Mac Mini to be Discontinued?

[dndlnx]

I really love the mini...
if apple were to discontinue the pro I wonder if someone could figure out a way to daisy chain mac minis. 5 mac mini servers = 20 cores!!!

That is quite disturbing.

 

[Risasi]

That's not disturbing, that's sweet. With the advent of Thunderbolt I can see where they will be really close. Can you say Beowulf cluster boys and girls? I knew you could...

Borg autonomy here we come.

 

[AidenShaw]

That's not disturbing, that's sweet. With the advent of Thunderbolt I can see where they will be really close. Can you say Beowulf cluster boys and girls? I knew you could...

Borg autonomy here we come.

You realize that only one computer can be on the TBolt chain, right?

 

[JAT]

And which of those services will sell or stream me 50 Mbps 1080p BD quality movies, or reimburse me for the $10 per movie that I have to pay for bandwidth charges to download them?

You pay per MB?

But the point of an HTPC is to offer many things, like streaming services. And to do away with needing shiny discs when you turn on the TV. The Mini plays BD rips just fine. And without noise.

 

[thenerdal]

Also if you Wikipedia "Home theater PC" the first image is a Mac Mini.

 

[AidenShaw]

another item to discredit Wikipedia

Also if you Wikipedia "Home theater PC" the first image is a Mac Mini.

...that only means that an Apple fan was last to edit the page.

 

[thenerdal]

...that only means that an Apple fan was last to edit the page.

That pic was added 3 years ago. While there are other pics added this year.

Just accept the fact that a Mac mini is great for an HTPC.

 

[xbjllb]

How can a device without BD support be "great for an HPTC"?

Jobs is dead. All macs with optical drives will upgrade to BD drives. Soon enough.

iTunes store movies downloading won't be hurt much. Neither will the piracy that drives most downloaded movies nor the crappy quality that pleases most thieves. Because it's free, Man.

Apple no longer needs to control how people live. That psychosis is gone. Because in the long run, it hurt business far more than it helped.