Even if Apple waits for Montevina, I doubt they will put it in the Mini. The mini always seems to get previous generation platform from what goes into the macbook.
Yes, exactly. Except for the brief fanfare at its introduction, Apple has always treated the mini as the bastard stepchild of the Mac line. It lagged the rest of the line by at least 9 months in getting Core2Duo, and it's still (!) on the Napa chipset, even as Santa Rosa is about to be replaced.
Steve must hate the mini. Maybe it's because the mini doesn't have a high enough profit margin, or maybe it's just because he knows people are using it with their ugly PC keyboards and monitors, and that drives him nuts.
If a new mini comes out in the next few months (and I hope so, as I'm waiting for one to replace two machines as a consolidated home server), I certainly expect Santa Rosa instead of Montevina. That is, assuming Apple can't still get Napa parts to use.
If you're expecting Montevina, you're dreaming.