New Mac Mini's rumored for June 14th... Mac Pro as well?

[VirtualRain]

From Appleinsider...

Supply of Apple's existing Mac mini lineup has become increasingly constrained over the past two weeks as the company prepares to introduce refreshed models that may serve as a harbinger for some new I/O technology on the Mac.

The shortage has been verified four times over by AppleInsider, which has received numerous reports that suggest the constraints are indicative of new models on the horizon, rather than intermittent delays resulting from the onset of the back-to-school buying season, which sometimes sees Apple curb the flow of Macs to its distribution channels in favor of filling large orders to universities.

For example, one buyer for a higher-ed institution placed a bulk order for Mac minis two weeks ago through the school's Apple rep, noting that receipt of the machines was required by June 1. Although the Apple representative initially indicated that the delivery date would not be a problem, the buyer last week saw his ETA pushed out from 1-3 business days to a definitive date of June 14.

Perhaps Apple will announce updates for Mac Mini's and Mac Pro's together?

 

[Tilpots]

There's not one hint of a Mac Pro update in that snippet.

 

[Hellhammer]

That's pretty poor proof of update. This happens frequently and it doesn't mean the update is imminent, sometimes it takes several months before the update is announced.

 

[ValSalva]

That's pretty poor proof of update. This happens frequently and it doesn't mean the update is imminent, sometimes it takes several months before the update is announced.

That's true and is mentioned in that article:

Both tips came by way of the same people who accurately predicted in February that Apple was about to introduce advanced automatic graphics switching on its professional MacBook Pro line -- a prediction which panned out when the company unveiled new models in April.

Two months later.

 

[Peace]

I could see Apple adding the mini display port to the Mini but not the HDMI port.

OSX can now send HDCP content over the mini display port.

 

[FieryFurnace]

I'm hoping for a new Mini!

 

[deconstruct60]

There's not one hint of a Mac Pro update in that snippet.

There might have been if the mini's were switch to Core-i and had been delayed because of constrained output on Intel's 32nm fab lines. That would be an indicator that perhaps the 32nm Xeons have been uncorked also.

However, since seems likely it will be a CoreDuo speed bump with a Nvidia 320M graphics bump to match the Macbook/MBP 13", there isn't a coupling.

The delay on the Mini makes sense because Nvidia's fab vendor is probably ramping up on 320's so first enough to fit up MBP 13" , then MBP 13" + Macbook , followed by Mini's added to the mix. Maybe the MBA several weeks after that.

This may also just be an inventory bubble.

 

[300D]

There might have been if the mini's were switch to Core-i

Too expensive. The mini will be Core2 for at least another generation.

 

[Phantom Gremlin]

The delay on the Mini makes sense because Nvidia's fab vendor is probably ramping up on 320's so first enough to fit up MBP 13" , then MBP 13" + Macbook , followed by Mini's added to the mix. Maybe the MBA several weeks after that.

Very good point. We know that Nvidia has had serious yield problems in the past. Fabs have many DRC rules, some mandatory, some optional. If someone chooses to ignore the optional ones, the result is usually poor yield. Or maybe Nvidia chose not to fix some failing timing paths, once again the result is poor yield.