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Mac Mini Shipping Times Slip to 5-7 Days on Apple Online Stores, Possible Refresh Ahead?
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Sales continue to fall for the Mac Mini and it's not hard to figure out one reason: Lack of options, particularly a GPGPU.
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Yes, spend $169 for a sheet metal cover that one could make at a local college with a nice finished look.
That Musician/DJ set up is better off using a NAS system with a Macbook Pro.
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Yes, spend $169 for a sheet metal cover that one could make at a local college with a nice finished look.
That Musician/DJ set up is better off using a NAS system with a Macbook Pro.
What kind of Haswell CPU will they put in the mini? Didn't the MacBook air only got modest performance improvements? (But great improvements in battery life, which doesn't mean much for a Mac mini).
There's always something more powerful lurking around the corner. The 2012 Mac mini is powerful enough for me, I don't edit HD video or play cutting edge 3d games. It almost feels like an overkill to me.
My 2007 Mac mini was almost good enough for me, except that it couldn't play 1080p video without stuttering, and could not run Mountain Lion (required for Xcode 5 for iOS 7 development).
I could've gotten an older model (2010-2011) and be happy with it, but they're not much cheaper so I got a brand new one.
I love my 2011 middle range Mac mini
Came here to say this too!
My computer hardly lags compared to the latest and greatest.
Its like Apple said "oops this is too good! lets fix that!"
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The only real question for me is, can I live with the new form. It's obvious that it'll have the airport form factor. If you are going to update the board for a new processor architecture and Ssd chip drive, then you're going to change the form since you are no longer chained to fitting in the legacy cd/dvd drive. Technologically, of course it will be a MacBook Air in a cube. But can they shrink that hideous 3.8 x 6.6 thing down to perhaps half the height? I doubt it, so I just have to hope it'll be black. And I'd say odds are at least 50/50 that it will be.
TV. It will be called the mini me. Maybe the new Mac mini will be a shiny black donut.
To match the new Mac Pro.
Dude, you may not be as far from what they have planned. The Mac Mini has kept this rounded corner square form for over five years now. I can easily see a new design in place. Last round the CD player became an option.
My guess on this is we'll see a longer and shorter mini while keeping the same width. Updated expansion is a quad core processor, two HDMI ports with front and back USB 3.0 ports.
The biggest improvement will most likely be graphics instead of CPU power. Using less power is never a bad thing, especially with cooling considerations. I'm in the same boat where my 2012 is awesome. I won't be getting a 2013 but it will be interesting to see where they take the mini in the future.
Last year's model, slow(ish) CPU speed, but most importantly, only 8 GB RAM and not upgradable
Still, if you're willing to accept those limitations ...
looking forward to the refresh. my 2010 Core 2 Duo macbook has been a workhorse ever since I replaced the optical drive with an SSD & maxed out the ram but it's time for an upgrade.
i really, really hope Apple sticks with the previous design of the mini, leaving the RAM to still be user upgradable as well the ability to mount a second hard drive. *crosses fingers*
i really, really hope Apple sticks with the previous design of the mini, leaving the RAM to still be user upgradable as well the ability to mount a second hard drive. *crosses fingers*
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Apple's margin's are down, so I wouldn't expect to see a price reduction. On the other hand, if the new Mini will continue to have user-installable memory, then the base will probably stay 4GB, representing a cost reduction for Apple. Also, dropping the FireWire port will represent another cost reduction for Apple.
SSD will be an option.
Probably Mountain Lion.
There is no such thing. All Haswell chips with HD 5000 graphics are dual-core. All of the shipping quad-core Haswell chips have HD 4600 graphics. All of the announced (but not yet shipping) quad-core Haswell chips will have Iris Pro 5200 graphics, plus 128MB of L4 cache, and prices that probably put them outside the Mac Mini's range.
thanks for the knowledge. wrote that before I browsed the thread and was a bit bummed to hear that. the mini having a quad core with HD 5000 would of been an instant purchase.
dual core w/ hd 5000 vs quad core w/ 4600. what would be more ideal for medium photo/video editing?
would apple be significantly 'gimping' the mini if it chose to go with a quad 4600 over a dual 5000?
i don't want laptop parts in my cheap Desktop (slow drive + ram + graphics etc...)
Please Apple make a cheap mini tower with all desktop class parts and i bet i'll be the first one in the line to buy it.
But if Apple thinks that people buy mini's to save electric bills and environment, how wrong are they.
Please Apple make a cheap mini tower with all desktop class parts and i bet i'll be the first one in the line to buy it.
But if Apple thinks that people buy mini's to save electric bills and environment, how wrong are they.
i hope it gets refreshed soon. maybe another redesign? i know the new intel processors won't help them too much
Apple will have already been manufacturing the new mac mini for some time i think you will find - possibly since April/May or before.
The improvements in battery life are directly related to power consumption, which is key for heat dissipation. So Haswell might mean a lot for a mini in terms of thermal budget. Having less heat dissipation from the CPU (and integrated GPU) could allow for more powerful components and/or more silent operation under certain load scenarios.
Welcome, iTire!How cool would it be if it was something like the mockup I've put together?