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ecksfilter said:
Lame, what a dumb answer. It has tons off applicable uses.
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No it doesn't. Multitouch is almost exclusively for limited screen size usage. No one wants to be reaching over their desktop, making gestures with oily fingers on their $2000+ monitors.

They might make a new input device but would it really be easier than a mouse or keyboard for most applications. Frankly, if I know the keybaord shortcuts, I don't even like using the mouse.

For graphics applications, tablets like Wacoms, cintiq or intuos is still prefered rather than multi-touch. Mainly because most artists like to control a pen or stylus with some sort of pressure feedback system rather than move multiple fingers in a gesture.

So as Apple said, their trying to figure out where it can be most effective in the desktop environment i.e. "research".
 
I'm glad the Mini was not discontinued. Although it is the lowest-end Mac, it is innovative and has an excellent form factor, which is important to some people.
 
Darn, Apple keeps crippling the Mini so that its useless to everyone. Its always been the ideal media PC, yet they continue to configure it so that it fails at its best calling. When it first came out, it didn't have digital audio. That was inexcusable.

Now even after two refreshes, they don't have a 3.5" hard drive to allow cheap 1TB drives.

Its the ideal box to stream content from a server, especially since it doesn't allow for a big hard drive. Yet they crippled it for no reason by being the ONLY system in the Mac lineup that does NOT support 802.11n. What gives?

It's as if Apple is really lost and confused on the target market for the Mini. They just threw it out there and haven't given it much thought ever since. I would have thought that they'd fix it in the 2 years its been available.
 
ChuckG said:
Anyone have any idea why the new Bluetooth keyboard has less keys than the wired keyboard.

http://www.apple.com/keyboard/

Edit: never mind, guess the whole wireless thing makes having a wide, full-sized keyboard on your lap impractical.
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Isn't the point of a wireless keyboard for your laptop to gain the lost keys that aren't on the laptop keyboard? So what's the point of this crippled new wireless keyboard again?
 
relimw said:
Those are the old specs, they haven't updated them with the new ones yet. Before the store went down the second time, I believe it said they now support 4GB.
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I think the new specs are up. only 2GB ram and only 802.11g

But I would have sworn it was 4GB before it went back down.
 
destroyboredom said:
I can't believe people think they would introduce introduce BR drives in the iMac before the Mac Pro. :confused:
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Why? The iMac is supposed to be a multimedia computer. People are more likely to watch movies on an iMac than a Mac Pro. Does the Mac Pro even come with a Front Row remote? It makes perfect sense for a consumer model.
 
MacPossum said:
Agreed. Loved the new iMac and keyboard. I'm curious to see these 'new' Mac Minis.
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Looks like the update was to 1.83 and 2.0 Ghz Core 2 Duos. Not a bad upgrade. That should make the mini 64 bit for the first time.
 
Macrumors said:

Q: Why aren't you participating in the "Intel Inside" sticker program?
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Are you kidding? Who let that guy in there? Apple doesn't sell advertising space on their computers like that. (It detracts from their own, more aesthetically pleasing advertising.)
 
overcast said:
Because no one cares about Blu-Ray
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Oh? Tell that to the millions who are buying Blu Ray. You are on computer related forum talking about the latest tech revisions of computer hardware and you say no one cares about Blu Ray? What an ignorant comment. I don't know why you are here but I am here for the latest and greatest tech. Even Steve was going on about how DVD(at least the Resolution) is getting obsolete at the conference. If you want to stick with DVD and its limited compabilities compared to Blu Ray then that is fine, but to say no one cares about Blu Ray is just plain ignorant. Most of us have a few 500GB HDD's filled with digital media and would like to be able to put it on a better format.
 
dmelgar said:
Is the Mini updated to include 802.11n?

I guess they don't think very highly of the Mini these days. Not even worth a mention that they're upgrading during the talk. Someone has to ask about it before they'll even mention it. Geez. Personally, who cares about the iMac. I want a headless iMac. I want a 1TB drive in a Mini so it can be a serious home theater system.
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802.11n is so overrated. It's not much better than G for most users right now, especially bargain users. And Apple has a media center for you. It's the Apple TV. They don't want the mini to eat into their Apple TV sales.
 
I am slowly losing my enthusiasm for Apple Macs....

Apple's inability to construct a computer that is priced well is sad.


Mac Mini is a great unit, but for $799 is should have Santa Rosa and x3000 graphics. Cmon.
 
1984 said:
Sadly it looks like the only changes are Core 2 Duo and iLife '08. No 802.11n. No 4GB. No price drop. :(
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Actually if it has Core 2 Duo it can support 4 GB. And the Core 2 Duo makes it a 64 bit machine now. So it's a big upgrade.
 
the mac mini has a slight price reduction (£30) in the UK store for the superdrive model.

surprised they aren't n.
 
bosrs1 said:
Actually if it has Core 2 Duo it can support 4 GB. And the Core 2 Duo makes it a 64 bit machine now. So it's a big upgrade.
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It requires both Core 2 Duo and the Santa Rosa chipset for 4GB support doesn't it?
 
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