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Mac Mini End Of Life?

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CWallace said:
I am not sure how much longer Apple will be able to get Memroms...
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I read something like "Intel will be cutting shipments of Merom to 40% by May."

I am confident that a new Mini will have Penryn. It'll just be a question of whether they will use Montavina or Santa Rosa. The differences are notable... but again, I fear the worst.
 
Clive At Five said:
I read something like "Intel will be cutting shipments of Merom to 40% by May."

I am confident that a new Mini will have Penryn. It'll just be a question of whether they will use Montavina or Santa Rosa. The differences are notable... but again, I fear the worst.
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I would like to believe that, from a support standpoint, basing all the Macs (other then the Mac Pro) on the same platform ASAP would be beneficial, since Intel has nothing really special up their sleeve until Nehalem in 2009.
 
gosh is this thread still going?

Come on Apple just update the bloody thing and be done with it - it's hardly loosing money for the company.

Even if apple have another product up their sleeve, the MM still has a nice little market and will continue for some time i'm sure.

All they need to do is update the CPU and the Graphics chip (which Intel are pushing them to do by all accounts) - leave the RAM, HDD alone. Drop the combo drive in favor of superdrives across the line and perhaps redesign the casing a bit, some mac pro cheese grater holes or even original iMac coloured plastic/aluminum.

job done.
 
gkarris said:
^^^^

Definitely!

Hopefully, the whole lower cost Psystar clones will show Apple the need for a budget end computer...
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Good comment.

IMHO the Psystar will not pose much of a threat to the macs at this time. Its a great idea but a majority of consumers are not ready for the mac clone market.

Hopefully apple will realease a new MM soon.
 
BASE91 said:
but a majority of consumers are not ready for the mac clone market.
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hardly anyone should. it's not just the OS, it's the combination of a great OS with a piece of hardware that just works fine together. a simple Mac clone would just bring driver/hardware-quality-problems to the apple universe. and i'm so glad i dont have to worry about that (any more).
 
dadudeness said:
hardly anyone should. it's not just the OS, it's the combination of a great OS with a piece of hardware that just works fine together. a simple Mac clone would just bring driver/hardware-quality-problems to the apple universe. and i'm so glad i dont have to worry about that (any more).
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Yea, but if Psystar is choosing to cater to a customer base that Apple is choosing to ignore... :eek:

(well, not quite yet, but still $599).
 
I don't even care if it's expandable really. I just want a computer that isn't integrated to the monitor, doesn't use laptop parts because it's trying to cram itself into the housing of an flat panel monitor, and uses fairly recent technology. The ability to upgrade the harddrive and RAM easily is about all the expandability I care about.
 
cheekybobcat said:
Don't we all. Something like the iMac without the cost of the screen...
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yep ,count me in



I've been reading MacRumors on a regular basis since buying my first ever computer ( an iMac G5) in 2005 and just had to sign up & add to this thread so this is my 1st post .

I had to ditch the G5 for reasons beyond my control and now own two G3 iMac's and dearly want a Mac mini tower to replace them ... come on :apple: please :)
 
Doesn't the recent iMac release bracket where the mini could go in terms of performance? The Mac Mini, assuming it survives (likely), is not going to outperform iMac's. At best, it will get the same bump up with a BTO video option only on the higher end.

Wouldn't this all make more sense if there was a Mac Pro configuration that came in closer to the US$1,500 that the Windows world charges for a similarly configured machine. Why does the lowest option have to be a 2.8 Ghz Quad???? It would be interesting to see sales figures for the different options.
 
Come on guys.
Lets face the sad and ugly truth.
The mini is dead.
No company...even Apple...could do such a bad job of marketing and keeping alive a product.
I am stunned by their complete lack of understanding this particular area of the computer market. :(
 
spatlese44 said:
Wouldn't this all make more sense if there was a Mac Pro configuration that came in closer to the US$1,500 that the Windows world charges for a similarly configured machine. Why does the lowest option have to be a 2.8 Ghz Quad? It would be interesting to see sales figures for the different options.
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I'd certainly love to find a Windows workstation that uses the Intel Xeon processor and the 5000/5400 systemboard for $1500. Right now the Mac Pro is cheaper then similar units from Dell, HP, Gateway, and other "Tier One" PC suppliers. I use HP workstations that are identical to the 2.8GHz Mac Pro (quad and octo) and they're hundreds of dollars more.
 
