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When do you think the Mac Mini will be updated (if ever)?
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Like you said in computer terms, two years is pretty long. I really wish apple will come out with a new mini though. I would by it.
Is the mac mini dual screen compatible?
Desk Top Event
Lately Apple has been updating the laptops all at the same time, both this past February '08 (on the heels of the MBA launch), and again last October. I suspect this is the the start of a trend. Phil S, indicated that the company has several natural cycles now, iPods in September, iPhone in June/July, and as Apple becomes less and less dependent on the Computer part of the company, the computers will get lumped together.
What does this mean for a mini update? Simple, it will get updated at the same time as the MacPro, and the iMac in a desk top event if there's something significant, or all at once as a silent update, like the February '08 update to the MacBook and MacBook Pro if it's just a speed bump.
Just my two cents. I'm voting for mid to late March.
Lately Apple has been updating the laptops all at the same time, both this past February '08 (on the heels of the MBA launch), and again last October. I suspect this is the the start of a trend. Phil S, indicated that the company has several natural cycles now, iPods in September, iPhone in June/July, and as Apple becomes less and less dependent on the Computer part of the company, the computers will get lumped together.
What does this mean for a mini update? Simple, it will get updated at the same time as the MacPro, and the iMac in a desk top event if there's something significant, or all at once as a silent update, like the February '08 update to the MacBook and MacBook Pro if it's just a speed bump.
Just my two cents. I'm voting for mid to late March.
Rooting for the end of this month. I had one of the original PPC Minis and really want an affordable Mac with a decent GPU in it. It sucks that Apple/Intel don't put much effort into the video drivers so that systems stuck with a GMA GPU could play games too!
Yes it is, if you buy any ot these DisplayLink USB to DVI external devices.
I have one and with it's help i have attached my secondary Samsung 19" LCD. Image is crisp and sharp, for dragging windows/palettes around it is quite OK.
Just got an Core 2 Duo T7600 2,33 GHz Merom CPU from eBay, so I hope, that I can in the middle of the week replace my actual 1,83 GHz C2D CPU with that beast. I already got 4 GB of RAM and 200/7200 rpm/16 MB HDD in my Mini.
Well, my wife just had me buy her a mini. Her 5+ year old PC just died and she wanted a mini to replace it. I have have been holding her back for a few months now waiting for an update, but when her computer died and I could not revive it she could wait no longer.
With my luck I expect to minis to be updated shortly.
With my luck I expect to minis to be updated shortly.
I can't imagine Apple doing away with the mini without replacing it with something else as they need a cheap desktop to convert switchers. I do see a merge with the apple tv though. How good of a HTPC is the mini, I sometimes hook up my macbook to my TV and have tried playing blu-ray backups and it is choppy, would the mini do any better. I am thinking of just picking up Popcorn Hour instead as it is only 250. Anyone have the Popcorn hour? I want to know how it works, especially with the file system.
So, who won?
Here's the results (posts that didn't commit either way excluded):
Win (I consider Feb through March a win):
...With my luck I expect to minis to be updated shortly.
... I voted we will see an update this month!
Miss: