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2011 Mac Mini - Speculation

thanks. If they release pros and airs with no sign of the mini then I'll look elsewhere. ebay prices for early 2009 9400M models look pretty good.
 
mrklaw said:
what minimum spec would you think would cover all likely 1080p plex front end duties? Any 2009 mini? I have a GMA950 2GHz mini and it doesn't like some content. If no refresh soon I might go for a light refresh to decode anything, and then move server duties to my windows 7 machine.
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find a 2.26Ghz or better use 4gb ram or more use a scorpio black 320gb, 500gb or 750gb with the 9400 graphics . this is best bang for the bucks
 
16GB RAM in new Mini?

Will the new MacMini still have the 8GB RAM limit?

I would really like to see 16GB.

iMac has glossy screen that's killing me, and MacPro is out of my budget.

But I want improved video card and more RAM than the current Mini.

Thoughts?
 
I think it may still have the 8GB limitation, but hopefully someone (maybe OWC) will test 16GB (2x8GB) RAM to see if it will work.

It would be a shame if it's still limited to 8GB RAM.
 
MJL said:
If they upgrade the Mini then I might consider a new one but only if they have a CPU that does not run hot. (the i3...M / i5...M have 35 watt disipation, the P8600/P8800 25 watts. Cannot see Apple putting in an i3...UM or i5...UM which has 18 watts dissipation).
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You're forgetting the 320M on the current ones, which is supposedly around 10-12 watts, while the i-chips have the GPU integrated...so the total will probably be similar.
 
This is what I think:
  • Intel Core i5 2400S 2.5GHz (Turbo 3.3GHz) / Intel Core i5 2500S 2.7GHz (Turbo 3.7GHz)
  • AMD Radeon HD 6490 256MB / AMD Radeon HD 6530 512MB
  • 2GB 1333MHz RAM / 4GB / 8GB
  • 500GB 7200 RPM HDD / 1 TB

It's possible the first CPU option will be a dual-core i3 2100 3.1GHz and the upgrade a quad-core i5 2400S 2.5GHz. Ideally, a 6550M and 6570M would be nice but unlikely. Hoping for 6490M / 6530M. Yes, I'm well aware the listed GPUs are dedicated and not integrated like the current 320M.

EDIT: It seems unlikely now, seeing that the C2D's in the current Mac Mini are 25w, that they'll use 65w i5's. That's sad, it sounds like we'll end up with i3 2100's (35w) and its integrated graphics. I still hold out some hope though, that they go all quad-core.
 
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mrklaw said:
is it bad that the mini is in the same grouping as the macbook? Are we going to get gimped on specs - i3 anyone?
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Doesn't the MacBook typically have pretty much the same specs as the 13" MBP just minus things like backlit keyboard, higher res display etc.?
 
MythicFrost said:
EDIT: It seems unlikely now, seeing that the C2D's in the current Mac Mini are 25w, that they'll use 65w i5's. That's sad, it sounds like we'll end up with i3 2100's (35w) and its integrated graphics. I still hold out some hope though, that they go all quad-core.
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25W + 12W(ish) for 320M = 37W. So they coudl replace both with a 35W sandy bridge CPU and use the integrated graphics. I don't see them using discrete graphics for the mini at all.
 
clyde2801 said:
Anyone care to guess the odds of Apple continuing to use a 5400 rpm hard drive and not even giving the option of a 7200 rpm hard drive in the mini? (cough deliberately crippling specs) (cough driving people towards the imac)
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100% 5400 rpm drive as oem. the push will be to buy t-bolt not an iMac. use the slow internal as your tm or your user file and add on a lacie little big disk raid0 or a sonnet . it will cost you


http://www.lacie.com/us/products/product.htm?id=10549

http://www.cypherams.com/store/inde...nnet-technologies&product=sonnet-fusion-f2tbr



the lacie will come out in aug don't know about the sonnet. i can't find any good photos of the sonnet. I have a feeling it will be really expensive. My guess for the lacie is 800 the sonnet is 1000 just a guess
 

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harrma said:
i think they will provide SSD as an option otherwise they are missing a trick.
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I hope they do that. I think they probably will, but the price will be higher than what I'd like as would upgrading the RAM through Apple.

I'd really like Apple to make it easy to replace the hard drive again, preferably even easier by making it a user replaceable part, but I don't think that will happen.
 
clyde2801 said:
Anyone care to guess the odds of Apple continuing to use a 5400 rpm hard drive and not even giving the option of a 7200 rpm hard drive in the mini? (cough deliberately crippling specs) (cough driving people towards the imac)
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Except that some of us will never buy an all in one. So for us Apple crippling the Mini and refusing to come out with a headless mini tower is driving us away from Apple completely.
 
9to5Mac issues a correction. Macbook Air/Mac Pro part numbers are new Minis!

MC914LL/A - J59, BEST - USA - White MacBook
MC936LL/A - J40, ULTIMATE - USA - Mac mini Server
MC815LL/A - J40I, BETTER - USA - Mac mini standard configuration
MC816LL/A - J40, BEST - USA Faster Mac mini

Front Page Story:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1186925/
 
I really don't think they're going to have only 2GB RAM in even the base configuration. Lion has 2GB as a minimum and is probably going to crawl if they do that. Snow Leopard is iffy with that little RAM when you multitask even though it's double the supposed system requirements. and Apple is big on out-of-the box experience.

Of course, I'm not sure why everyone is trusting "Mr X" this time when he totally screwed up last time... and the screen capture that 9to5mac had as "proof" was obviously a fake, another thing they're failing to mention this time. I commented on their site that it would take me 2 minutes in MS Paint to produce an image like they had but was hooted down.

My prediction/guess:

"Better": $599, 2.5 GHz i3-2300T with HD2000 graphix, 4 GB RAM upg to 16 GB, 250 GB HDD, Thunderbolt, Superdrive
"Best": $749, 2.7 GHz i5-2390T (dual), HD2000, 4 GB RAM upg 16, 500 GB HDD, Thunderbolt, Superdrive
"Ultimate": $899, 2.7 GHz i5-2390T (dual), HD2000, 4 GB RAM upg 16, 750 GB HDD, 2xThunderbolt, Lion Server
 
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I wonder, is ULTIMATE better than BEST? Shouldn't BEST be better than everything else?
 
With the boost in performance and external thunderbolt options... the 2011 Mac Mini sure is sounding a lot more like the mac pro mini :) Of course without the cool case :cool:

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why even bother having thunderbolt with an i3? your average user isn't going to see the transfer speed benefits or be running anything needing that speed with a low end CPU behind it all. If the mini has an i3 and TB it'll feel unbalanced.
 
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