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Mac Mini Still Alive? New Model Coming?

Le Big Mac said:
Wild theory: iMacs are done, to be replaced by upgraded minis sold in tandem with new ACDs.
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There is no way that Apple would drop their flagship consumer product. When people think Apple they think iMac.

The minis with a glass touchscreen top are just silly. Are you going to sit with it in your lap to use it?

I really want a mini so I can hook it up to my cable DVR and use the FireWire output to capture the video. If they drop FireWire I will have to look for another solution.
 
BillyBobBongo said:
I'm expecting a new case design and of course some hardware upgrades. Let's just hope it has Firewire! ;)
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Eliminating the DVI port will free up enough room for the audio jacks and computer lock to be brought down to the bottom, making room for more vents up top to help cool the NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT.

eSATA seems like it would be a good option because it is faster than USB 2.0, FireWire400 and FireWire800, but I do not think it will be faster than USB 3.0, which is just around the corner, so I think the Mac mini will keep FireWire400 until it is available. USB 3.0 will also have the advantage of backward compatibility with USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 devices.
 
were down

They may not be down now, but the US and Canadian stores were down earlier... not sure how to check that in my cache or whatever, but they were
 
TEG said:
I'd like to see the new mini use Magsafe instead of the current power connector, that way it would fit with the current 24" display. Also it will likely use the 9400M, but it would be nice to have the option of a discrete video card, or at least one PCIe port available for future expansion.

TEG
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Yeah, great, so when my daughter climbs behind the AV cabinet and trips over the cord I lose access. It's not a portable computer, so why a need for magsafe? (although I agree with you there should be a nice way to connect it to the ACD)
 
If Apple puts in the new integrated Nvidia graphics, updates to 802.11N IM ready to put my order in for a xmass gift pronto!

Fingers crossed but hopes remain low. Time will tell and hopefully soon before xmass! ;)
 
Kill the Mac Mini...
Bring back the CUBE!

or make it ⅓ the price so we can buy 3 and make a sort of cube with it...
 
Schizoid said:
Kill the Mac Mini...
Bring back the CUBE!

or make it ⅓ the price so we can buy 3 and make a sort of cube with it...
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HA! Funniest quote on this thread.
:D

emaja said:
I really want a mini so I can hook it up to my cable DVR and use the FireWire output to capture the video. If they drop FireWire I will have to look for another solution.
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I wouldn't get too wound up about the loss of Firewire just yet. Despite the emotional outbursts about its removal on the MacBook, Apple does not consider FW to be professional only. If they did, they wouldn't have FW 800 on the iMac.
 
It's probably going to be redesigned (i.e. black glass top instead of frosted white) to go along with the new line.
 
Motley said:
And so the saga continues.

I do think that firewire will be dropped in any update, why? Simply because apple can't update a product without doing something stupid that angers a lot of people.
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Great that it looks (fingers crossed) like we might get our wish granted for a new Mac Mini.

As things stand though, I would expect whatever they're planning will not have a firewire port. Why would they drop it from the MacBook and leave it on other consumer products? That would make no sense.

We've just got to hope Apple gets the message about how unhappy we customers are about dropping firewire, while there's still a chance for them to save it.

2 S3200 Firewire ports on the new Mini please!
 
Maybe they're just saying this because their business revolves around Mac Minis, and they don't want sales to slump if people hear they're being discontinued.

I mean, the new specs they give are here nor there really. I don't want the Mini to be discontinued, but I don't entirely trust this rumour.
 
agree but...

ltldrummerboy said:
I'd like to see one with black glass, however impractical.

I think the Mini is the ideal home-theatre system. Much better than the tv
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I've been waiting forever for an update. Just couldn't wait any longer. Just ordered an ASUS P5Q-EM motherboard (G45 chipset includes the x4500HD GPU and HDMI out 7.1 audio out)

Also got an E7200 (2.53 Ghz) and 2x2GB sticks, all for under $300.

Pop it behind my TV (have an RJ-45 jack back there) and use one of the remote mouse apps with my Touch.

Sorry Apple, you get my mp3 player money, but not my computer money.

ps - I need a better case, my old one is butt ugly
 
dernhelm said:
I wouldn't get too wound up about the loss of Firewire just yet. Despite the emotional outbursts about its removal on the MacBook, Apple does not consider FW to be professional only. If they did, they wouldn't have FW 800 on the iMac.
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Those iMacs are old, the new rumored iMacs would more properly show Apple's FireWire future.
 
Never mind firewire, look at this... it's a cube... A CUBE I TELL YOU!
 

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oxygen8 said:
i'd get rid of the mini. make people spend more on a better machine. it's mot like there is an alternative out there. it's time for apple to challenge the consumer more than ever.

computers are now status symbols. buying a pc is now embarrassing to almost everyone i know. why give them a cheap out?

for every one person of conviction who won't buy a mac because of price there are thirty who will. Go for the kill Steve.

p.s. for those of you who think the economy will slow sales please give your head a shake. we are all consumer slaves, and having a wicked computer is just too important to all of us, if you choose to admit it or not.
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ROFL, this is the funniest thing I've read in awhile. Apple should just make 1 mac model and have it's price be at $3000. That way each consumer can be 'challenged' to own the coolest computer.
 
cosmonaut23 said:
I'm only interested if they're infinitely stack-able.
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One thing, pull out the dvd player and sell it seperately. But the same form factor for stacking. Then allow cpu module to be connected via eSATA for the speed and enable parallel processing in snow leopard.

Did I miss anything?

wahoo

EDIT - Forgot to mention, no cables when you stack them, the connectors are embedded.
 
Kebabselector said:
It doesn't discount it though. Apple currently make a $599 mini which isn't $500.

So if they released a $600 Mini replacement it's not $500. If he meant $600 he would have said $600.
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don't try to seek too deep into a dumb publicity statement, which, in retrospective, stever may wish he did not utter.

the original G4 mini was introduced in the $500 range, and it was a fine machine for its time. saying the g4 mini was inadequate in any form or shape would be equivalent to saying that apple's g4 books of the period, which the mini was the desktop repackage of, were lousy machines too.

if you ask me, i think that generally stever & co uttered quite some BS in public over the span of the past two weeks. those firewire-is-a-goner, cant-do-$500 and the with-our-macbooks-we-are-after-the-college-kids statements will haunt apple's public image many a year ahead, me thinks.
 
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