I really want one just for basic tasks. I have an old windows PC but I prefer the mac os (have a macbook pro but want a desktop for just casual use when I want to use a bigger screen) Should I hold off until they get updated(if that ever happens) or get one now?
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The new Mac mini is almost certainly coming
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I really want one just for basic tasks. I have an old windows PC but I prefer the mac os (have a macbook pro but want a desktop for just casual use when I want to use a bigger screen) Should I hold off until they get updated(if that ever happens) or get one now?
Well, there's probably a hardware update coming sometime between May and WWDC in my opinion. The Macs got updated last year at WWDC and there's no reason to think they'll be any later than that this year.
It just depends if Apple do anything substantial enough to warrant a public unveiling at WWDC or if they will just do a pre-event event (or just a press release update in the weeks leading up to WWDC as they've done before).
With extra cores a possibility thanks to the latest Intel CPUs I'm leaning towards a public unveiling of sorts. I'd suspect they'll only release at WWDC if they suddenly decide to drop the Modular Mac Pro down at the same time.
I only feel the age of my 2012 mini when it comes to drive a 3.5k Monitor (leave alone 4K or even both at the same time). The HD4000 is simply not up to par anymore, even without gaming.
Just wondering when will be the first Apple's product launch, where all they launch is very little changed price tags (and of course lots of wristbands)?
"One more thing: ...not even one thing today!"
These years they deliver absolute minimum in every event and even stretch that bar...
"One more thing: ...not even one thing today!"
These years they deliver absolute minimum in every event and even stretch that bar...
Im pretty much disapointed with Post-Jobs Apple. I think the direction of the leaders has taken a bad turn. I have been using exclusively Mac since the 90s. Prior to that I jumped the Gates ship with XP. The best thing Windoze evr had . All of myIBMs are on Linux now(Mint) But whats with no usbs, no cd drive?(The new laptops) My MacMini doesnt have a cd drive as my old oone did. Which I kept. Recently while upgrding (To get rid of pesky upgrade msg) My Mini, froze after it was almost finished. Then I waited about an hour staring at the progress bar, and finally turned it off/on. I got a screen with a stylized pic of a mouse. A squared off looking mouse. No toolbar.Then you could get that to go away and you got a long rectangle that looked like a dvd player. BAck and forth. Apple said bring it in. They had never seen such. I got their top dog and her best suggestion was..REINSTALL. Wipe HD, lose everything.(OK OK, I didnt backup much) We sat there for two hours, the mouse pic came back. They were perplexed. LEave it here, we will give you a replacemnt HD. It is obviously trashed. They called in two days.."Come get it..we got it to reinstall!HAppy days! Got it home, plugged in...They had done nothing. NOTHING. Those lying dogs. They couldnt fix it so they just gave up. We If I had a cd drive I probably could have done sometthing..Y'know. Somehow I managed to find there was a thin sliver of a toolbar with not many choices. After a couple hours I mangaed to get toreinstall page. Changed the Name of machine, a few other things. Rebooted..Its sort of fixed. I DID IT. An excon idiot, with no degree, no schooling beyond HS.67 yrs old too.Im bragging. Anyway, occasionally now I will be sitting here and Ill lose my net conn. I will bring up netpage and I will see that my computer has a NEW NAME!! No longer MAcMini but MAcMIni4876(numbers change sometimes) I am on a different workgroup. It says.."workgroup, instead of the name I use. It all goes back to High SIerra. Also when I watch videos with itunes, I get two pictures? The background is a frame from a previosly viewed. My old Mini never gave me a minute of grief. This is LATE 2014 model. IT SUCKS. I would rather use my 2009 model. In fact I probably will. Its a damn shame that I have to regress. Also I hate the home button on iphone7. Its stupid. I took it back. Fired up my 6. My next phone wont be Apple. I dont know about computers. Guess Ill go Linux exclusively. Its too bad. I really loved Apple.
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A suggestion for your IBM machine....Why dont you install Ubuntu or one of its flavors if you like Mac style. Its a Unix type OS, most of the apps are free, and superior to the win versions. No sense letting a good machine sit there withthe dangerous Windoze on it. You like viruses? Bulgarians dont do Linux haha. They probably do, but it seems tat the more popular something is, the more chance of ID theft etc. Also I avoid FAcebook, tweets, all social media. Its childish and allows BigBro too much info,
An interesting strategy may be ... for the foreseeable future or until your device dies -- "BUY ONLY REFURBS" -- this is my goto strategy if one of my boxes fail - my demands haven't changed so I can afford to stall the big decision for the time being. This keeps the dough in your hands and minimizes the resentment or exposure to Apples mis-steps.
