Or at the very least a Mac Mini replacement.
I'm hoping Apple gives us something new and brilliant… in the headless Mac range and at Mini prices.
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The new Mac mini is almost certainly coming
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I'm hoping Apple gives us something new and brilliant… in the headless Mac range and at Mini prices.
And maybe a pallet of them under lockdown in a windowless room across the street at the Apple Store...?
Kaby Lake G’s best feature is it’s ability to flex the power budget between the CPU and GPU, which is totally lost on a line-powered machine like the mini. Worst feature is that’s it’s only a quad-core.
If Apple goes to 65W they might as well do 75W and give us a 45W hexa-core plus dGPU like the 15” MBP.
Hey, a multi-threaded quad core is better than the current Mac mini offering...?
I would rather this portion of the post I linked...
But a decent modern medium power multi-core/multi-threaded CPU (8th gen i5s & i7s) & the ability to have an eGPU (hello, Vega 56 Nano) would be a good route to go as well...
Which allows the option of RX5XX-series GPUs or Vega GPUs in the eGPU box...
But if Apple were to go with Intel CPU/iGPU & TB3 for eGPU, I would love to see Apple-branded expansion box that fits under the new Mac mini & houses either RX5XX-series or Vega series GPUs, in the MXM format...
With a trick TB3 interconnect between the modules so no wires out back...
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Any update will be better than the current mini, TB3 is a given so eGPU is determined by your need/budget.
The real question is the CPU. My guess in decreasing order of likelihood 28W, 45W, 35W, 65W. Zero chance of the 95W parts like the 9x00K announced a couple of weeks ago.
I could see using a second Mac mini housing to enclose an EGPU. Basically would then just stack the two for a compact product similar to a cube.
I'm interested in the Mac mini but only if these two things happen....
1. Base price stays the same with 8th gen quad core and TB3 or....
2. Kaby lake G configuration under $1000
1 is most likely... That config with an eGPU could be had for under $1k total and would be a pretty capable machine.
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Since previous mini's had 45 watt CPUs I would see that as a definite option. 28 watt for the base model most likely.
I expect pricing to stay about the same, that means $899-999 for a base 8GB/256GB mini. imo rumors imply discontinuation of any lesser configs.
Yea if that happens then no mac mini for me. It simply wouldn't be worth it at that price point IMO. Especially when you consider that an iMac could be had for $1300 (apple price) with a 4k display and included keyboard and mouse. A decent 4k display alone is $300+
No reason to expect price cuts on a new mini when Apple didn’t even cut prices on the 4 year old model.
The iMac you mention has a 1TB HDD, iirc the 1TB Fusion or 256GB SSD models are $1,499.
I did see that the current Mac Mini is one of those devices caught up in the recent tariff increases between US and China, so I'd expect it to rise. To be honest I'm in the UK so I fully expect to have to pay more.
Maybe Apple will move Mac mini production to Austin, TX...?
Not expecting a price cut but if they eliminate the base model at $499 then that's what I am referring to.
A new Mac Mini!
Is everybody okay? Perhaps some of you need to sit down!
Is everybody okay? Perhaps some of you need to sit down!
MY GOD!!!!!!
We need to close this thread. I don't think I can live in a world in which the Mac Mini is no longer "coming"
I'm sitting, still... 6 cores max and 64GB... hello? Anyone home? Sure 9th gen and 8 cores was a stretch, but uhm... why bother with 64GB and only 6 cores?
That didn't take long.
That didn't take long either.
It usually doesn't take long when such choices are made. I understand 6 cores and 32GB, but this is a massive mismatch. It's just an odd choice to make.
