the Mac mini:
I think its a fake because its not Apple's "style" to revamp a product that hasn't been touched in forever and just leave it the way it is physically. Take for example the iMac.... if it went this long with out a refresh, and they suddenly decided to revamp it, you would see a whole new iMac... not the same one with just some new specs.
I've got a current Mac Mini Box (about a year and a half old) and it shows the ports on the back. It also shows iLife (in my case, 08') Included, then next to that, a Core 2 Duo logo, then a Apple Remote. But, the current box does show the ports.
Another thing I just though of: The alleged box shows some kind of "wrapping" on it... Apple does NOT put wrap on its products for the most part. There are a few smaller products that they put that wrap on, but not the Mac Mini. Not saying it can't happen, but doesn't seem likely.
Look at the background of the pic.. looks like some kind of packing room (lots of cardboard boxes etc). When I got my Mini delivered it was in a brown-cardboard box suspended using polystyrene blocks.. Perhaps they've started boxing them up already
Why of course, Apple always use the arse of their computers in their publicity shots. Why wouldn't customers be more interested in the number of USB ports than what it will actually look like on their desk.
Personally I am typing this e-mail from behind my MBP right now.
And if it isn't?This is the real deal and is going to be released very, very soon. All you who called it fake will be eating pie very soon.
This is the real deal and is going to be released very, very soon. All you who called it fake will be eating pie very soon.
Or maybe buying a new Mini.
Hope it is true but if the box is the back, no remote with the mini anymore?
As much as I hoped Apple would give us a new enclosure for the Mac Mini's from what the rumors and all these spy shots indicate, that will be unlikely.
Now that I think about it, Apple could keep the iMacs looking the same, just change them internally. This is interesting because the current iMac fits in with the Apple line-up quite well...the colours and aluminum match. The Mini fits in with the lineup as it is just fine, it's just severely underpowered.
So maybe we will just see hardware changes, but still the same looking machines? I think its very well possible.
Now that I think about it, Apple could keep the iMacs looking the same, just change them internally. This is interesting because the current iMac fits in with the Apple line-up quite well...the colours and aluminum match. The Mini fits in with the lineup as it is just fine, it's just severely underpowered.
So maybe we will just see hardware changes, but still the same looking machines? I think its very well possible.
All the fakers are keeping the same form factors. I'd love to see one that took a new design direction.
I reckon there is a good chance that this is real for the following reasons.
It does look to me like it is the back of a box wrapped in cellophane (which apple uses on time machines, apple tvs and aiprort etc so why not now?)
It does look like its in a some sort of packing room so if you don't want to get fired the best you could do would be to tale a quick pic with a camera phone - hence bad pic.
It is looking likely that apple haven't changed the actually shell of the mini so wont be releasing it with a bang, it'll just be a tuesday update on the applestore site.
Good chance it could end up being tomorrow
It does look to me like it is the back of a box wrapped in cellophane (which apple uses on time machines, apple tvs and aiprort etc so why not now?)
It does look like its in a some sort of packing room so if you don't want to get fired the best you could do would be to tale a quick pic with a camera phone - hence bad pic.
It is looking likely that apple haven't changed the actually shell of the mini so wont be releasing it with a bang, it'll just be a tuesday update on the applestore site.
Good chance it could end up being tomorrow
Because then it could be traced back to them?
Although I do agree, a good digital camera isn't exactly hard to buy these days, even mobiles cameras are pretty decent now...
Of note, why would Apple show the back end of the Mac Mini, none of their boxes do that (IIRC), so why start now?
Or maybe buying a new Mini.
They stopped with the laptops, so why not with the Mini too?
It's just another way to make some more money - start selling certain things as extras but don't change the price for the original item. ie: What used to cost $599 is now $599 + the cost of a remote.
And for the record, I think this is quite possibly the real deal. I doubted it when the images first came out, but with all that has been published about this mini, like the video, it seems very likely. I think this is just a shot of the back of the box.
Haha!
Turns out I was wrong, the current Mac Mini boxes do have the back of the Mini on the box, strange.
Mac Mini targets a different audience
The Mac Mini targets a different audience than a regular mac. Mac Mini owners would need to have a screen keyboard and mouse separately from the mac, so it makes sense that they are tech savy enough to know what the different ports are. By placing a picture of the ports on the back, they end forever questions like: "well does it have a PS/2 port for my keyboard?" or "is this the one with VGA, DVI or the new Mini Display port?" While it's true a retail employee or Mac Genius can answer these questions, you're printing the box anyway; you might as well make it informative, that cuts down on the number of staff you need to answer the same question over and over...
As to whether it's a fake or not, I have no idea, but some posters here have been saying it's "not an Apple thing to do" to have pictures of the ports. When you've got an iPod with only one port, it's ok not to have port pics, but a computer with ten ports or more really needs some details...
This suddenly reminds me of those pics of the new Apple keyboards that had the word "Command" on the keys, and everyone said "that's not how Apple does it," but I said "it would end all those questions from folks who didn't know where the command key is"
The Mac Mini targets a different audience than a regular mac. Mac Mini owners would need to have a screen keyboard and mouse separately from the mac, so it makes sense that they are tech savy enough to know what the different ports are. By placing a picture of the ports on the back, they end forever questions like: "well does it have a PS/2 port for my keyboard?" or "is this the one with VGA, DVI or the new Mini Display port?" While it's true a retail employee or Mac Genius can answer these questions, you're printing the box anyway; you might as well make it informative, that cuts down on the number of staff you need to answer the same question over and over...
As to whether it's a fake or not, I have no idea, but some posters here have been saying it's "not an Apple thing to do" to have pictures of the ports. When you've got an iPod with only one port, it's ok not to have port pics, but a computer with ten ports or more really needs some details...
This suddenly reminds me of those pics of the new Apple keyboards that had the word "Command" on the keys, and everyone said "that's not how Apple does it," but I said "it would end all those questions from folks who didn't know where the command key is"
I was convinced with the first pic, then the video confirmed it for me, i hope this is true - not only so i dont look like an gullible idiot for believing - but because dual display support would be great, thats unless both outputs dont work at the same time, then apple can stick this mini where the sun doesnt shine!
Why would they update the box, packaging etc without updating the new Mac Mini design itself?
Fake...
Fake...
The external design isn't what needs updating, it's the guts that suck. Look how long the PowerBook lasted.