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The new Mac mini is almost certainly coming
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You do know that religion seems to breed undesirable social aspects in the world in the name of "covfefe" so be careful of context.
As Putin is quoted recently "don't worry be happy".
The new Mac Mini is almost certainly coming.
W00t, Fusion is "evolutionary freak"?
Well then, what isn't?
Are SANs that use 4 different speed storage also freaks?
Archive libraries that use automatic archiving with 6 different media?
For those, who don't care about cost-effectiveness of their storage, Fusion is "crap" and "complicated" ("OMG, my computer has TWO different memory: RAM and storage!")
But for those who do, Fusion is best that Apple has put to a mac in this decade.
Most mac users won't ever even notice the speed difference between fusion and plain ssd, let alone suffer from it.
Just bought a 2012 mini, 1TB fusion for it will cost less than $100, 1TB ssd from Apple (soldered, will brick the whole mac when it dies) costs about $1k overall! (BTO 500GB hdd -> 1TB fusion = $250, 1TB fusion -> 1TB ssd = $600)
Just wondering why is it so cool to waste ca. $900 for nothing?
Showing that you are wealthy is so much effective with cars.
Saddest thing, IMHO, is that Apple's major decisions about tech has long been to maximize profits, regardless of technological optimization.
It started with optical disks; "Rip, Mix and Burn" was a revolution that stopped, when Apple wanted users to buy their content from iTunes. ODD slot in macs can't be used as modular slot (for extra battery or storage), because of unibody and once again "complexity". Modularity would mean expandability, which is bad, so let's just solder and glue.
Fusion drive is bad, because with it, Apple can't charge 2x prices from ssd, which isn't needed anyway.
So fusion is not allowed in macbooks ever (I have fusion in my 17" mbp, another reason why my next macbook will not be as good) and Apple will kick it away from desktops as soon as possible.
Macs are overall so irrelevant to Apple now, that I don't get why they keep hinder us hobbyist and pro builders with not letting osx/macos officially out for licensing. What is that they are afraid to loose? Price-experience ratio with macs isn't in their DNA anyway...
(Anybody ever noticed how someting is or isn't "in their DNA"? And then it suddenly reaches the reality distortion field?)
Oh come on....where is the enthusiasm at today for new Macs and optimism for a new Mini?
The new Mac Mini is almost certainly coming
The new Mac Mini is almost certainly coming
Oh come on....where is the enthusiasm at today for new Macs and optimism for a new Mini?
The new Mac Mini is almost certainly coming
I heard the only thing Apple is announcing today is the new xMac Mini and they've only left 5-10mins to talk about the new OS X. And that's it, should be a great show
The new Mac Mini is almost certainly coming.
It is...but not today. Although I could be wrong but this thread will be closed by then so it won't matter!
No danger of me getting religion. I was using it to make the point that when you get older, things change. I am just so darn uninterested in picking up a large computer ever again. The Dell Micro 7050 is next for me. The same size as the Mac Mini, which, unfortunately, is deadYou do know that religion seems to breed undesirable social aspects in the world in the name of "covfefe" so be careful of context.
As Putin is quoted recently "don't worry be happy".
The new Mac Mini is almost certainly coming.
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Oh come on....where is the enthusiasm at today for new Macs and optimism for a new Mini?
The new Mac Mini is almost certainly coming
This may now stand as the funniest post in this entire darn thread
I wish Steve were here... I have been pretty disappointed with Tim Cook and some changes at Apple. Mac users have been neglected, better watch it or long time customers will start to go missing.
This thread will never be closed, unless Apple announce that Mac Mini has been entirely withdrawn from their line-up. Otherwise even if a new one is released today (this will happen right after I win the lottery) a new Mac Mini will be almost certainly coming starting tomorrow.
Surely if we get a new one then that's it as we're all happy and can go home because the goal it met.
This thread was started in 2013, before the 2014 arrived and made everyone happy
Just until Intel or AMD announces a new CPU, or Samsung a new storage device, or nVidia a new GPU or...
Not in any hurry to replace my 2009 Mac Mini; it's still good for my humble needs, and should be good for another year or two or more. The new Mac Mini will almost certainly have come by then.
I reluctantly gave up on Apple to provide anything that suits my needs for less than a Pro price, and built a fully loaded PC gaming rig -- Kaby Lake i7 clocked to 4.8 GHz, 16 GB RAM, 500 GB M.2 SSD (Samsung Evo 960), GTX 1080 graphics -- for about $1700 in February. This WWDC keynote justifies my decision. Yeah, the downside is running Windows, but another way to think about it is that Apple is asking me to pay $2000+ extra to run a Mac with similar power. I'm willing to pay a "Mac tax" to run the Mac OS instead of Windows, but not nearly that much.
I love Macs. It pained me to do that, but I think I made the right choice, and that makes me throw up in my mouth a little bit. I'm also wondering if we can officially bury the Mini as a product line at this point, at least in terms of future product offerings.
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16 Million registered developers... up from 13 Million a year ago. That's a huge audience for whom the Mini hits the sweet spot. Or should I say corporate blind spot.
Hey, that second drive for my EN1060 is scheduled to arrive today. I know what I'll be working on...
Hey, that second drive for my EN1060 is scheduled to arrive today. I know what I'll be working on...
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If they EOL mini, it's dead.
If they keep selling 2014 models, they are zombies.
If there's silent refresh, it's alive!
Can somebody tell me, why Apple hate non-AIO's?
Why would pro want to have several hundred watts cooled inside a display?
Maybe in the field, but in work room?
If they keep selling 2014 models, they are zombies.
If there's silent refresh, it's alive!
Can somebody tell me, why Apple hate non-AIO's?
Why would pro want to have several hundred watts cooled inside a display?
Maybe in the field, but in work room?
I'm left wondering what to do with my Late 2012 Mini server (quad 2.6 GHz i7). The graphics are a major bottleneck, otherwise it is great. I could put an SSD in it, I guess, but what else? A discrete graphics card through Thunderbolt? Not sure that's worth the investment.