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The new Mac mini is almost certainly coming

Crosscreek said:
My 2012 idles at 45deg and 1800 rpm. When doing a Blue Ray rip with handbrake for 4-5 hours it will run at 97%CPU, 89deg, and fluctuate between 2000-2200rpm. My machine has never been above 2300rpm from what I have seen.
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Ripping the same bd with an iMac with discrete gpu takes minutes thanks to CUDA.
 
thekev said:
There is absolutely no reason to skip a chip generation
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They've already updated the iMacs to Haswell; my point was that Broadwell has further GPU improvements better suited to pushing high density displays like retina iMacs would have. Haswell on its own won't be quite good enough I think, which means they'd have to give all the retina models discrete graphics, which seems like adding complexity.

Also, remember that Broadwell is delayed; it wouldn't be Apple skipping an update, but pushing it back to match availability of parts.
 
haravikk said:
They've already updated the iMacs to Haswell; my point was that Broadwell has further GPU improvements better suited to pushing high density displays like retina iMacs would have. Haswell on its own won't be quite good enough I think, which means they'd have to give all the retina models discrete graphics, which seems like adding complexity.

Also, remember that Broadwell is delayed; it wouldn't be Apple skipping an update, but pushing it back to match availability of parts.
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If Intel stays on it's announced schedule with Skylake then laptop and desktop Skylake processors will be available by late 2015. I wonder how Broadwell will fit in if Skylake is only about 6 months away when Braodwell for the desktop is readily available?
 
fastlanephil said:
If Intel stays on it's announced schedule with Skylake then laptop and desktop Skylake processors will be available by late 2015. I wonder how Broadwell will fit in if Skylake is only about 6 months away when Braodwell for the desktop is readily available?
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I guess there will always be a place for Broadwell in the Mini, even when everything else has moved on to Skylake. 😡
 
hey guys and girls wake up out there no posts here for almost 4 ¼ hours . Lets move it . That 5k will be very hard to do at this pace.
 
philipma1957 said:
hey guys and girls wake up out there no posts here for almost 4 ¼ hours . Lets move it . That 5k will be very hard to do at this pace.
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Good Lord man, who cares about these posts. If there is not going to be a new mini then it's time to move on. Even in its infancy Windows 10 looks totally doable. Sure, I really like Mac OS but only Apple can decide if it wants my business. If not then so be it.
 
scottsjack said:
Good Lord man, who cares about these posts. If there is not going to be a new mini then it's time to move on. Even in its infancy Windows 10 looks totally doable. Sure, I really like Mac OS but only Apple can decide if it wants my business. If not then so be it.
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I've been trying Win 10 in Parallels and it seems to me something I could use. I still have bad memories of many years of Windows use but well, will see what the finish product looks like.
If Win 10 would have come after Win 7 I might have stayed a Windows user. I find OS X very more organized and reliable.
 
Crosscreek said:
I've been trying Win 10 in Parallels and it seems to me something I could use. I still have bad memories of many years of Windows use but well, will see what the finish product looks like.
If Win 10 would have come after Win 7 I might have stayed a Windows user. I find OS X very more organized and reliable.
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I agree. I am enjoying OSX much more than I thought I would. Seems rock solid.
 
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Crosscreek said:
I've been trying Win 10 in Parallels and it seems to me something I could use. I still have bad memories of many years of Windows use but well, will see what the finish product looks like.
If Win 10 would have come after Win 7 I might have stayed a Windows user. I find OS X very more organized and reliable.
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Apple forced me to really like windows 7.
then of course windows 8 came out a bust.

So I have drawn the conclusion they play good cop bad cop. which means i want a windows and a mac. in terms of both gear and op system.
 
I hope you all won't be disapointed, when on 16 October there will be no new/refreshed Mac mini.

Hope I'm wrong.
 
It seems Apple doesn't want me to buy my first Apple computer!

My 6-year-old-$600 computer just died. I like Windows because I know how to use it. However, I have been very curious about OSX. I don't want an iMac nor a Laptop. I like the Mac Pro but it is too much. My only option would be a Mac Mini. I hope it comes on October 16th. I won't buy a computer with old technology. I would like it to have Wifi ac, a ssd by default, and removable RAM. I don't think I am asking for too much.
I hope Apple makes me buy my first Mac🙂
 
organerito said:
It seems Apple doesn't want me to buy my first Apple computer!

My 6-year-old-$600 computer just died. I like Windows because I know how to use it. However, I have been very curious about OSX. I don't want an iMac nor a Laptop. I like the Mac Pro but it is too much. My only option would be a Mac Mini. I hope it comes on October 16th. I won't buy a computer with old technology. I would like it to have Wifi ac, a ssd by default, and removable RAM. I don't think I am asking for too much.
I hope Apple makes me buy my first Mac🙂
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May The Odds Be Ever In Your Favor~~
 
mattspace said:
a dedicated external GPU peripheral - something like the superdrive, which provides a functionality thats not needed by most, but necessary for some, which perhaps can utilise a pair of thunderpolt2 ports in link aggregated mode.
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I wouldn't put this past Apple, but if they did then I'd guess they would make a very basic Mac Mini with barely any ports (say 2 USB, HDMI and 2 thunderbolt) and then build the missing ports onto the GPU expansion dock - ethernet, USB, SD card. This would probably suit most people - a basic cheap Mac and a powerful option for the GPU graphic hungry users.

What I very much doubt they'd do is have an external GPU case that allows you to install your own card. Too many issues with heat, form factor and compatibility.
 
Matintosh said:
I wouldn't put this past Apple, but if they did then I'd guess they would make a very basic Mac Mini with barely any ports (say 2 USB, HDMI and 2 thunderbolt) and then build the missing ports onto the GPU expansion dock - ethernet, USB, SD card. This would probably suit most people - a basic cheap Mac and a powerful option for the GPU graphic hungry users.
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I'm inclined to think such a peripheral would only be a graphics card, keeping the mini as fully functional computer without it, and letting it be used with laptops as well. I could picture a solution that packages a single one of whatever cards the Mac Pro uses at the time, with a hard limit on systems only being able to access one of them.
 
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