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Mac Mini End Of Life?

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NiroNavro said:
Still no news about a Mac Mini upgrade? How sad... March was the last time that we heard something...it's JULY!!! What is up?
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Ladies and gentlemen, for its third performance, the Apple's Care (not AppleCare) flowchart!

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Tallest Skil said:
Ladies and gentlemen, for its third performance, the Apple's Care (not AppleCare) flowchart!

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iPhone
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iPod
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Cinema Displays
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iPod Socks
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Newton
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Pippin
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Macs with Motorola processors
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Blu-ray
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Mac Mini

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Thank you for your time. We hope to see you again soon!
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Couldn't have been said any better! :cool:
 
thought this was interesting..

look at the picture:
advertising leopard like it is a brand new thing..
still includes apple remote

just some other things that say even the description page on the mini needs some updates

mb1xjt.jpg
 
zioxide said:
where the **** are you going to fit anything?

you couldn't fit a hard drive, memory, or a processor in that thing.

only an optical drive.


THE MINI CAN'T GET ANY SMALLER.
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Oh, it surely can. The same 1.8Ghz processor in the low-end Mini is in the MacBook Air. 64Gb SSD, 2Gb RAM, X3100 graphics, WiFi... they could conceivably throw a MacBook Air's guts into a form factor that size.
 
The Saint said:
Oh, it surely can. The same 1.8Ghz processor in the low-end Mini is in the MacBook Air. 64Gb SSD, 2Gb RAM, X3100 graphics, WiFi... they could conceivably throw a MacBook Air's guts into a form factor that size.
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Please don't give Apple any ideas about making the Mini even smaller ! I'd like to see my new mini when it comes out:p
 
Is there still a worldwide blu-ray drive shortage ?? If so, could that be the cause of the delay ?

I know it'll compete directly with AppleTV, but I reckon that a Mini with Blu-Ray drive and 8600GT graphics ( BTO options, if people want to keep the costs down ) along with a few choice updates ( 802.11n, 2Gb RAM and bigger HDD ) would fly off the shelves.

It would make the perfect media centre, but also have enough grunt for more Apple associated work..
 
motoxpress said:
Believe me, I love my mini but I also see the practicality of the situation. iMac is mainstream (as mainstream as Apple can get) and mini is more niche.

-mx
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That's really not true though. All in one systems like the iMac are more niche in the big picture of computer sales. Headless computers are way more universal. Apple is missing the boat by not updating the Mac mini and coming something in between it and the Mac Pro. The iMac is not the answer in my book. I will never by an all in one desktop again.
 
billystlyes said:
That's really not true though. All in one systems like the iMac are more niche in the big picture of computer sales. Headless computers are way more universal.
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That's definitely true in the big picture...but the mini is still niche because of a) the freak factor (non-mac people who come to my apartment still need some convincing, that yes, it's ALL in there), and b) because of its now-legendary obsolescence, at least in terms of hardware.

There are still soooo many people out there, daily computer users, who haven't thought of a desktop as anything BUT a beige box. If it weren't for Apple, would we even have AIO desktops today?
 
If apple threw in a BlueRay drive in the Mini tomorrow I would stand in line to get one like it was the iPhone.
 
shikimo said:
That's definitely true in the big picture...but the mini is still niche because of a) the freak factor (non-mac people who come to my apartment still need some convincing, that yes, it's ALL in there), and b) because of its now-legendary obsolescence, at least in terms of hardware.
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I really wish apple would make the mini more of a contender. Either cheaper or better in the hardware sense. it too expensive for the package.
 
I don't think that Apple would put the new atom chips inside a desktop, there is really no point to that, you have a power outlet right to connect too so battery life isn't an issue. But then again it is apple.....:confused:
 
Demodex said:
I don't think that Apple would put the new atom chips inside a desktop, there is really no point to that, you have a power outlet right to connect too so battery life isn't an issue. But then again it is apple.....:confused:
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Neither does using a mobile processor in a desktop, unless you're going for formfactor... which Apple always is.

The more we see Atom find its way into desktops from other vendors, the more I'm confident the next MacMini will have it.

-Clive
 
Clive At Five said:
Neither does using a mobile processor in a desktop, unless you're going for formfactor... which Apple always is.

The more we see Atom find its way into desktops from other vendors, the more I'm confident the next MacMini will have it.

-Clive
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I've read that the Intel D945GCLF Little Falls Mainboard makes an easy-to-build Hackintosh and runs OS X about the same speed as a G4. So I could easily see Apple making a "Mac nano" without an optical drive and sell it for 400$.
 
Yvan256 said:
I've read that the Intel D945GCLF Little Falls Mainboard makes an easy-to-build Hackintosh and runs OS X about the same speed as a G4. So I could easily see Apple making a "Mac nano" without an optical drive and sell it for 400$.
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about the same speed but with a weaker video card
 
Joe The Dragon said:
about the same speed but with a weaker video card
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It's the same GMA 950 as the Core 2 Duo. Let's be honest, an Atom-powered, 400$ Mac nano would only be for basic computing such as Web, Email, IM, etc.

Even the Core 2 Duo/GMA 950 Mac mini isn't suited for gaming, so I don't see where the problem would be with an Atom/GMA 950 Mac nano.
 
Yvan256 said:
It's the same GMA 950 as the Core 2 Duo. Let's be honest, an Atom-powered, 400$ Mac nano would only be for basic computing such as Web, Email, IM, etc.

Even the Core 2 Duo/GMA 950 Mac mini isn't suited for gaming, so I don't see where the problem would be with an Atom/GMA 950 Mac nano.
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An Atom based mini would end up drastically slower than even the current one, since the 1.6 ghz atom runs at about the speed of an 800 mhz single core celeron and the chipsets for it are at or below gma 950 level. Reports have the current atom machines using ~90% cpu just to play 720p video.

The current Mini gets a bad rap for not being a gamer machine, but it does fairly well for cpu bound functions, compiling, even photoshop at a non-pro level. I've used photoshop CS on my 1ghz emac with a dedicated graphics card, it was usable, but not fun, I shudder to think how it would be on a celeron 800 + gma 950.

Not that I discount the possibility, Apple sure does like to 'think different' when it comes to form factors :p
 
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