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The new Mac mini is almost certainly coming

Micky Do said:
The Mac Mini is not a powerhouse, and mostly never has been. It is, and will remain the cheapest Mac..... Need more grunt? There are other Macs which will be more suitable.
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Not for those who wish to run a mid-range headless. There is a big gap between the current Mini and Pro machines, and they are both currently way behind the competition. (I define mid-range as starting at quad core.)

The only difference between what you seem to define as a basic user, and me, is a quad core CPU.
 
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triptolemus said:
Which is fine when you don't actually produce anything substantive on the device.
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Exactly my thoughts! Tim is most likely primarily consuming on whatever device he's using. For the odd eMail he can just use Siri to dictate ...
 
I could never be an Apple employee ... I mean .. if I was a developer who knew what was coming where would I place my personal computing preference ... would I still be using Apple at home ... would I let my kids stall or go down the wrong rabbit hole ... would I let my elderly parent invest in vaporware ... what machine is my development box and since I understand the technology and the bleeding-edge do I limit myself with obsolete hardware now or in the future ... all this and I'm going to keep quiet about it.

I have a whole new opinion of Apple employees ... they really do have courage.
 
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CWallace said:
It Might Just Be Happening...

https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...r-displays-and-more-coming-this-fall.2126988/
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Still a bit of a mystery: "[*]Mac mini - Kuo didn't have a lot of information to share on the Mac mini, but he says a processor upgrade is expected. The Mac mini has not been updated for more than 1,300 days, aka over 3 and a half years. It's not clear if additional upgrades will be included, such as a redesigned chassis, but at least some kind of refresh is on the horizon."

The new mac mini is almost certainly coming.:)
 
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yes, the new mac mini is coming, and since the new 8gen cpu is a lot smaller, the usb-c port is a lot smaller...Apple can redesign a little the mac mini to be even smaller and portable, maybe keeping the Ram and SSD user upgradable
 
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so the cpu/gpu/ram upgrades alongside with usb-c/Tb3 are a given,lets hope for a little redesign as well
[doublepost=1531329854][/doublepost]Thank you Apple for this fall, i guess is your way to say Merry Christmas in advance
 
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Miat said:
Do you have inside info the rest of us don't?

Very easy to come on here anonymously and say it is going to happen, without offering any proof. That is exactly how this thread started 517 pages and almost 5 years ago, and all we have seen since then is the anaemic 2014 'upgrade'.

The history of it all does not currently favour your claim. I don't think you can deny that.

Are you prepared to acknowledge and apologise if you are wrong? Say by the end of July 2019? I think that generously covers 'soon', in this context.

We are not talking a revolutionary product or advance here, just a decent specs bump to bring the existing Mini form up to date (including a quad option).

That Apple have not done so is clearly a free choice, not something forced upon them. Basically a marketing decision to kill competition from below for the iMacs, but one – I believe – that is very poorly thought through for the longer term.
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Yes I have inside info on the matter, and that I hope that timely report from Ming-Chi Kuo somewhat proves this.

It is quite unbelievable that, my username considered, you thought my statement:
Appleaker said:
There was no news piece, I am saying there will be a new Mac Mini 'soon' and it will be quad-core.
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Was based on nothing.
 
It's not at all clear to me if Kuo's remarks are based on "info I have tells me a processor-bumped Mini is coming" or on "dammit, at least a processor bump HAS to be coming given how long this product has hung out in the breeze looking like vulture bait". Could be read either way.

Anyway, just a processor bump doesn't do it for me. Be nice to know if there really is a DIY headless desktop plan in Apple's future and not just this continuing line of teasers. (Appleaker, please don't yell at me. I just want to see actions and official plans from Apple, not unconfirmable leaks. I know that's not the way Apple rolls, but they need to.)
 
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jasnw said:
It's not at all clear to me if Kuo's remarks are based on "info I have tells me a processor-bumped Mini is coming" or on "dammit, at least a processor bump HAS to be coming given how long this product has hung out in the breeze looking like vulture bait". Could be read either way.

Anyway, just a processor bump doesn't do it for me. Be nice to know if there really is a DIY headless desktop plan in Apple's future and not just this continuing line of teasers. (Appleaker, please don't yell at me. I just want to see actions and official plans from Apple, not unconfirmable leaks. I know that's not the way Apple rolls, but they need to.)
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:D I understand people that want to see it for themselves, completely disregarding leaks / always denying all leaks or rumors is a different matter.

It would be funny, if looking at the lineup on a desk in his office, even he couldn’t comprehend Apples previous abandonment of the Mac mini and threw it in the report because he thought there had to be an update sometime soon.

But fortunately, thats not the case. While you probably won’t believe me until you see the announcement (or possibly visual leaks), Apple will release a new mini this year.
 
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jasnw said:
It's not at all clear to me if Kuo's remarks are based on "info I have tells me a processor-bumped Mini is coming" or on "dammit, at least a processor bump HAS to be coming given how long this product has hung out in the breeze looking like vulture bait". Could be read either way.
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Kuo's sources are in the supply chain and while his record has been spotty due to misconstruing what he is being told or Apple changing their minds, he posts rumors of things he believes will happen, not things he hopes will happen.

So he's saying "info I have tells me a processor-bumped Mini is coming".
 
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Appleaker said:
Yes I have inside info on the matter, and that I hope that timely report from Ming-Chi Kuo somewhat proves this.
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I'll again predict hex-core 15" MacBook Pros in October, just as I did before this new report from Ming-Chi Kuo. And when my prediction comes true, you'll be astonished that I too had inside info, right?

Or maybe it's because the suitable Coffee Lake chips were released months ago, and October Mac refreshes are common for Apple, meaning it's a very safe guess to make. ;)
 
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Appleaker said:
:D I understand people that want to see it for themselves, completely disregarding leaks / always denying all leaks or rumors is a different matter.

It would be funny, if looking at the lineup on a desk in his office, even he couldn’t comprehend Apples previous abandonment of the Mac mini and threw it in the report because he thought there had to be an update sometime soon.

But fortunately, thats not the case. While you probably won’t believe me until you see the announcement (or possibly visual leaks), Apple will release a new mini this year.
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So... have you heard anything regarding the Mac Pro?
(Honest question)
 
redheeler said:
I'll again predict hex-core 15" MacBook Pros in October, just as I did before this new report from Ming-Chi Kuo. And when my prediction comes true, you'll be astonished that I too had inside info, right?

Or maybe it's because the suitable Coffee Lake chips were released months ago, and October Mac refreshes are common for Apple, meaning it's a very safe guess to make. ;)
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As I've said to others, I honestly don't care if you think that.

If I was guessing, I would have started with 'I think' and not said something with such certainty, that should it not be true, I would lose all credibility (although judging from you that would make little difference).

All I will say is that this is a very different situation than predicting a refresh based on a usual refresh cycle or Intels roadmap.

Why would I be astonished when that move has been apparent since late 2016 when information on Intels core bump was first leaked? And since then they have been leaked, announced, and are in many 15" notebooks.

This is not a case of predicting the number of cores, I simply said that in response to others who said it wouldn't be quad-core. I am not saying to be 'astonished' that I was right, I am just saying that it was not a guess and I do have info on the matter.

If you want me to guess something, then one thing I would guess is that the minimum RAM amount is 8GB.
 
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