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Apple is quite happy to sell you refurbished products, so I’m not sure what that strategy accomplished.
This is really simple, and I suspect what most people want out of a Mini.
However, it is probably too humble and not ambitious enough for the egos in Cupertino. If you were a designer at one of the top companies in the world would you rather work on society-changing, headline-generating products like autonomous cars and smart watches, or do a spec bump on an old, bottom end computer?
LOL, the Mini didn't even make the list of what wasn't announced yesterday. 
https://www.macrumors.com/2018/03/28/what-wasnt-announced-at-apple-event-chicago/
https://www.macrumors.com/2018/03/28/what-wasnt-announced-at-apple-event-chicago/Do Apple really think that people who would like to buy a (really) new Mini, will buy ipad pro instead?
Power of a desktop is megapixels and inches on displays. Those give the visual power to do things. Connect that ipad to 2 displays with 4k resolution. Then you are half way there. But...
Power of a desktop is megapixels and inches on displays. Those give the visual power to do things. Connect that ipad to 2 displays with 4k resolution. Then you are half way there. But...
At this point I would gladly switch to an iPad as my main PC if you could connect to a monitor and use the Magic Mouse. Seeing as you can do neither of those things, the iPad is a toy.
Or to connect their last good keyboard, which they stopped selling last year...
Stressed, cramped, limited, bogged down, disgruntled, dissatisfied, disillusioned ... wow - these are the new adjectives that describe many of us here .. I share those feelings only when I consider upgrading ... as long as I sit here surrounded in legacy-ville I'm replete and happy.
Currently, everything is humming - I'm stlll watching streamed movies in less than HD quality and I'm still lost for finding something to watch most nights - so what the hell. The jobs and consulting companies provide the laptop so no loss there.
All in all ... I prefer to think of Apple in legacy terms rather than those above ... until they make the ground shake again.
Currently, everything is humming - I'm stlll watching streamed movies in less than HD quality and I'm still lost for finding something to watch most nights - so what the hell. The jobs and consulting companies provide the laptop so no loss there.
All in all ... I prefer to think of Apple in legacy terms rather than those above ... until they make the ground shake again.
Im sure you have a large screen TV..or larger than your laptop ..right? Hook yer Mini up to that. Let it be your entertainment box. If you are fortunate enuff to have on older one with dvd layer, well that can be your dvd. Then you have capabilities for Netflix, Hulu, Amazon..Youtube..and then hook up an antenna and you have your locals. Call the satelite people and tell them to send you a box and postage! Time to quit them.
Agreed. If the refurb angle meant ANYTHING to Apple, they would have seen the YUUUGE demand of 2012 Mac Minis on the refurb store, and done an about face. Instead, we get a languished Mac Mini, and Apple not giving a flying @#$& about the entire product line.
No, refurb purchases do not influence Apple, one iota.
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I got the misses a MBAir in January, to replace the old 15” MBP hand-me-down she had been using. For her needs, it’s fantastic. Another great little machine, Apple has abandoned.
As my sig says - Apple doesn’t want me as a customer anymore.
At least I have a number of years to get the missed used to Linux, before the next computer purchase.
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There are credible rumors of a new MacBook Air (or another machine to fill its niche), but it wasn't quite ready in time for the recent event. The MBA has seen a few spec bumps since 2014 and Apple also gave the base model MBA 8gb of RAM. Nothing like that on the Mini and there really aren't any rumors of an update or replacement.
So I don't think you can put the MBA and Mini in the same category. Apple has kept the MBA because it sells so well. Clearly, that isn't the case with the Mini.
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Simply stating ... Refurbs influence me to sustain the current line-up behind the curve for as long as possible without spending regretful amounts of cash for something gimped.
2560x1600 is the most it can really drive, IMO.
Unfortunately, those displays are twice the price of a 4k display.
Hopefully, Apple will come out with a 5120x3200 display at some point (and a MacMini to drive it), so I can have the same screen-size and screen real-estate again, when I upgrade.