If the Mini passes 2 years of no updates, is it dead?

[dollystereo]

What do people want in the Mini anyway?
A better GPU?
Cheaper price?
The mini is good as it is. There is no real performance upgrade for desktop switching to Haswell.(Yea the iris GPU, I know) but it will probably make the machine more expensive.
PCI flash would be nice but I prefer the dual Sata bays.
In conclusion, they could just lower the price to $649 and I would be more than happy to give it another year.

 

[Fishrrman]

The Mini may not yet be "dead", but it is certainly delayed !

As the poster above mentions, if Apple isn't yet able to update it (due to the Broadwell delay), they ought to drop the retail price by $50-75 per unit.

I think that will still earn them a healthy profit on each sale...

 

[Jambalaya]

The Mini may not yet be "dead", but it is certainly delayed !

As the poster above mentions, if Apple isn't yet able to update it (due to the Broadwell delay), they ought to drop the retail price by $50-75 per unit.

I think that will still earn them a healthy profit on each sale...

If reducing the price doesn't lead to more sales then there is little point doing it. I suspect the flow of Mini sales is pretty stable, declining gradually. So maintaining price maintains profit margin.

 

[MTL18]

What do people want in the Mini anyway?
A better GPU?
Cheaper price?
The mini is good as it is. There is no real performance upgrade for desktop switching to Haswell.(Yea the iris GPU, I know) but it will probably make the machine more expensive.
PCI flash would be nice but I prefer the dual Sata bays.
In conclusion, they could just lower the price to $649 and I would be more than happy to give it another year.

Better GPU, thunderbolt 2, HDMI 2 (the dream), modern RAM pricing ($300 upgrade for 16GB RAM - really?), bigger SSD storage options at 2014 pricing.

A better GPU for photo-editing in 4K with large storage options for RAW images is what I would like.

 

[Cape Dave]

Better GPU, thunderbolt 2, HDMI 2 (the dream), modern RAM pricing ($300 upgrade for 16GB RAM - really?), bigger SSD storage options at 2014 pricing.

A better GPU for photo-editing in 4K with large storage options for RAW images is what I would like.

PCIe SSD please! More power Scotty! We need more power!

 

[0000757]

I'm hopeful they're working on a major overhaul for the mini.

It's a good little computer but what you get vs. how much you pay is a little ridiculous.

I think a spec bump AND a price drop is something that should happen. Or at the very minimum take the current specs with minor updates (i.e. new intel chipsets) and sell it at a lower price.

For $599 you really should be getting something better than what's currently offered (considering it's a desktop and not a laptop).

What I'd do (and hope that Apple does) is to take the current $799 Mini and upgrade to a 2.6GHz Core i7 standard (with the new chipset equivalent), 8GB standard, Iris Pro graphics, and a 256GB flash memory cart and drop the entry price for that tier to $699. I'd make a new lower end model that has a low-power quad-core processor, 4GB RAM, intel iris, and a 128GB flash memory drive or 500GB standard HDD for $499.

Apple has been (somewhat) lowering their computer prices recently. Part of it is thanks to technology cheaper, but if you compare the 2012 rMBP 13-inch's original $1799 price compared to the 2013 rMBP's $1299 AND you compare the base specs, it's an infinitely better deal. Even the entry level price for the Airs is pretty good as far as ultra books are concerned.

Here's to hoping for a future of cheaper Macs.