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Video of 'Leaked' Next-Gen Mac Mini?
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Gpu
the Macbook still doesn't have a dedicated GPU, it still uses the RAM the Macbook Pro has a Dedicated GPU and Firewire.
the Macbook still doesn't have a dedicated GPU, it still uses the RAM the Macbook Pro has a Dedicated GPU and Firewire.
You do realize that the Macbook would have that same exact chipset (9400m) and there's been proof of the next Mac Mini having the drivers for the 9400m already in the current Mac OS X build we are all running?
Are you also aware that the 9400m is not a dedicated GPU?
Many reasons to believe it is fake
1. 5 USB ports? USB chipsets have 4 USB output. To have 5, you will have to use an internal hub, so one port split into two. Do you really think Apple would add an internal hub for ONE extra port on an entry level Mini? If you want to add an internal hub anyway, as well make it seven.
2. Firewire? Dream on. Mini is based on MB. There is no way the next Mini will have FW.
3. Two monitor output? What? You think Apple will pack everything people need into Mini so nobody will buy the Mac Pro?
1. 5 USB ports? USB chipsets have 4 USB output. To have 5, you will have to use an internal hub, so one port split into two. Do you really think Apple would add an internal hub for ONE extra port on an entry level Mini? If you want to add an internal hub anyway, as well make it seven.
2. Firewire? Dream on. Mini is based on MB. There is no way the next Mini will have FW.
3. Two monitor output? What? You think Apple will pack everything people need into Mini so nobody will buy the Mac Pro?
Oh you made some good points. Also why in the world would they use mini-dvi and Mini DisplayPort when you can use the same adaptor as the macbook's to convert to full size dvi ect. Makes no sense to have both. FAKE.
FAKE! He has obviously secretly removed all the heavy bits, probably even milled down the casing sides to make it light. My guess is that he also filled it with helium! Crafty devil!
Highly doubt this is real
So I've seen a couple of real Apple prototypes in the flesh (not going to do into details for obvious reasons) and the early ones look nothing like the final product. Apple deliberately disguise them by giving them crappy plain cases etc; or oversized cases so you don't know what the form factor will really be. Only then they are very close to final design / release do they have the real case / look.
For this reason I don't think is this real. In addition, the design is too similar to the old design - Apple would either keep the design identical or significantly change the look.
So I've seen a couple of real Apple prototypes in the flesh (not going to do into details for obvious reasons) and the early ones look nothing like the final product. Apple deliberately disguise them by giving them crappy plain cases etc; or oversized cases so you don't know what the form factor will really be. Only then they are very close to final design / release do they have the real case / look.
For this reason I don't think is this real. In addition, the design is too similar to the old design - Apple would either keep the design identical or significantly change the look.
Because you haven't seen them.
But you are absolutely right about your statements on prototypes.
Looks F A K E to me. It's no slimmer than the current models, and everyone knows APPLE always slims down new releases.
Yep, looks real but uninspiring. Hopefully the guts and price are impressive if this is the real deal. If Apple releases the product without a media event then we'll know it is an underwhelming and overpriced product.
I could see an industrial design student with a little time to kill being able to mock-up a "new" mini without too much trouble. After all some guy was actually able to pass off wooden PS2's as real and I thought they looked quite crappy.
This is also fake. Notice that while the poster shows the bottom and spins it around, he never actually opens it up with a putty knife. Had he done that, we would have seen that it was just an empty case. Either spin it around and then pry it open (all in the same video) or spin it around when it's not shutdown!
Rotating a real mac mini requires a lever.
Well, the new polycarbonate MacBook (which uses the same chipset as the aluminum ones) does have firewire, right?
You haven't seen the video from my previous post, have you? Watch it now then:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BnLbv6QYcA&feature=channel
Does anyone still want to claim it is a great problem to produce a fake video?
Apple is working very hard on Grand Central and graphics right now so i'm guessing they just replaced the board with the nvidia chipset and left the body alone. Less expense involved. That would be the only reason you see the firewire in the whitebook with the nvidia chipset.
hmmm maybz they'll do with the mini what they did with the Macbook. Have a cheaper version that is more like the previous mini and a more expensive version that has a redesigned aluminum metal case.
You might be right. Anyway, if Apple continues to further cripple its products I will stop buying them. I just don't see why not have an extra port if there is place for it. A non-portable computer (like mini) would not profit from having 5 grams less due to lack of a port (not that the macbook would profit from it either...). If the new mini does not have firewire, I am buying a DreamBox 8000 instead (as opposed to mini + elgato satelite receiver, which uses firewire)...
Excellent points!
This is what I love about MacRumors, our collective ability to chip away at these fakes until it's obvious to everyone who's willing to hear it. Between the aesthetic issues some of us are pointing out (and how out of character it would be for Apple to re-use such a dated design, which they do not do, even on their low-end machines--hell, they even did a translucent white plastic makeover on the old gumdrop look for the eMac when it came out) and technical/logical issues like this, there's almost no doubt left that this is fake.
I love that someone went to such lengths to fool everyone and it's taken the space of about two days to lay the whole thing to waste. Beautiful.
