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When will the next Mac Mini be released by Apple?

  • 2017 - There's still time!

    Votes: 14 7.0%
  • 2018

    Votes: 81 40.3%
  • 2019

    Votes: 9 4.5%
  • 2020

    Votes: 1 0.5%
  • Some time between 2021 and the heat death of the universe when maximum entropy has been achieved

    Votes: 24 11.9%
  • Never - the 2014 (7,1) is the end of the line

    Votes: 72 35.8%

  • Total voters
    201

ActionableMango

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Some Mac Mini stats from MR's Buyer's Guide:
  • Current wait since last release: 1093 days
  • Average wait: 438 days
  • Previous record for longest wait: 723 days
Some notes:
  • We are now at 2.5x times the average wait.
  • The current wait is more than 50% longer than the previous record for longest wait.
 
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If not this year, 2017, then the first half of next. The Mac Mini may be a dead for the vociferous cynics who haunt this forum, but it is still relevant for average folks and Apple. The new Mac Mini is almost certainly coming sooner or later.
 
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I have a feeling it is going to appear this year. Perhaps together with the new iMac Pro. If not, I doubt it will happen later than 2018. And no this is not just wishful thinking. I don't have the money to buy one anyway.
 
I would say 2018... maybe. Or there won't be any refresh at all. Just silent remove from the "shelfs".
 
Some people at Apple seem to be aware of the demise of the Mac.
There might be a small chance that we will get a second "Back to the Mac" kind of event with wide range product updates, but I doubt it.

The future Mac lineup will include only MacBook (Pro), iMac (Pro), Mac Pro and maybe a "budget" MacBook equivalent to the 2017 iPad.
Wouldn't even be surprised if they just bury the Mac Pro again.
 
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I voted for 2018, but at the same time I can see how Apple might as well drop Mac Mini line altogether and push for budget laptop instead.
 
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The future Mac lineup will include [...] maybe a "budget" MacBook equivalent to the 2017 iPad.

All we need is an updated MacBook Air with a CPU that's not three or four generation behind, an IPS display and an option for 16GB RAM. That's it.
 
Some of you are so negative, it's almost upsetting, if one forgets this is in the internet.
 
It really is a shame. We have the 2012 Mac Mini and for my wife it is the perfect machine. It is small and quiet. Since purchased in Oct of 2012 I was able to max out the memory, add a larger disk and later add a SSD and make it a fusion drive. Small, quiet, fast enough with plenty of internal disk space for our needs.

When I first got it and was setting it up my wife thought is was the disk drive and asked me where the computer was.
 
We have that. It's called the Macbook.
A single USB-C port is not enough for real-world usage even with dongles, slower CPU on the low-end model, way too expensive even for the low-end model, inferior keyboard. I tested all keyboards at the store myself, I'm not just repeating what other people said.

So no, I don't want a Macbook. I want an updated Macbook Air.
 
A single USB-C port is not enough for real-world usage even with dongles, slower CPU on the low-end model, way too expensive even for the low-end model, inferior keyboard. I tested all keyboards at the store myself, I'm not just repeating what other people said.

So no, I don't want a Macbook. I want an updated Macbook Air.

You have an updated Macbook Air. You just don't seem to like it.

The entry level 2017 Macbook has a faster CPU than the Air, according to the benchmarks I've seen. And the butterfly 2 keys make for the best keyboard on any laptop, in my opinion. Much better than the large, mushy Air keys that are very outdated by now. Yes, the single USBC port does suck, but that's Apple for you.
 
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