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Video of 'Leaked' Next-Gen Mac Mini?

Jayomat said:
Sorry dude, but i just tried to rotate my macbook on a surface like we see in the vid. it's close to impossible.ok, it weights 1/3 more than the mini, but that doesnt change the situation... when you look at the vid, you see how easy he spins the mac. that is just not possible with a macbook and i don't own a "strange-macbook" which is unlikely to be representative. it's the late07...

You're right, i've never put a hand on a mini.. but that doesnt mean i have no idea how physics affect objects :eek:
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do you understand torque?
 
robeddie said:
I think you still may even be overestimating the gripping power of a few hard rubber feet, but I'll let it go at this point. :)

P.S. your college professors must have loved you! (sarcasm intended)
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i just tried it with my macbook, it didn't work as shown in the vid.

I just GUESSED that the macmini would have the same rubbers (as i see no reason why he wouldnt)... i know the macmini has different specs, depending on the position where i "inject" the power, the rotation differs, of course... (yes i undertstand torque:) )

but maybe you should try it with a macbook to understand why i came to this conclusion ;) see the argument from my perspective ;):p

Just in case someone didnt "listen": robeddie proved that there are no rubbers, that is the perfect explanation for the easy rotation potential. I UNDERSTAND that :)
 
I still think this isn't the next mac mini. I'm sold on the PCB alignment issue.

However, people keep saying "this is a lot of trouble to go to for a fake, who has the facilities?"

Any student in an engineering or design facility will have access to the facilities, the milling machines, the materials, and likely have the design capability. They could knock this out with a bit of time and less than $100.

I personally must know at least 50 people who could pull this off.

I'll believe it when Apple announces it.
 
phantompigger said:
1. The Mac mini has had the same chassis design since its debut in January of 2005. Four years is an eternity in the world of Apple, and with everything moving towards aluminum with black accents, it's hard to believe that Apple wouldn't at least give the machine a black matte plastic top.
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You mean, how the iBooks didn't see any major case revisions between the dual-USB G3s (May 2001) to the end of the G4s (May 2006)? There was a slight update when they switched from G3s to G4s in Oct 2003-- slot-loading drive, and no more translucent casing and keyboard, but on the whole the case design remained the same for five years. (A lot of parts are even interchangeable between the two.)

Or what about the aluminum PowerBook G4s (Jan 2003) which served as the basis for the MacBook Pros (Feb 2006) until they went unibody (Oct 2008). The G4-Intel switch brought more changes (camera, the MBPs are a bit thinner, etc) but the MBP casing still evokes the old PBG4 design.

Apple likes to stick with their designs for a good long while; it makes their machines distinctive and recognizable as Apple products-- to the point where ad agencies for other companies use them in their stock photos (eg. amusingly, in ads for things like Gateway computers)

As far as the mini's concerned: I don't really see why the mini couldn't have five USB ports (look at PC desktops these days... Dell's offerings have eight or more). Having miniDVI and miniDisplayPort is kinda strange, but perhaps it's to help move stock of the old adapters now that the MBs aren't using them anymore-- though if we get dual-monitor out of it, that'd be great. Having a more powerful GPU (such as the 9400M) instead of the GMA950 with a slightly faster processor would be great-- the current mini struggles with some HD content at high resolutions, and the 950 is itself rubbish for any sort of gaming.
 
MacFly123 said:
Here is my quick mockup of what it will look like. We will see soon, but I'm confident my predictions in specs and mockup will be very close :cool:
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That really is amazing! That looks exactly like what will be on the Apple online store. I agree with everything but the fact that you will be able to replace your Superdrive with an HD.
 
It is a sad, sad, sad, sad attempt.
A fake: It looks like a tin cookie box that has been spray painted.
I has none of the elegance of Apple designed products.
It is obviously a joke.
A sad joke.
 
All very well, but when?

More then likely to be a fake, they usually are - but you never know

So when are these announcements meant to take place? :apple:
 
Bob Caruthers said:
It is a sad, sad, sad, sad attempt.
A fake: It looks like a tin cookie box that has been spray painted.
I has none of the elegance of Apple designed products.
It is obviously a joke.
A sad joke.
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Okay, um, it looks EXACTLY like the current Mac Mini, but with a different back panel.

So you're grievously slamming the current Mac Mini when you say that, as though it itself is not something that Apple would design.
 
