Lets use high quality desktop components, let it have a full disk and lets drop the price. If the mini was cheaper (100 to 200 less) it would fly off the shelf.
I hear it all the time .... If only Apple would have done this instead of that, the system would be so much better, it would sell better than sex and I would buy one.
If the mini in its current form does not meet your needs then it is the wrong Mac system for you, get a different one or go with a Dell.
Am I missing something, or did you just totally contradict yourself?
And I think that if we have issues about certain macs, we SHOULD voice them. It's pretty much a known fact that they have agents scouring the web, collecting feedback left by communities like these. How else would they know what their customers are looking for? I don't see them sending out surveys on current and potential Apple products, so they must rely on the feedback gathered by forum posts and web articles in addition to analyzing purchasing patterns and whatnot. In fact, I've been so outspoken about an xMac, I'm certain I'm on their "ignore" list by now.
What we need is volumes of people standing up and telling Apple what they want. It's clear that some people want a smaller MM, and some people want a larger MM. What I haven't seen is a request to leave the MM alone. Apple, I think, is getting the hint that SOMEHOW the MM has to change... now it's a matter of how.
Let's give them some feedback.
-Clive
yes, but the Macbook Airs seem to be flying off the shelves, so clearly
is doing something right
There's a difference. There actually exists logical sense in shrinking a laptop. I personally wouldn't buy one when the 0.5" thicker, 2-lbs heavier MacBook is more powerful and $700 less, but for those who aren't on a budget or REALLY REALLY care about portability, the MBA *could* make sense.
Shrinking a desktop below its current size makes no sense whatsoever. I haven't heard a single person complaining that the Mini is too big...
My predictions are:
-That the Mac Mini will be renamed Mac Nano, will shrink (similar to how the iPod Mini became iPod Nano).
[yadda yadda yadda]
Remember, you heard it here first.
I've heard this all before and, no, the Mini won't shrink unless it loses the optical drive. Plus if you're going to try to fit a larger hard drive in there... good luck.
I really don't think Apple will cut the optical drive. *knocks on wood* I pray they're not that stupid.
It's gonna be the cube all over again - new form factor - size of an iPhone- solid state - no optical drive - no graphics card - one firewire, one usb.
You're joking, right? First, it's impossibly small. Secondly, what is the average user going to do with only 16GB of soldered-on flash memory when the OS takes up 8GB? They download two movies off iTunes and their device is full.
Oh and "no optical drive, no graphics card." Thanks for making those clarifications, because I was wondering where you'd put CDs in, and how a graphics card would fit inside a shell smaller than the card itself.
Do people honestly not know the impossible things they ask for?
Why do I even comment on posts like these?
-Clive
