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New Mac Mini Finally Coming in October Alongside New iPads?

Intelligent said:
Its about time, i would love this. But what about the credibility of this? It says that "macrumors have gotten words about apple that the mac mini will be released in october".

Do you guys think it's true?
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It will probably come out with Haswell 2 weeks and 2 days before Intel releases Broadwell. I've been waiting a long time for a new mini, but I wouldn't buy a Haswell machine in Fall 2014, so I'm hoping it's not true and Apple holds out for Broadwell.
 
milo said:
Oh, if only they'd forget their size fetish and redesign it so it could handle a decent desktop quad core CPU.
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And a desktop-grade GPU as well. They can keep the Mac Mini, because it has a purpose, but there's no reason not to have a desktop computer that isn't built inside a monitor.
 
Oracle1729 said:
Yep, Apple doesn't even make hardware capable of running iCloud infrastructure anymore. Timmy's Apple is just a sick joke.
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I know, it's hilarious how a company could be a large and successful OS/device maker without making the hardware that runs their cloud infrastructure.

Like Microsoft, with the servers they make to run their cloud... oh, wait, Microsoft doesn't make big-iron servers, either. (Not that they're the epitome of successful companies, but they're not exactly a joke, nor were they for the last 20 years during which they also didn't make big-iron servers).

But then there's Google that... oh wait, they build their own servers from commodity parts, but those aren't a product available to the outside world, either. (Which, I might add, for all we know, is exactly what Apple does--with infrastructure the size of iCloud they might well be making their own servers exclusively for their own use.)

Or Amazon who... oh, wait, you can lease commodity server resources from them, even whole hosted servers, but they won't sell you a server, either, and they likely are currently buying commodity hardware. There are hints that they may be getting into making ARM-based servers, but they're not yet.

In fact, the only major cloud-services companies that do make and market their own big-iron servers are IBM and Oracle, neither of which has any presence whatsoever in the consumer or even non-corporate-professional market. Other cloud services companies may or may not make their own hardware, and may or may not roll their own OS, but few sell those products to the outside world.

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cppguy said:
And a desktop-grade GPU as well. They can keep the Mac Mini, because it has a purpose, but there's no reason not to have a desktop computer that isn't built inside a monitor.
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Pretty sure they do. It's called the Mac Pro.

It's just more expensive than a lot of us are willing to pay. But it's compact, incredibly powerful, and as expandable as anything Apple makes or is likely to in the future.
 
> current Haswell processors are no longer cutting edge

The CPUs on minis never /were/ cutting edge.
 
I'm keeping the I7 that I just bought on Tuesday. It is the best computer I have ever owned. I bought it at a nice discount and also knew a new one may be coming soon.

I originally bought the I5 but exchanged it for the I7. Haven't really noticed any major speed changes between the two though. If anything, the stock 4GB RAM seems to be used much more on the I7 then the I5. I'll be getting more RAM soon.
 
I have a 2009 Mini upgraded to 8gb ram and 512gb SSD. Drive is faster than the SSD in my 2011 Mini. I also have a 13 and 15 inch rMBP, and a Mac Pro 2. I would like to see a new Mini to replace the 2011, which is used for my main tv system, move the 2011 to the bedroom, where the 2009 resides, and give the 2009 to my daughter who has my old 2007 mini, which is getting too old.

I would like to see a PCIe drive, 16gb ram, integrated graphics is fine as long as it will do 4k to hook up to my 4k TV. My 8tb raid can handle the main storage.
 
I wonder if there's any possibly that it could have a broadwell chip.

Maybe broadwell's not ready for mass production, but maybe it could be manufactured in a limited volume manufacturing scheme - where apple's higher price point would allow for more rejections. And the fact that it's going in a mini would limit the #'s they'd need.

It would be quite a coup for apple, and allow Intel to save some face after all the delays and be part of apple's news hysteria...

anyway - I'm happy a new mini's coming. I don't want an all in one. I don't want a laptop. Can't spend four figures on a pro... So I sadly really have no choice in mac world - hopefully this one's a bit more capable and not so damn small.
 
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cppguy said:
And a desktop-grade GPU as well. They can keep the Mac Mini, because it has a purpose, but there's no reason not to have a desktop computer that isn't built inside a monitor.
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But really WHAT is the purpose of the mini? To be small - for what? It sits on a desk. It could be four times bigger in volume, have room for cheaper and more powerful desktop components - and it would still be small and cute.

I agree completely with you - i hate the idea of a built in monitor. It's like the old tv's that had built in vcrs ...
 
Mini was supposed to be best for switchers that want to try OSX.

But, it did not had the Mouse, the Keyboard, and the Monitor, that many people would want to buy with computer.

Base iMac is in this position right now. It has basic CPU and GPU, quite a lot of RAM, and keyboard, monitor and a mouse or trackpad. In terms of performance it will not be slower than basic Mini.



Lets hope that new Mini will be 3/4th of Mac Pro, have a Quad Core Xeon E3 CPU, 8 GB's of RAM, Nvidia Maxwell GM107 Chip(two as BTO option) and a 128 GB of SSD as standard for 999$ of Price. Now, that config, and that design would be far better for PC switchers than old Mini ;).
 
Dekema2 said:
If they're one and the same at the same size as the Apple TV, I think it'll be good.
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I'm with you here. A convergence. We have already seen homekit come to the Apple TV, what better place for homekit and Apple TV than the mini? That little sucker would get a heck of a lot more indispensable.
And it wouldn't be encroaching on the capabilities of the Macbook or the iPhone or iPad, it would work with them.
 
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With this last mini revision (late 2012 i7 quad 2.6) I have, I can pretty much make do with using mavericks and all my current software by just keep buying these minis used till I croak and not miss a thing really.
Maybe if a new mini shows up with much better graphics then maybe but this one's fine and overkill in a lot of ways
 
Looking forward to the new Mini. Don't care much about speed as long as it's faster than my mid 2011 base model. I just want to able to add memory and a new HD when I feel like it, and keeping up with the latest software. As far as needing speed, I'll continue to build PC's.
 
Great News for Server Users

If true, this is great news. Tons of us use Mac Mini as a server. Our company does not use OS X server. We just use the command line to make things work. We tried Mavericks Server and were disappointed with its limitations. Also, Apple support does not understand it, so why bother. So we are learning the command from a Unix book and really enjoying it. Disabling bash—:eek:—BTW.
 
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