Besides the minis featured in the article consider the easily opened HP Z AIO and HP's new consumer model available with and eight-core processor. It looks like Apple is getting beat in a lot of areas right now that don't have to do with music streaming and wrist jewelry.
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The new Mac mini is almost certainly coming
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Besides the minis featured in the article consider the easily opened HP Z AIO and HP's new consumer model available with and eight-core processor. It looks like Apple is getting beat in a lot of areas right now that don't have to do with music streaming and wrist jewelry.
DesertSurfer
macrumors 6502a
No, it will definitely be after too long. Almost certainly.
The new Mac mini is almost certainly coming.
https://www.macrumors.com/2015/07/24/intel-skylake-processors-leaked-slides/
https://www.macrumors.com/2015/07/24/intel-skylake-processors-leaked-slides/
If we get a new one before late 2016, I'll be seriously surprised.
Thank god Apple doesn't rely on sales of MacMinis for their financial success - or they would have died a thousand deaths by Intel's roadmap by now.
Micky Do
macrumors 68020
The new Mac Mini is almost certainly coming, for sure, but almost certainly not soon.
Meanwhile there is always the 2014 1.4 kHz model, that has proven to be quite satisfactory for some in need of a new Mac Mini right now. Others chose to go up the current range, or satisfy their desire for for specs with an older model.
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You are correct. I shouldn't have added the word soon. It likely won't be this year. Or maybe. Or...
JamesPDX
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I am am quite certain that a new Mac Mini* w/o Skylake will have as many ports as the new Macbook.
*Bedazzler sold separately.
The new Mac Mini will almost certainly be coming. There was in 2012 and there was in 2014. There is almost certainly a new one coming again.
DesertSurfer
macrumors 6502a
That was just an update to the old Mac Mini. We are talking about the New Mac Mini. It will almost certainly be shaped like a toaster with pcie slots.
Crosscreek
macrumors 68030
The new Mac Mini will be a stick that you plug into to a monitor or TV with a USB type c port on the butt end.
Micky Do
macrumors 68020
Now ain't that the truth…… this thread almost certainly has a while to run. It may even be eternal.
It probably could be nano, but methinks it will almost certainly remain merely Mini.
I'd hate to be that dramatic, however, if my Mac Mini 2009 were to die right now, I'd have a hard hard time figuring out what to do.
Already did, HP Z + Windows 8.1. Seems a little weird but I am enjoying working on a PC again. I still love my mini and Mac Pro but they seem more like historical pieces now, slowly fading into the sunset as Apple shifts away from PCs to a whole bunch of stuff I am not interested in.
Micky Do
macrumors 68020
For sure; read on.
Yes, there were plenty who were scathing about the 2014 Mac Mini line-up when it was first announced, especially the low end model. Some are still quite sniffy about it. However, there are those who have used it, including some who have posted on threads in this forum, have found it more than adequate.
It is all the computer that some need…….. Which is not to say that it is all that everyone needs or desires.
Of course, if you don't like what is currently available, the new Mac Mini is almost certainly coming. You may, or may not, get lucky with that.
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mojolicious
macrumors 68000
This year I think we'll see a Skylake Mac Mini shrunk down to NUC size
More seriously, difficult to see how Apple are going to deal with that huge gap in their headless options between a quadless Mini and the base Mac Pro (two powerful graphics cards as standard? Really? 😵 ), without eating into iMac sales.
Maybe they are just waiting on the right chips from Intel for a new quad Mini.
Simply removing one of the graphics cards from the Pro, plus some minor downgrades on other specs, and a chunk off the price, might also work. Though it might work too well. 🙄
But deal with that gap they must, given the quickly rising competition filling it. Macbooks are not going to cover it.
It actually doesn't make a huge difference to me personally. Only thing I need serious grunt for is basic video processing (specifically for deblocking). So I can always just get a dedicated cheap Linux box for that job.
Maybe they are just waiting on the right chips from Intel for a new quad Mini.
Simply removing one of the graphics cards from the Pro, plus some minor downgrades on other specs, and a chunk off the price, might also work. Though it might work too well. 🙄
But deal with that gap they must, given the quickly rising competition filling it. Macbooks are not going to cover it.
It actually doesn't make a huge difference to me personally. Only thing I need serious grunt for is basic video processing (specifically for deblocking). So I can always just get a dedicated cheap Linux box for that job.