The reports of my demise are greatly exaggerated

oldwatery said:
Come on guys.
Lets face the sad and ugly truth.
The mini is dead.
No company...even Apple...could do such a bad job of marketing and keeping alive a product.
I am stunned by their complete lack of understanding this particular area of the computer market. :(
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Mini dead? I doubt it. Reports of Apple engineers working on a refresh seem plausible. All the other boxes getting Penryn's first and WWDC coming all points to something happening between now and mid June.

Apple doing bad marketing... haha... they're just not trying because I don't believe they care about the desktop space... no more than a company like Panasonic cares about corded telephones. People want mobility... on a global level, the percentages of people using desktops compared to laptops will go the same way telephones did and when they do Apple will be ready will a healthy line of laptops... and cash flow.
 
I'd like to comment on ol'wat'ry's post too. It is one of the best written of all time. Sorry, I just like our language and admire the command of it (no, I don't command it very well). I think he means that the mini is OLD. It freakin needs an overhaul. It's probably too small for a decent upgrade and everyone seems to want access to the inards anyway. Therefore it needs a case upgrade too. I wanted to argue with him that the mini markets itself, but let's face it, we're living in 2008, let's move on. How can you market or even offer quitely a weak old desktop? Don't get me totally wrong, I don't like change and I LOVE my mini. I'm just trying to be realistic.

Computers are fun and I like this board too. Thanks
 
The money waits in my wallet

I am still waiting for a new macmini. However even though Apple's commercial success it is famous not listining but "educating" the customer
- sudden abandon of Serial and Appletalk connectors
- abandon backwards compatibility with dropping.OS9 (and classic) support
As a customer I only accept this arrogant behaviour because up to now I regard PC not as an alternative.

Joe-HH
 
The money waits in my wallet for new Macmini

I am still waiting for a new macmini. However even though Apple's commercial success it is famous not listining but "educating" the customer
- sudden abandon of Serial and Appletalk connectors
- abandon backwards compatibility with dropping.OS9 (and classic) support
As a customer I only accept this arrogant behaviour because up to now I regard PC not as an alternative.

Joe-HH
 
gkarris said:
Since June will be iPhone month (again). I'm looking at August as being the month for redesigned MacBooks, MacBook Pros, and a redesigned Mini...

This seems more likely as we approach June....
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If you're right about the Mini, I suspect this will freak out quite a few people still waiting. If I thought "August", I'd certainly buy a white iMac or an older Mini from eBay this week. (I may do so anyway as fed up waiting).

For my money, we'll see a quiet (no fanfare whatsoever) update for the Mini sometime this month... but probably not tomorrow.
 
gkarris said:
Since June will be iPhone month (again). I'm looking at August as being the month for redesigned MacBooks, MacBook Pros, and a redesigned Mini...

This seems more likely as we approach June....
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This is as good of a guess as any...and it follows the pattern of last year to the letter: lots of people waiting for a new mini in January, then again in June, only to get a small, quiet update in August, which is when I finally bought mine.

And even though I've since moved into a place that could tolerate a bigger desktop footprint, I still love my mini, at the price I paid: no argument that starts with "you could've gotten XXX for XXX Euros more" makes any sense for me--even though it's 100% true--because why spend a penny more for things I don't use? Vive la mini!!
 
Recently I read in a technical journal that the Mac Mini is unable to handle streaming High Definition TV programs because of the GMA 950 graphics processor.

Just wondering, does the MacBook handle streaming HD TV with the GMA X3100 graphics processor? I am specifically referring to watching HD TV using the Internet, not watching a HD movie or program that has been downloaded onto the hard drive.
 
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