I'm pretty sure ark.intel.com used to show a "last date to order" and "last delivery date" for this processor, which I think were 11/14 and 02/15. But this information has been removed so I maybe the processor life has been extended.
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Quad-Core 2012 Mac Mini Mysteriously Reappears on Apple's U.S. Online Store [Updated]
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Well, then Intel should release something else than nothing for an eternity then.
Intel's CPU design required them to choose between all dual-core/all quad-core. Apple opted with dual-core for Haswell.
Intel Skylake will fix this requirment between quad/dual costume socket design.
So I assume this quad-core mac mini will be in the lineup until 2016
Intel force no one, just that they have difference interface, Apple decided to use single cpu interface/ single motherboard, Apple could have chosen all quad core for all mac mini models.
On single core 32-bit processing. Multi-core 64-bit and the 2012 SMOKES the new stuff.
That's what I said it required them to choose between dual-core/quad-core.
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You'll likely be waiting for skylake
Only on single threaded tasks. Even the 2011 minis outperform the new ones on multi-threaded.
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2014 model has better GPU as well, not to mention PCIe SSD & dual thunderbolt.
Aside from four cores, the new minis are much better.
as others already mentioned, modern apps that handle multi core run faster on the 2012 i7-quad vs the 2014(any model).
The factor is at least twice as fast. Hence the shame that the quad core is gone.
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aside? the quad core is huge for many users. you also forgot that you can upgrade you own RAM to 16GB and put two drives of your choice in the 2012 including making your own fusion drive. Or running two SSD's with RAID-1 for blazing fast speeds.
The 2014 has soldered RAM and only one drive bay.
Meh... this "idiot" sold a 2012 Quad Core Mini for $1000 on eBay when Apple killed the quad-core option. I had purchased it on MacRumors Marketplace for $600 6 months prior.
Its Back to the Future all over again! The Flux Capicator disrupted the space-time continum and made this old, old machine reappear again!
Seriously though.....probably a mistake on Apple's wouldn't be surprised if tomorrow morning, Apple's PR team announces the error in their ways.
TL;DR: Nothing new, move on....
Seriously though.....probably a mistake on Apple's wouldn't be surprised if tomorrow morning, Apple's PR team announces the error in their ways.
TL;DR: Nothing new, move on....
Or they could have designed two motherboards, presumably. I suspect they've just been wrong-footed by Intel's slow processor releases. If it's critical, they might design an interim quad-core. It's possible that someone was prepping for that and accidentally put up the old quad-core. But a pure mistake seems more likely to me!
I don't understand this obsession with the 2012 model , the gpu is outdated , the new model has much faster pcie - hardware and most normal software doesn't even use multi cores anyway , not more than 2 certainly.