. All ports on Macs are bottom-justified, in line with the logic board. The Mini DVI and Mini Display Port on this machine are center-justified, suggesting they're elevated off the logic board. This makes little sense.
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to me it could make sense ... the graphics could be on a daughter board sitting above the main board and the connectors off that.

not that apple would likely plan as such ( as its quite apparent given the existing mini upgrade cycle ) but that would make for an easy method to improve the graphics without touching the main board.
 
Jayomat said:
i just tried it with my macbook, it didn't work as shown in the vid.

I just GUESSED that the macmini would have the same rubbers (as i see no reason why he wouldnt)... i know the macmini has different specs, depending on the position where i "inject" the power, the rotation differs, of course... (yes i undertstand torque:) )

but maybe you should try it with a macbook to understand why i came to this conclusion ;) see the argument from my perspective ;):p

Just in case someone didnt "listen": robeddie proved that there are no rubbers, that is the perfect explanation for the easy rotation potential. I UNDERSTAND that :)
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I tried it with an apple pie and didn't come to the same conclusion as you did.
 
Prototype, perhaps?

There's always the option that this could be an official prototype mock up box. That could explain why they're not plugging it in. I'm sure in early development stages the designers will first make up an empty box with the plugs thrown on. Once approved then they can go on to working up the guts.

If Steve or someone else in power wants to change the ports (order, or count), they're not going to build a fully functional prototype just to be told that FireWire has to be removed, or to drop one USB and add another FireWire (for instance), then go through the whole process of making another fully functional unit that is looking for approval on appearance, with possible more changes to come (Black trim?). I think they would go for the look-and-feel before engineering all the details of the inside.

I just think that's another viable possibility, thus making it real, but possibly not finished.
 
Apple would never give two display options. The new one will probably only have Mini DisplayPort and will "hopefully" ship with a DVI adapter.
 
I have tried spinning my Powerbook for an hour. At first it looked like it wouldn't spin but then.. after 59 minutes it started spinning easier!
Guys keep trying spinning the computer! Maybe the new ones take longer but eventually they spin as easy as the video! Maybe the spinning is the key point to understand if this is gonna show in the stores or not.
KEEP SPINNING THE COMPUTERS IF YOU LIKE THE MAC MINI IN THE VIDEO!
:D
 
That is so fake. Why couldn't they just pick it up and show us all of it rather than spinning it around?
 
bstreiff said:
You mean, how the iBooks didn't see any major case revisions between the dual-USB G3s (May 2001) to the end of the G4s (May 2006)? There was a slight update when they switched from G3s to G4s in Oct 2003-- slot-loading drive, and no more translucent casing and keyboard, but on the whole the case design remained the same for five years. (A lot of parts are even interchangeable between the two.)

Or what about the aluminum PowerBook G4s (Jan 2003) which served as the basis for the MacBook Pros (Feb 2006) until they went unibody (Oct 2008). The G4-Intel switch brought more changes (camera, the MBPs are a bit thinner, etc) but the MBP casing still evokes the old PBG4 design.

Apple likes to stick with their designs for a good long while; it makes their machines distinctive and recognizable as Apple products-- to the point where ad agencies for other companies use them in their stock photos (eg. amusingly, in ads for things like Gateway computers)

As far as the mini's concerned: I don't really see why the mini couldn't have five USB ports (look at PC desktops these days... Dell's offerings have eight or more). Having miniDVI and miniDisplayPort is kinda strange, but perhaps it's to help move stock of the old adapters now that the MBs aren't using them anymore-- though if we get dual-monitor out of it, that'd be great. Having a more powerful GPU (such as the 9400M) instead of the GMA950 with a slightly faster processor would be great-- the current mini struggles with some HD content at high resolutions, and the 950 is itself rubbish for any sort of gaming.
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While the core shape of these machines remained largely the same, there were changes with each revision. The iBook originally had a light metallic finish on the interior and semi-transparent keys; however, as Apple moved away from any use of transparent plastics, the iBook was updated with white plastics throughout. So while there wasn't any HUGE change, there was at least an effort to complement the company's current designs.

This "new" mini makes no such effort.
 
dex22 said:
I still think this isn't the next mac mini. I'm sold on the PCB alignment issue.

However, people keep saying "this is a lot of trouble to go to for a fake, who has the facilities?"

Any student in an engineering or design facility will have access to the facilities, the milling machines, the materials, and likely have the design capability. They could knock this out with a bit of time and less than $100.

I personally must know at least 50 people who could pull this off.

I'll believe it when Apple announces it.
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Why would anyone waste hours of time and $100 just to trick an internet forum? :rolleyes:


Everyone here is analyzing this way too much.
 
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