I think Apple will surprise us all with what they do with the Mini at the October event.
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I think Apple will surprise us all with what they do with the Mini at the October event.
I suppose you know Apple already puts "U" series chips in the mac mini. U are intended to be low power for portable devices. I have no problem with that.
True, yeah I was just thinking more that they could fully move to 15watt vs 15/28W (since the higher wattage isn't until next year) which would allow for them to really shrink down the whole package quite a bit if they so desired.
Though of course I much rather have a beefier quad core with replaceable RAM and SSD but we'll see.
http://www.noteskey.com/events/2014_10.html
Intro took 66 secs in 2014
http://www.noteskey.com/events/2012_10.html
And 118 secs in 2012.
Does this tell us anything for the 2016 Mini at the October intro?
Intro took 66 secs in 2014
http://www.noteskey.com/events/2012_10.html
And 118 secs in 2012.
Does this tell us anything for the 2016 Mini at the October intro?
If they do anything at all.
Yes, the intro will last 33 seconds or less. Maybe they won't announce a Mac mini refresh.
I sure hope Mr Slobber is correct, but looking at the last two new product introductions, I am not encouraged.
I'm still rocking my 2012 i& Mini; looked at the 2014 ones, would have been a downgrade in my eyes...
Can't see, if it's released, the 2016 version being any better TBH!
Can't see, if it's released, the 2016 version being any better TBH!
I think you'll get universal agreement that the successor to the 2014 will likely make the 2014 mini impressive.
Things starting to fall into place. Tim Cook says "stay tuned", too.
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See... That's just crap!
Any romantic notions that the next Mini will be designed for anybody on here will be firmly sunk next month. We set ourselves up for this fall each time.
Ten years ago, the Mini was designed specifically for me: a user-friendly, corporate-software-friendly, open-software-friendly Unix-based OS; a top-of-the-line Intel CPU; a wide range of useful ports; decent (and upgradable) memory and storage options; and all in a convenient, quiet, small case.
For that one brief, shining moment in time, all other options ceased to have any value. The Mac Mini had ascended to the one device that everyone could use, for all their personal, or office, or (light) workstation needs.
But Apple has moved on to other projects. The iMac is all that they really put any thought into any more, and even that machine is no longer given a lot of design consideration (other than style, I guess). The current Mac Pro is utterly obsolete; the current Mac Mini is a complete joke. OS X is still the best OS out there, in my opinion, but I'm not using it on any of my new machines, because it's tied to some pretty crappy hardware that just doesn't suit my needs.
I would love to see Apple return to the Mac and create something astonishing like that first set of Intel Minis, but I don't see it happening any time soon. Perhaps ever...
The fact that I just bought a pretty fully loaded Dell 7040 Optiplex small form factor computer GUARANTEES that the new mini will be announced in October 2016. And also that it will be an out of the park must have best computer Apple ever made update. For sure. So, as Tim Cook says, stay tuned dudes! And as Al Bundy says, "Let's rock".
Your noble sacrifice will not be forgotten. We will write plays and songs about you, with our new awesome Minis.
Will be the fate of the current Mini……… when the new one comes along, or is about to.
Could mean a new Mac Pro or no more trashcans.
Could mean just consumer Macs from now on.
Could mean they are sliming the product line down.
Could mean there's an error in the Amazon database. (Like that hasn't happened before.)
Why is the 6-core part number MD, while the 4-core is part number ME?
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Actually, the "ME" (ME253LL/A) model is the standard quad-core nMP, and the "MD" (MD878LL/A) model is the standard 6-core nMP.
Both models are shown as still immediately available on Apple's own web store. So I'm not sure what is up with the Amazon site.
Just checked Amazon and it no longer states "Discontinued by Manufacturer".
IT IS BACK! Not on the Amazon page itself, but on the Google list of links for the query "amazon md878ll/a"
You guys with lots of space on your charge cards should order a dozen of these from Amazon to see what happens.
[doublepost=1473565005][/doublepost]BY THE WAY, searching google for "amazon mgeq2ll/a", which is the high-end mini, produces a price of $869 which is $130 below the list price of $999. Looks like the resellers have been allowed to cut prices to clear out inventory. Who would be so stupid as to buy now ...
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There once was a bloke called Cape Dave
a man so noble and brave
that he spent all his money
on Dell stuff – which ain't funny –
just so others could Mini on and be saved.
a man so noble and brave
that he spent all his money
on Dell stuff – which ain't funny –
just so others could Mini on and be saved.