Its about time they release a new mini....though I don't know if I believe this picture or not.
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Leaked Photo of Next Generation Mac Mini?
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This would be wonderful. I have been looking for solution to get more out of my desk space. Although MacBook Pro is great, it takes up early half of the desk. I also wasn't going to spend $500+ on the aging mac mini system. This certainly a great news!!
This would be wonderful. I have been looking for solution to get more out of my desk space. Although MacBook Pro is great, it takes up early half of the desk. I also wasn't going to spend $500+ on the aging mac mini system. This certainly a great news!!
Not really if you are a Photoshop wiz, LOL! The clone stamp artifacts are crazy obvious to me, as well as the color/brightness difference around the cloned areas.
Yes, fake, plus it still has FW and too many USB ports.
I think Apple will want to up-sell users who want FW to the iMac, as they're not really doing too badly in today's economy.
If they do include FW, definitely won't be FW800 and not have that many USB ports.
Will still be $599 since they "don't know how to make a $500 computer"...
Though, a $499 is possible, but that'll have an Atom processor.
(runs and hides...)
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I seem to have three USB ports on my G5.
I think Apple took away FW on the MacBook because there wasn't room, and added a fifth USB port on this because there was room and a need (assuming the picture is real, which it could easily be).
Remember, Apple doubled the number of USB ports going from the G4 Mini to the Core Duo Mini.
If this is a prototype, perhaps it has a mini-DVI simply because of the availability of the new DP displays amongst the testers? It wouldn't surprise me to see a shipping version with two DP, along with one set of adaptors.
HDMI isn't needed to connect a Mini to a TV (and display protected content), HDCP is. And HDCP can be supported on DVI and DisplayPort. Apple chose not to support HDCP prior to its move to DisplayPort, but now that the new unibodies support it , there is no reason they couldn't add it to a new Mini without ading HDMI. As far as audio goes, shouldn't you really be running S/PIDF to your audio system and not relying on your TV for sound?
I'm undecided how real this actually is, but I sure hope the next mini can runTV software on it. No HDMI pretty much indicates that that isn't a priority, but HDMI is only really needed for BluRay. Which simply isn't going to happen.
Otherwise, I can get DVI-HDMI cables, and digital audio cables and get the mini hooked up to my big screen pretty easily.
It's the
Again, I think HDCP is what's needed for BluRay, not HDMI (then there's the whole protected path in the OS thing that Vista has and Apple would have to add). I know BluRay works from an HDMI-equipped player to a DVI-equipped TV, as long as the TV supports HDCP. So I don't see why the reverse can't happen.
Not to mention when they took "Computer" out of their name
You just mentioned 5 peripherals
Not really if you are a Photoshop wiz, LOL! The clone stamp artifacts are crazy obvious to me, as well as the color/brightness difference around the cloned areas.
I do not know how you can tell things like that.
If any incarnation of FireWire remains, it moves to NVIDIA graphics that will work with Snow Leopard, and has a memory upgrade path beyond the 2 GB of my current Mini I'll be right behind you in line!
Hdmi
Jesus Apple. For once, do the right thing.
Put an HDMI port on the Mac Mini.
So what if it might put it in minor contention with the AppleTV? So you lose a few AppleTV sales and you make it up with Mac Mini sales. It's a wash.
Everyone who is fairly technical wants to use this box as a media center. Just put the HDMI port on the box and make them happy.
For once, do what your hard core customers want. Cater to them.
Jesus Apple. For once, do the right thing.
Put an HDMI port on the Mac Mini.
So what if it might put it in minor contention with the AppleTV? So you lose a few AppleTV sales and you make it up with Mac Mini sales. It's a wash.
Everyone who is fairly technical wants to use this box as a media center. Just put the HDMI port on the box and make them happy.
For once, do what your hard core customers want. Cater to them.
What if they don't put HDMI but do support HDCP on whatever interface does go in? If it could still do
TV functions but required an HDMI to miniDVI or miniDP cable as well as a separate sound cable, would it still be no good to many of you that want HDMI? I have a feeling some subset of the people who say they want HDMI really just want HDCP so that they can send protected content to their TV. HDCP support is missing on the current Mini, but the unibodies set the precedence that HDCP is now on their computers so it would not be unthinkable that the new Mini could support HDCP as well.
Good point. You are correct, of course, that HDCP is the hang up. If you have an HDMI port out the back, then you know HDCP is going to work. But it could also work though the mini DisplayPort, mini-DVI, or any other fully digital display technology. Somehow, though, I doubt Apple would deal with HDCP over mini DisplayPort. If it doesn't have an HDMI adapter, it won't do protected content.
But none of it really matters, since HDCP won't happen in OS/X because SJ wants to avoid the whole "protected path" nonsense (which really is ugly) where you are constantly monitoring peripherals that can be added to the system to prevent copying, etc. I think Jobs is hoping Apple can give BR the pass altogether, and simply move to digital movie content without the need for a disc.
I too used to have a TV with only a DVI-I port (no HDMI) but I could hook up a BR player to it using an HDMI -> DVI-I cable. I used a similar cable to hook up a DVI player to an HDMI TV, but that wasn't a BR player so I don't know if any of the HDCP signal would be lost. I doubt it though.
I am sure this image is photoshopped, but hopeful it's based on some real facts.
Re: HDMI. I wouldn't mind it being on the new mini, but I personally ~hate~ HDMI and would like to see a better connector.
I have 3 HDMI connectors into my Onkyo receiver, and it doesn't take much to knock them out if I have to reach around and move connectors for anything.
They are OK if you aren't moving anything around. But they who designed HDMI should have offered an optional lock mechanism for those that want or need it.
Re: HDMI. I wouldn't mind it being on the new mini, but I personally ~hate~ HDMI and would like to see a better connector.
I have 3 HDMI connectors into my Onkyo receiver, and it doesn't take much to knock them out if I have to reach around and move connectors for anything.
They are OK if you aren't moving anything around. But they who designed HDMI should have offered an optional lock mechanism for those that want or need it.
I'm pretty sure that the image posted is a prototype. The updated Mini models will not resemble the current ones as the photo depicts. I'm expecting a black and aluminum finish like the ones we see on the new Apple notebooks.
I will be purchasing either a Mac Mini or a iMac as soon as they're updated.
As for the HDMI argument, I'm pretty sure that Apple will include the HDMI port on higher models of the new Mini's.
I will be purchasing either a Mac Mini or a iMac as soon as they're updated.
As for the HDMI argument, I'm pretty sure that Apple will include the HDMI port on higher models of the new Mini's.
You are right that when you see an HDMI port you know you have HDCP support, since it is a requirement in the HDMI spec.
I remember the story right after the unibodies came out where a teacher was unable to play purchased iTunes shows through a unibody onto a projector even though an older Macbook could play that same content to that same projector. Wasn't the consensus that this was because HDCP was silently added to the unibodies?
I still have a TV with only DVI-I
(with HDCP, though). I think it will be a long time before that TV gets replaced.
Not to mention when they took "Computer" out of their name
That's what I was alluding to.
At the end of the keynote, while everyone was still hopped up on iPhone drama, Steve announced that they were dropping the word Computer out of the name "to reflect our move to a wider stance on electronics".
And people applauded.
"So that is how Apple Computer died... with thunderous applause..."